shaving weight

[oasis]

Originally Posted by bow

dang man what posessed you to post on this topic. i mean thanks but it has been sept since someone has posted.

Who are you talking to? Besides, I didn't know there was time limit on making responses. Furthermore, this thread started in late October.

[volkdent]

Changing out stock parts for fiberglass parts will save a lot of weight. I have 2" wider CCC fenders and they are much lighter than stock steel. I also purchased a CCC W decklid, and its is featherweight compared with stock. I'll probably get a CCC hood as well. Those changes will probably remove 75 lbs from the car.

Jason

[bow]

im sorry oisas i wasnt talkin 2 u and im srry i didnt mean to get the dates mixed up and no there isnt a time limit on posting. also can you get those doors here in the states and how hard do you guys think it would be to make some

[NO_H2O]

acid dip can remove a good bit of weight depending on how long you leave it in. You can realy loose some pounds but it will get thin. :agree:

[Lazarus]

and hope you have no rust. acid will eat even a small rust spot all the way out back to good metal.the guy who painted my car told me about a 69 camaro he restored for someone who had insisted on an acid bath. before the car went in the owner had been offered 18,000 for the car. when it came out the otherside todd (the paint guy) said he wanted to check the vin to make sure it was the same car. he also said he wouldnt have given the guy $180 for it. however when it was completed todd said the old car was right as the weather, and was one of the most sound cars he has ever done. and now theres not even the mention of rust on it. so there is good and bad.

[bow]

i just thought he was kiddin but he was for real wasnt he

[Quik]

www.remmele-motorsport.com

sells both fiberglass and carbon fiber doors...
(see the "plastics" section)

[MikeVW]

Originally Posted by bow

....also can you get those doors here in the states and how hard do you guys think it would be to make some

Located in Nevada. http://markvfiberglass.com/catalog/o...oorsD0109.html

Have you ever worked with fiberglass? If not you would first need to learn about all the chemicals and different fabrics and their weights. You would then need 2 perfect doors (each side). Make a mold of each door. If you wanted the top of the door to have a rounded edge on it, make that more work. Then if you wanted to have a working window you would have to glass in the metal mounts for the regulator to bolt up to, glass in metal nuts for the weather strip, glass in the metal nuts for the door handles and latchs to bolt up to, and glass in the inside part of the door. It would be a lot of work and it would not protect you from any side inpact at all. If you have a cage then ignore the last part. It would be really expensive unless you know somebody that works in a shop and could get you a discount.

Glassing is fun but making big stuff is time consuming and expensive. Most stuff you can find already made elsewhere.

Mike

[bow]

thanks and yes i built an airplane in my grage called a long-ez it was designed by burt rutan it was my dads build but he is algeric to fiberglass so i took over at the age of 14 we call her lumpy

[dd-ardvark]

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.

[bow]

well that is pretty much wat i have rigt now minus the 1 gal fuel tank i run a half gallon i made