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Old 07-18-2014, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab View Post
There's one thing nice with "build as" weight and listed power numbers. There's an easy and more chances to make it faster.

Pull the jute, eliminate a few circuits, carbon fiber hood, trunk lid, stripped down the trunk, lighter wheels, suspension tuning and you'll have a nice little weekend track car.

Too bad crash standards and NVH reduction makes these cars tall and heavy.
Good point. More weight = more weight to lose. I could stand to drop about 50lbs myself. That'll help my 0-60 times!
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