Re: price/hp

["Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>]

A close friend of mine that built my first head for me autocrossed an older
280Z with a pro-stock 350 in it preached to me that if you take care of the
ounces, the pounds will take care of themselves.  I know we have a limited
amount of things we can take out of the car if we race street brackets, but
there are things you can do to help with the weight issue.  I have two
really good examples:  1.  I replaced my bumpers with euro bumpers, and on
my rabbit, that is probably close to 75lbs or so since it had big herkin
shocks on them.  2.  I got rid of the knee bar in my car.  What this calls
for is modifying the A2 under dash pockets to fit my A1 rabbit, then get the
regular seat belts, not the onces that are hooked to the door and don't
include lap belts.  A little more work than the bumpers, but worth it.  Not
only do I feel more safe, but I got rid of close to 40lbs of extra weight
and now have more places to store things.  Other things that can be removed
include stuff like A/C, rear wipers, electric windows, sunroofs, basically
anything of comfort.  Glass is really heavy also so some classes actually
let you replace your glass with plexiglass.  But I'm getting a little to
advanced now.  HTH!!

Dave

> Hi!
>
> I have 1.8 16v that I also dynoed 134 HP at thr crank, but only 120 on
> the wheels? I do not know the weight of my car, but I'm guessing
> that it's too much as I'm only able to make 16.13 1/4 meter times.
>
> So here's a question, what can we drop out of our cars if I've already
> dropped out all the screwdrivers and spare tire, but I'm not allowed to
> drop out seats (I then will not me on my class of stock cars any more
:) )?
>
> Or is it really so, that I only have the possibility to increase engine
HP,
> or should I start finding plastic hood and rear hach?
>
> > My car previously was dynoed at 126 HP to the wheels with a car weight
of
> > 2000 lbs including driver I was able to achive a best of 14.2 in
> > the quarter
> > . My only engine mods were a full race TT exhaust on a stock
> > motor originally
> > rated at 134 to the crank . The guys running the dyno guessed I
> > had around
> > 150 to the crank .
>
> Lauri wants to get 13.5 1/4 mile times!
>
>
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