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Brian Samba Moderator
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 8340 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:59 am Post subject: |
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mark tucker wrote: |
helium in the tires |
This is hilarious.
Method wheels are super lightweight too. _________________ Wash your hands
'69 Bug
'68 Baja Truck
'71 Bug
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langan Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2010 Posts: 423 Location: Eagle ID.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:01 am Post subject: |
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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?
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ps2375 Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2014 Posts: 2471 Location: Meridian,ID
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Still wondering why the need to drop weight? |
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langan Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2010 Posts: 423 Location: Eagle ID.
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:12 am Post subject: |
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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 |
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Brian Samba Moderator
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 8340 Location: Oceanside
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BIGMIKEY Samba Member
Joined: September 24, 2007 Posts: 1105 Location: North East Pennsylvania
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:36 am Post subject: |
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langan wrote: |
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 |
You're on the right track.
Less unsprung weight improves ride and handling. Lighter wheel and tires improves ride, handling, acceleration, and braking. Road racers and autocrossers know this.
Mike T _________________ BIGMIKEY
Deserter Series 1 project.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=787047&highlight=
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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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
if I were racing itwould be diferent situation, but Im not so.....it's justa bug. |
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MacLeod Willy Samba Member
Joined: February 18, 2014 Posts: 933 Location: Ontario Canada
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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ps2375 wrote: |
Still wondering why the need to drop weight? |
X2
What in Florida has to concern the weight? |
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rs58rag Samba Member
Joined: August 22, 2010 Posts: 419 Location: riverside,ca
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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don't forget safety.... rollbar...little more weight. |
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mark tucker Samba Member
Joined: April 08, 2009 Posts: 23937 Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:08 am Post subject: |
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aluminum rollbar painted with this new magnetic paint just kidden, all kinds of shit will stick to that paint coming up off the road. 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. |
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langan Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2010 Posts: 423 Location: Eagle ID.
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:51 am Post subject: |
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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 Samba Member
Joined: September 29, 2014 Posts: 404 Location: OC to ontario
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:39 pm Post subject: valve covers |
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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 |
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GTV Samba Member
Joined: March 27, 2004 Posts: 2084 Location: Si'ahl
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langan Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2010 Posts: 423 Location: Eagle ID.
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 3:45 am Post subject: |
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Yes the link to guy in San Diego is were mine came from
Great service |
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vugbug68 Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2006 Posts: 2696 Location: sacramento
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:33 am Post subject: |
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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..... _________________ 71 Super - Backroad Thrasher
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Bruce Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2003 Posts: 17290 Location: Left coast, Canada
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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vugbug68 wrote: |
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..... |
Sounds like the track scales are off. Unless your car is a gutted race car.
Try weighing it at a DOT scale on the freeway. _________________
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vugbug68 Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2006 Posts: 2696 Location: sacramento
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Bruce wrote: |
vugbug68 wrote: |
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..... |
Sounds like the track scales are off. Unless your car is a gutted race car.
Try weighing it at a DOT scale on the freeway. |
Yeah I bet they are off too, my car might be a bit lighter than a stock super but not that much. _________________ 71 Super - Backroad Thrasher
66 Corvair - Weekend Cruiser
90 4 Runner - Muddin |
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