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Old 01-21-2008, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by jeff s
I was hoping this one is gonna be pretty light weight as we ditched the heavy leaf spring, replaced by fiberglass, tubular a arms, and got rid of the heavy stock steering. And the LS engine gets rid of a couple hundred. I weighed the engine separately and added it up 2610#
Now that's with no fluids, so maybe 2700 ready to go.
With 500hp my math says easy high tens in the 1/4.
Wow - Outside of these mods - how did you get the car that light? That is awesome.

Went the same route here on my 69 suspension - except running a big block with aluminum heads/intake. I still pork in over 3,200 lbs.
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