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Weight Reduction

Old Jun 10, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Falken
Yeah you'd feel a difference, especially if some of those pounds were lost off the drivetrain.

Intake, exhaust, flywheel and clutch, wheels, tranny, AP...I wouldn't be surprised to see mid 190s on the dyno, and with less weight low 14s 1/4th.
Team's car is pulling 220+wrhp
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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Drop it into 3rd
 
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Originally Posted by alz0rz
A wise man once said:
"A lighter car is a faster car."

power:weight ratio...
I know. Show me a timeslip of an N/A RX-8 below 14.4 and I will stand corrected.
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