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Chuck I took the doors off my '69 911 and weighed them on my incredibly acccurate bathroom scale..
The doors weighed #65 each The glass "nascar" door I replaced the stock doors with weigh #8 each So 130 minus 16 thats an easy loss of 114 lbs.... but to protect myself I needed to put door bars in the ccage.... so Ill give back 50 lbs for door bars.... still its a #100 loss I also replaced the hood (less another #25) and re skinned the roof |
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I'm not positive Chuck, but I was told 16 pounds a door. I suppose it could be 8 pounds per door beam an16 pounds total. I'm really not sure on this.
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For some reason I really like the look of the swiss cheese rear bumper (post '74 style). I can't find a picture right now, but I'm sure I've seen it' maybe on a 935 or some other racer. No bumper pads or rubber deco, just 5 or 6 big holes right across the back. Of course that doesn't apply to Jacks next car, maybe I'll end up there some day.
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Here tis...
[image removed as to not insult the Jack-mobile] |
that big "swiss cheese" bumper doesnt have those big holes for weight reduction
The holes are to vent the air collected under the car...reducing positive pressures under the car is a good thing.. |
Uh.. Mark? That's not Jack's car!
That's another widebody car that Kevin is doing. Jack's car is an RSR replica. Early front end, early RSR rear bumper, etc. Damn, I wish we were that far along! |
I thought that might be secondary. Guess I had it backwards; learn something new every day.
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I thought that something was fishy there. I officially rescind the Platypus remark.
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Hey Jack,
I'm a Tom Petty fan, too. Apparently, your reference was lost on the youngsters! :) |
Not totally swiss cheesed, but heres my rear
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads/pprear.jpg Okay, it's 3AM in Chicago, just got back from New Years festivities at my mechanics house, and now I'm checking pelican. It's a sickness I tell you! I'M GOING TO BED! |
Chris, I didn't know that your RS was street registered (if indeed it is). Isn't/wasn't it a track-only car?
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Adam,
It isn't... but when you have to put some heat in a set of tires, your license plate and registration from your 930 JUST MIGHT find it's way on to the back of the racecar... However, this year I am going to plate and insure it for a month in order to put some road miles on the new motor... A few hundred for the break-in on the street rather than trying to do this on the race track like last time. In fact, I think a local R-Gruppe drive would be just such an opportunity to break in the new motor. i.e. lots of shifting and varied loads/RPM, and lots of willing mechanics around in case something happens. I thought about doing this if there was one in Michigan or Indiana, but with no creature comforts, that 3 hour drive over there would probably wear me out.. |
The source on the 911R-style fiberglass plates says he will sell additional sets for $50 a pair, plus shipping from South Africa. This is a specialty item, so he's not going to get rich at that price. I think he's working on also getting a source for the Hella light assemblies, although I don't know what he'll charge for those.
His name is Francois Pretorius, and his email address is: johnabbot@worldonline.co.za |
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