02-16-2007, 03:41 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
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Originally Posted by Twin cam
Stu
I suspect that the biggest single weight saving is in the bumpers, if you've ever felt a steel one!
I'm sure Rick's comments about the driver are spot on, just like jockeys. A friend keeps talking about lightening his race car and I point out he could easily lose 30lbs of his body weight and save a lot of money.
I just had a look in the Hughes /da Prato book (still the best IMO) and they quote the lightweight at 845kg some 70kg lighter than a standard steel Sprint. It looks like my measured figure of 835 kg is pretty close and with a couple of gallons of fuel it would be 845kg.
Paul
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All the cars I owned had the steel bumpers. I have no idea how much weight would be saved with the aluminum bumpers. I would guess a "regular" SV would weight just over 900kg..
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