I'm part of the lighter is better group.. my old mk2 16v was under 2k without the rollbar, strut ties and swaybars
Hell, on my Mk4 R32 I've dropped over 200 pounds.. 108 of that is unsprung.. and *96* is rotating!! -Josh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Yip" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [a2-16v-list] Adding Lightness > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:35:01 -0700 (PDT) > > > Read the book "Colin Chapman - The Man and His Machines". Perhaps the best > section of the book was when Chubby was building frames - his philosophy was > to construct the frames and then start removing tubes. When the frame > collapsed, he put that tube back in and the frame was "complete". > > The most amusing thing today is the trend towards Carbon Fibre trim. It's > funny to see some kid throw on a set of CF pedal covers "because they're > light, yo". Yeah - light and slicker than snot... > > Matthew > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Les Noriel <[email protected]> > To: Galen Bergthold <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:12:57 AM > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] brake pads for street, that can stand up to > occasional track use > > The legendary Colin Chapman applied that principle to every lotus he ever > made. Peter Gregg drove his Porsche 916 to victory cutting holes into > everything that wasn't necessary just to remove the weight. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. >
