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Old 06-13-10, 07:41 PM
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well just picked up my lex a few days ago. and has to push it in the storage(me and my buddy) and i finally realized that this car is heavy as ****.

any pointers aside from removing the spare tire,to get some weight off?? sound deading?? the rear seats? discuss!!
Old 06-13-10, 07:47 PM
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you obviously haven't searched even a little bit!
Old 06-13-10, 08:05 PM
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im just going to post in hopes of you reading my signature...
Old 06-13-10, 08:34 PM
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You can take the engine and transmission off, as well as the spare tire to make it lighter?
Old 06-13-10, 09:49 PM
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Change the laws of physics and gravity and our cars will be "lighter."
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Fiberglass the entire trunk area to seal it off from any possible leaks. Install a valve to fill in helium. Fill helium to 38 psi. Just watch out when you go over bumps though. The back end gets some air.
Old 06-13-10, 10:59 PM
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plexi glass windows all around, moon roof delete, carbon fiber doors, trunk, hood, fenders, seats, strip interior and trunk, fuel cell
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Swap the VIN tags onto a geo metro.
Old 06-13-10, 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Ethix
Swap the VIN tags onto a geo metro.
This one made me laugh hard because my friend and I have gotten some real serious air in his off the train tracks.
Old 06-14-10, 12:32 PM
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weight won't matter when you have enough power
Old 06-14-10, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by sc4demon
weight won't matter when you have enough power
Exactly, I'll take a heavy 400hp car over a lighter 300hp car any day, the stablity is worth it.
Old 06-14-10, 01:16 PM
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eat a salad
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REAL TALK HERE.

Remove the front seats and replace them with some real carbon fiber bucket seats.

I weighed my driver side seat when i swapped it out for my fiberglass bucket and had a savings of over 70lbs. The seats in our cars have motors as well as heating elements and wear a metric ton lol
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You can:

-get a lightweight aftermarket battery
-remove both towhooks
-remove backseat
-spare tire
-aftermarket seats, like the ones from F&F to be exact
-if you got $$$, carbon fiber doors, hood, fenders, trunk

Thats a start.
Old 06-14-10, 03:51 PM
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NO....a REAL start (or real talk) would be to add to the ALREADY existing threads on this topic rather than spreading info across a dozen seperate noob threads


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