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Taking off weight
How about some ideas on how to take off weight legally. Seems like it's a concern to some folks here.
Some ideas:
- Header & Exhaust. Keep it short. Use thin walled stainless (if you can affort it) tubing
- Don't go nuts with your cage. Safety doesn't mean 100 tubes.
- Window glass and mechanism is heavy.
- Cheap, I mean REALLY cheap replacement hoods and fenders are significantly thinner and lighter.
- Wheels and tires. Toyos and Kumhos are heavy. Wheels, no brainer here. Some are 25# each, some are #10.
- ALL Sound proofing, Body deadener. This stuff adds up to ~50# on most VWs I've built. Chassis should be stripped bare.
- If you don't need a fuel cell, don't. VW tanks are safe and light.
There are more, but these are a few thing off the top of my head. Anyone have more ideas?
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Bill Sulouff - Bildon Motorsport
Volkswagen Racing Equipment
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