Josh,

Wow, that's a hell of a lot for those areas.  Details please!
What do you estimate your $/lb is?

Mark


--- Josh <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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