my 4 week weight loss program **updated 10/05**
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Miglia slicks, Pah! mine are way way way stickier than them. At most they would last 3 laps of a circuit.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

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Vegard, my 13" wheels are far lighter than any 10" wheels I've ever come across (fitted with tyres).

Without tyres they weigh 5.2KG's each (did cost a fortune though). I know my Superlight 13x6's weigh in at 7.8KG bare too.

Never weighed tyres so not sure but can't imagine they are twice as heavy as 10"s.

Just got some 10" wheels to do some more testing with project "secret and rapid" and almost did myself an injury carrying one in to the house whilst easily juggling 4 13"s with one hand (waiting for Nic's disturbing comment!)

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Wes,

Are you happy with the streetfighter doors?

I've always rated them and their survice but somebody recently told me they weren't impressed by the ones they recieved. I am wondering if their work has slipped a bit .... I hope not as you say they are top people to deal with!

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Edited by Ian_W on 17th Aug, 2007.

why does your car never fail to look good?

Lightweight racer coming soon.

Thought youd've taken the heater out already.

Save a bit there from water in the system.

Bet you cant weigh that on your bathroom scales, LOL

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Btw, the remote servo must weigh a bit.

Needed on a drag strip?

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I think the wheels MAKE this car. Dont change them.



(if you do, i'll have them.)

Top job. Mate.

Nice that someone has taken the time to weigh everything as they went along.

I was going to, but forgot most of the time.

Interesting what stuff weighs.

Hope all that hard work pays off.

I drill holes in everything..!

A few more weights removed from mine this week.

Carpet 10.4 kg
Speaker board (with speakers) 4.5 kg
Rear seat 5.4 kg
cd player 1.3 kg
Roof lining/ sound proofing 7.2 kg
Rear seat deadening 2 kg
Floor sound deadening 7kg
Metro turbo seat 15.5 kg

= 53.3 kg and not a penny spent :)

Edited by matty on 18th Aug, 2007.

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Carpet 10kg?????
Is that carpet drenched with water like me rubber duck sponge?

Never realised they were that heavy.

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It was the carpet and that under-lay stuff with a fucking thick sheet of rubber!!

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Bout to say then LOL.

Just use concrete as a substitue for sound proofing. Itll be fine.

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I weighed the roll cage the other day, It weighs 30 kgs, give or take 1 or 2 kgs. thats with door bars.

so weight added:
New seats I guess 2 x 5kg over the old ones
Roll cage 31 kg
Wheels 15.2 kg

56.2 kg

Bollocks!

Also, thanks to minimad69 for the cage. At least now I should be more protected from the idiots on the road.

top job mate, so do you know how much it weighs in at now?

i remeber seeing this car on the riv run a couple of years ago and i really liked it, its even cooler now!

Serious LOL???

On 18th of Aug, 2007 at 12:36am Rob H said:

On 17th of Aug, 2007 at 10:48pm Radleigh said:

On 17th of Aug, 2007 at 09:03pm Wes said:
so total weight saving....... 78.8kg

fucking hell! Thats alot of weight, I bench 80kg down the gym! LOL

Nice one! Car looks spot on too!

Blooming heck, that more than I weigh.

Lightweight racer coming soon.

Radleigh you beefcake

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

saw your car at mitp wes, very impressive, goes some too. How well did you do?

133.5 bhp 123 lb torque 116mph @6640rpm 9.5psi
Shakespear RWYB 14.995 91.83mph

how much do standerd seats weigh do you think?
also how much does the heater - the water wiegh?
going by this i can get my mini down to about 633.6kg with rollcage!!
there must be other things to do to get it lighter!! lol

well done for making a note to what everything weighed and nice looking mini you have there

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

My seats weigh 15.5 kg's each (metty turbo).

I would think standard mini ones would be around 10 or 12kg's.

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

so how much time does 80 odd kgs equate to on the track......

0.2 seconds! lol
the best i managed yesterday was a 14.6 compared to my previous best of 14.8. im gunna put this down to driver skill though as i feel there is certainly plenty more to come as i didnt get a run that i was close to being happy with! lolstill quite pleased with the times for only my second ever time on a drag strip!

the car certainly feels abit more nimble now, even driving up there it seemed to fly round roundabouts better than before and is alot of fun to drive.
the first few runs i was only running 8-12 psi to get used to things and make sure everything was ok. ran 15 psi for the last few which made a big difference. theres no reason why i cant push this further as ive got the CR, set up etc to do this so but was a little worried about ripping the (standard!!) diff apart. got a x-pin at the weekend (thanks nic!) so looking forward to getting that fitted and seeing what it can really do!

Good work ian, and like you say, there is definitely a lot more to come from this. :)

indeed, im impressed that not only it was finished for mitb (mini in the bog), but it also was to a high standard, and got you there and back

though you did look a funny shade when you got there