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Well unfortunately there isn't one jenkins! Even if Ford did a light weight version of the falcon it would cost twice as much because of the development!

Fact is cost of making a Falcon noticably lighter will far out-weigh the benefits if you ask me. The big falc is designed to be a comfortable "Grand Tourer" - not a lightning quick track car like a lotus elise.

I think alot of people take the comfort of a falcon for granted. Before you want to start chopping bits out, throwing away sound deadening, replacing parts etc etc, go and hop in a lightweight modified track car and drive it to work and back for a week or two - I can gaurantee you'll be craving your big hunk of metal falcon in no time!

Lightweight is awesome for the track, not Australian everyday roads!

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It seems like the money you'd spend on weight reduction could get some extra kilowatts am I right?

Not to say that saving weight is pointless, it makes a big difference.

I just find something cool about a full weighted car that goes very fast :P

Maybe when I start doing qtr miles I'll hit up the gym to lose weight to make car go faster, 100kg I reckon I could take 10-15kg off my weight haha!

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  On 25/03/2013 at 5:08 AM, -SteveR- said:

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3 year res then 4 year res. Let's go for 5, see you in 2018 team!

Oh you're so mean!

I'm laughing quite hard, I don't actually know how I came across this thread haha!

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I take a massive dump, it shaves .06 seconds off a quarter mile time, scientific fact. No coincidence I got 11.94.

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