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Originally posted by racea911
2300 lbs is pretty light for a 76, but I believe the 1969 911's left the factory at under 2200 lbs. That is with everything in them. Stripping them down will get you a car that hits the track at just above 2,000 lbs wet. I've never seen, or heard of a later model (post 73) that has been lightened up that much.
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I think this is my point essentially. Stripping an '89 to make it into a "lightweight" track car would be alot more difficult than simply starting off with a "lightweight" car to begin with. You could make a lightweight '89 (when compared to other late model Carreras), but you'd still be heavier than all the guys running around in the '69-'77 cars with SC flares and the same amount of rubber on the road as you...
Mike
also, FWIW, my '76 started off life as a Euro model, so it didn't have near as much heavy crap on it as a similar US car. Fiberglass bumpers, decklid and few other mods here and there and it was down to 2310 lbs. And that's with SC flares, big tires and wheels and a roll bar...