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Monday, February 25. 2008
2800 dollars later, the car is back with NASCAR door bars, the driver seat attached to a steel frame rather than the floor, a starter button, no steering lock, new window nets on each side. The car now weighs 2529 without me in it with 5/8 tank of 91 gas in it. My tank is 21 gallons so thats 82 lbs (6.25lbs/gallon) so the car weighs 2447lbs no gas. I'm weighing 185lbs right now which puts the car empty with me at 2632lbs. Finish the race with 2 gallons means 2650lbs ish. I'm hoping to lose 30lbs between now and June so that drops me down to 2620 with 2 gallons which is fine. The minimum weight is 2600 with the driver.
The weight balance with me in it right now is:
LEFT 1390 (51.2%) RIGHT 1324 (48.8%)
FRONT 1344 (49.5) REAR 1370 (50.5)
LL/RR 1288 (47.5%)
The total weight is 2714lbs with I think 5/8s gas.
My garage floor slopes down slightly towards the rear of the car so the numbers may be off slightly.
Wednesday, February 6. 2008
The car is at carraige customs getting nascar bars, a stronger seat mount and a better net mounting system for the windows. The killer cost on this car is the cage is chromoly. It's SO FRIGGING expensive to have work done on it, it's just silly. I reckon the first thing you should do on seeing a car with a chr mo cage is rip it out and replace with a DOM or mild steel cage. It's just not worth the hassle. Adding door bars may end up costing 1400 bucks
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