Need to lose weight?

langan · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:01 am Post subject:

Yes i have small battery and headlights, alum buckets, go kart staring wheel, alum coloum, .060 alum floors,lightened front suspension arms and beam, .050 alum in rear to replace fiberglass,3"of windshield gone,and very light gauges, .060 DOM tubing used for chassie. Used short rear torsion and single spring plates,lighten trailing arms,and small torsion tube. I do think it needs a cage and will make alum top for it. The wheels and brakes I bet are at least 100 lbs. over. There may be a bad scale a gravel store I went to?

ps2375 · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:03 am Post subject:

Still wondering why the need to drop weight?

langan · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:12 am Post subject:

Less weight a good thing and my weight is unsprong and that a bad thing. My problem will be expensive fix. For now car is a plast. But we are always improving our cars

Brian · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:24 am Post subject:

Sounds like you've ran out of things to fix Laughing

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mark tucker · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:14 pm Post subject:

some disc are heaver than others.I have 2 sets of rears for 4 bolt.(empi on the car now,the other set I got to drill for 5 bolt not empi) they look about the same but one set is way heaver. I may do some lightning at some point. I already put the set on the car on a break lathe and machined them concentric. the casting's were not centered with the splines&bolt pattern .But I also have some light units to go on to my 356 so....why bother Shocked

if I were racing itwould be diferent situation, but Im not so.....it's justa bug.

MacLeod Willy · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:05 pm Post subject:

rs58rag · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:19 pm Post subject:

don't forget safety.... rollbar...little more weight.

mark tucker · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:08 am Post subject:

aluminum rollbar painted with this new magnetic paint Shocked

just kidden, all kinds of shit will stick to that paint coming up off the road. Rolling Eyes

I think if you just add some weight as in a set of hpmx 44's and tune it right you wont need a diet.

langan · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:51 am Post subject:

Thanks for the leeds I will look for calipers and rotors and make brakes also need to figure out wheels. But if new motor rocks maybe it will be fine. Going to work on a project I started before my simple buggy build

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58ragman · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:39 pm Post subject: valve covers

Talk to me on the valve covers are those porsche adapted or porsche covers on a porsche motor based.Either way they look cool and i wanna adapt a set

GTV · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:48 pm Post subject:

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langan · Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 3:45 am Post subject:

Yes the link to guy in San Diego is were mine came from
Great service

vugbug68 · Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:33 am Post subject:

I was shocked when I weighed my super beetle at the race track and it was just under 1700 without me. I have removed some weight but it has 4 wheel disc's, larger sway bars, strut and truss bars, bigger engine, nice sound system, larger battery.....
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