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Old March 30th 2006, 17:28
dd-ardvark dd-ardvark is offline
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bow - No, is the answer.
With that said..., for grins and giggles this is about as light within reason you can make a hypothetical flying beer can, using something that resembles a VW beetle door slammer. This won't be NHRA legal, just a Saturday night special.

128 lb. - motor no cooling, no generator, no external oil filter, stinger exhaust, non counter weighted crank, and a 12 lb. FW.
3 lb. - 14v Drill motor battery (2volts extra won't hurt).
165 lb. - swing trans, wide5 drum brakes w/drill holes to lighten and rear brakes only.
26 lb. - both back wheels, M&H slicks - 6" wide Michelle rims.
17 lb. - both front wheels, shaved 125's - aluminum wheels, spindle mount.
200 lb. - tube frame car, alum. front end, 1 seat and belts and 1 gal. fuel tank.
300 lb. - body w/aluminum beer can thin floors, gutted interior, tubs-n-rear section, glass tilt front end, lexan windows.
120 lb - driver..., will 100 lbs. and twenty years+ ago and I remember what it was like.
7 lb. - 1 gal. fuel
NO - pressure gages, tach, starter, rear horns to set transmission in (hang it from da'cage), and no torsion housing (look at a FV1200 vw track car).
Yes, this will take some planning, but if you want something close to that 800+/- number bad enough, this is how it's done.

966 lbs. are the numbers here, my alcoholic rail was 1040 wet (driver and fuel), that was about 1982-84yr.
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