You bring up a very good point as far as traction, but wouldn't the bed
itself and the gas in the tank be enough to keep the wheels on the ground?
I am also planning on moving the battery and NOS tank in the bed. I was
predicting this would help balance the rear out, with the gas tank.
I think were thinking TOO much on the rest!!!
Gary Hedlin
in article 1ba.b8fcbdd.2b3f9359@aol.com, Pukeloser@aol.com at
Pukeloser@aol.com wrote on 12/28/02 5:53 PM:
>
> Well,
>
> I Guess you could start by getting rid of the hood on race day or getting a
> glass hood (if you dont already have one) also glass fenders. Then you could
> remove all the air bag equipment and sensors. Next would be interior stuff
> such as seats, stereo/speakers, also any cruise control equipment, A/C
> compressor and condenser, super ultra thin front drag wheels/tires, front
> bumper brackets could be replaced with home made ones, then focussing on the
> rear you could get rid of the bed and have a custom aluminum flat bed made.
> You could get it down to the weight you want but would have to sacrifice lots
> of luxuries and safety features to do it. all the weight you lose in the rear
> will be working against you when it comes to traction. My buddies R/T ran
> better with the tailgate on and a cover than without the gate at all.
> John S
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Feb 06 2004 - 11:48:16 EST