Lightweight has become an obsession!

Eric Mckenna · 01-30-2004, 05:12 AM

I think this guy has stumbled on to the LOW cost answer to 911R door handles
a simple drill and you're set!..
I'll take some pic's when I am done with this mod. hahahah! just messing..
I'd rather save the cash and buy the 911R handles. which I should have enough for by the end of the summer hahah.

I must say I DO LOVE the way this guy thinks though!

Later Eric

Eric Mckenna · 01-30-2004, 05:15 AM

The pic would be nice huh! hahahaha It's Friday.. i am in a haze!

Ciao Fella's.
Eric

jyl · jyl's Garage

Drill the door handles but keep the rocker spats? Hmm.

}{arlequin · }{arlequin's Garage

that's pretty cool, gets the job done... wonder how it looks from further away

jpachard · 01-30-2004, 05:35 AM

Hmm. I wonder how the loss in weight vs. parasitic drag works out here.hehe

JA

k9handler · 01-30-2004, 05:37 AM

don't do it Eric...that looks like crap and would probably be a hassle down the road (keeping clean, and removing moisture) for such a small gain.

cstreit · cstreit's Garage

Looks cool though.

trj911 · trj911's Garage

I wonder what the hp gain is?

TerryBPP · 01-30-2004, 05:55 AM

Gotta be worth at least 50hp. Maybe more.

masraum · 01-30-2004, 06:14 AM

Not that crazy, shoot most of us are aware that at one point the factory drilled the ignition key full of holes!

Probably correct though, doesn't do any good for aero.

thrown_hammer · 01-30-2004, 07:18 AM

Maybe if you angle the holes back a little...

Eric Mckenna · 01-30-2004, 07:31 AM

I thinks it's just funny how many weight geeks there are out there and the man y ways we can find to remove it from te car without paying cash!!! .
Eric

thrown_hammer · 01-30-2004, 07:34 AM

Eric, it's a sickness....and man do I feel sick!

Eric Mckenna · 08:42 AM

I know Shawn.. I have been sick now for 3 years!!! and the Doc says.. three is NO cure!!! none !~... there has got to be some Group.. of guys that all suffer from this I can meet with on like say .. every thursday night and atalk about it.. LWA meeting is there such a group ??

I can hear it now..
Hi,
My name is Eric,
And i have a problem.. with 911 weightloss.. I have not drilled, cut , or scraped on my car for 5 days now.. hahahahah! sad!! very SAD! haha

Eric

goat · goat's Garage

If you drill at the right angle you could get a cool whistling sound too.

}{arlequin · }{arlequin's Garage

how do you say "light" in German?
--Leicht Gruppe?
--Leichtbau Gruppe?

Sean_irl · 01-30-2004, 08:02 AM

Eric...what do you need the door for???

:-)

Eric Mckenna · 01-30-2004, 08:44 AM

Good Point Sean... hahah .. It simply gets in the way everytime I try into the car..
Another BONUS or getting rid of the door would be I'll never lock myself out of the blessid car again.
hahaha ..

Eric

atr911 · 01-30-2004, 09:01 AM

You guys need to watch more Simpsons. Maybe I'm just a youngin'!

Those are obviously 'speedholes' as described by a used car sales man to Homer after a failed attempt on Homers life by the mob left several bullet holes in the car Homer was looking at. Homer then proceeds home and uses a mining pick to 'delicately'place some 'speedholes' in his family station wagon. I laughed

Adam

Jack Olsen · 01-30-2004, 10:13 AM

You could eliminate the aerodynamic penalty (somewhat) by covering the outside of the handle with some of the 3M Stoneguard stuff that's used to eliminate rock chips. You could then start drilling some of the body panels in the same fashion, covering the holes with the plastic. You might even end up with an odd aerodynamic benefit, on some parts of the body, since the plastic would dimple in like the surface of a golf ball.

The mind reels.