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Old 06-30-2006, 08:35 AM   #1
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hahah I just had to add to this. I personaly have aftermarket bucket racing seats( AAA racing, 7 lb's max) and not much more as far as weight reduction. When I go to the track, this is before I started installing a jdm, I would take the spare out and all the bs in the car and at 11 lb's of boost I could hardly break 14.7 sec. They say with up to $75,000 invested your only looking at a 30% weight reduction. So good luck.
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Old 07-01-2006, 06:30 AM   #2
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Im not leaving the interior out, Im painting it and putting it back in. Im weighing it all for other people. lol. I just plan to offset the weight with boost. I like all my comfy supra stuff. . And that sucks...I know a guy with a grand national that runs 12 lbs of boost and he ran a 12.9. Yours should be a little faster than 14.7. And i dont see where that 75k is going, Remaking all the body panels from CF? Thats a lot of money. That is like...23-2500 lbs tho. Thats pretty light.
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Have you raced your supra? They are heavy and the clutch sucks. The turbo dosen't spool up very fast...shure you may hit 8 psi quickly and and then it will climb to 11 but that shure as hell dose not help your 0 to 60 ft time. All I have to say about you buddy running 12 sec's, Is dont believe it tell you see it. will he show you a actual track time slip. track time storys are as bad as big fish stories, and for some reason every one tells me they are in the 12's. BTW. I didn't say that's what it takes to loose 30% total car weight. I have read figures like that. Rip out over a thousand pounds from your car then tell me how much it cost. Nothing is absolute.

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I dont need to see the timeslip, I was there in person. He ran a 13.1 and not sure of speed, and a 12.9 @ 101. And yes, I race a lot with my supra. Im going to english town next week to get an actual time tho. Everyone says that supras suck off the line...But that is where i kill everyone (this is my 86.5 NA 5sp). I also have an 88 turbo that im doing some work too but i havent got to drive yet. Its an auto. And i wasnt contesting the weight thing, just saying i could do a lot of work to the car for 75k... lol. Im sure it would be a lot to get rid of 1000 lbs and still keep the car rigid. But persoanlly, I love how planted feeling the car is. Its awesome. Way better than most cars on the highway. I just want to get rid of weight that doesnt do anything, Because it will bug me to know its there. Oh yah, do you have any experience with the supra chassis? ive never really looked at it but i would guess its just a subframe type like the camaro and mustang, And that it would benfit greatly from subframe ties. Im gona try to make some, If it needs them.
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ya your right. 14.7 does suck. you should see what my stock clutch looked like....fried. I had many probs that night, but I still roasted a few hondas and that felt good. I almost got beat by a tweaker in a turbo mini van? That scared the shit out of me. I think if he beat me I would have just drove home and cryed I hope with the new motor and the clutch up grade im installing, I will drop into the 13's.
and no i dont have any experence with the subframe sorry.

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Yah, those turbo dodge minivans are fast as hell. And they only weigh like 2900-3000 lbs. Why is a van lighter than my car?? My turbo supra is an automatic, So i dont have to worry about fried clutches. Im sure the one in my na looks pretty bad, From all the 3k rpm slipping clutch take offs lol. It still holds and hooks up fine. Thats cause it only has about 2k miles on it haha.
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