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01-05-2006, 02:35 PM

pwpanas

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Originally Posted by Thecure634

so how much weight do you think toyota actually saved by using hollow carpet fibers in the mk4 supra's? has anyone heard about this? i recall reading it a few places. i just thought it was a funny fact

Probably less than 5 pounds. On the other hand, note the old racer's adage that the easiest way to remove 100lbs from a racecar is to remove 1lb in 100 different places (also sometimes said this way: "it's easier to find a 100 places to lose a pound that to find 1 place to lose a 100 pounds"). In that light (pardon the pun), the hollow carpet fibers might not be such a humorous measure, imho.

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