Weight saving tips

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Some weight saving ideas you might want to check out.

http://www.jekylhyderacing.com/weight.htm

Phil.
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Nice one JohnnyC :lol:

Good info on that link though.
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Yeah nice one mate, might need that one as well! :D
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Heyup Phil, and Happy New Year to yourself and Mel.........You up for a meet in about 2 weeks, got loads of other 2's now wanting to attend.

Will email you later.

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Nice informative link mate!
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Thanks mate, just shows how much weight you can ditch. Your'e cars looking good mate, me likes :D

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You not speaking Phil....... :roll:
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Never let one of Shaf's fat ass birds sit in your car.....
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MRV6 wrote:Your'e cars looking good mate, me likes :D

Phil.


Cheers dude 8)

How does the Camry V6 perform in a MK2?
looks sweet crammed in that engine bay! :lol:

as in how does it fair up on the stats 0-60 etc?

Cheers

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good link, according to that my cars lost
7.8
45
30
15
1
2

plus a bit more as i have coilovers, no air con, no ABS, no airbags :D

Its a sunroof model too (turbo conversion) :D

Total of 100.8 lbs lost at least so 46kg

car should be quite light now, just need to get a carbon bonnet + bootlid and loose the stock seats :D
'02 VX220 2.2 n/a Daily driver - Exige Size TD 1.2 - TAT shorty Diffuser - HardTop - Chris Tullet 4-1 Manifold.

'97 mk1 Mazda Eunos Turbo track car with 260bhp/ton - soon more as Chris Wilsons going to build me an engine over the winter :o) .
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steve b wrote:good link, according to that my cars lost
7.8
45
30
15
1
2

plus a bit more as i have coilovers, no air con, no ABS, no airbags :D

Its a sunroof model too (turbo conversion) :D

Total of 100.8 lbs lost at least so 46kg

car should be quite light now, just need to get a carbon bonnet + bootlid and loose the stock seats :D


Take it to a public weighbridge and get it weighed. Do it with full fuel though.

Should cost you between £2-3 to do this and is entirely painless.
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Hi Graeme

Should be ok for the meet weather permitting.

Hi Craig

I am pleased with the perfomance of the camry engine still has a couple of error codes but nothing major and they will be sorted shortly. From what I have been told it is on par with a standard Rev 3 Turbo. I had a go against one and it certainly wasn't disgraced.

In terms of weight loss, I have my own thoughts on how I have taken off the car, but the proof of the pudding, as Lauren said, is getting on the weighbridge.
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i have been looking on the web for a weigh bridge in the Oxford area and can't find one..

other councils eg Dorset have them on their websites :(
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steve b wrote:i have been looking on the web for a weigh bridge in the Oxford area and can't find one..

other councils eg Dorset have them on their websites :(


There really ought to be one within 5 miles easy from you. They are sometimes signposted which was how i found my local one a couple of miles away. It may just be that your local authority doesn't list them on the web, but there must be somewhere that lists them surely?
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cool mate, post up results when ya get it weighed!!!

Par with a rev 3 turbo...............excellant!!!
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