996 race car conversion

[betegh9]

The drill and the sawsall are your best friends in the diet program. There is a s**t load of metal that can come out if you don't mind your car looking like SWISS CHEESE. hock:hock:

[Mike Andrews]

bobt993 wrote:

Human head weighs 8 pounds................

And a couple pounds for the helmet....

[bobt993]

Good point Mike.   Darren you could follow Shannon's suggestion to me and loose 30lbs.  I am getting there, but taking weight out of the car is easier.

[ccm911]

betegh9 wrote:

The drill and the sawsall are your best friends in the diet program. There is a s**t load of metal that can come out if you don't mind your car looking like SWISS CHEESE. hock:hock:

You've really gotta watch it when drilling and sawing to save weight. You don't want to end up with a Lotus. There is always the funny anecdote that explains how a Lotus is built so light..."the engineers would begin by removing frame tubes until the car collapsed onto itself. And then they would add back one tube".

[betegh9]

ccm911 wrote:

betegh9 wrote:

The drill and the sawsall are your best friends in the diet program. There is a s**t load of metal that can come out if you don't mind your car looking like SWISS CHEESE. hock:hock:

You've really gotta watch it when drilling and sawing to save weight. You don't want to end up with a Lotus. There is always the funny anecdote that explains how a Lotus is built so light..."the engineers would begin by removing frame tubes until the car collapsed onto itself. And then they would add back one tube".

Anybody can cut and drill........... Knowing WHAT and WHERE and HOW MUCH is where you separate the guys that know their business from the "fools with tools" hock: