senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 2m 16d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 11/05/09 12:22 PM Share Posted 11/05/09 12:22 PM 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! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22981-weight-savings-for-xr6ts/page/6/#findComment-875088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
qik1 Silver Donating Members 2,720 Member For: 16y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: Loitering in SEQ Posted 11/05/09 01:10 PM Share Posted 11/05/09 01:10 PM dug that one up from the depths. lol.All that fighting back then im so glad we all grew up Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22981-weight-savings-for-xr6ts/page/6/#findComment-875105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 12y 3m 26d Gender: Not Telling Posted 25/03/13 03:32 AM Share Posted 25/03/13 03:32 AM (edited) 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 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! Edited 25/03/13 03:39 AM by johnxr6t Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22981-weight-savings-for-xr6ts/page/6/#findComment-1374462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 25/03/13 05:08 AM Share Posted 25/03/13 05:08 AM Posting in awesome double zombie thread YES3 year res then 4 year res. Let's go for 5, see you in 2018 team! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22981-weight-savings-for-xr6ts/page/6/#findComment-1374493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 12y 3m 26d Gender: Not Telling Posted 25/03/13 08:30 AM Share Posted 25/03/13 08:30 AM On 25/03/2013 at 5:08 AM, -SteveR- said: Posting in awesome double zombie thread YES3 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! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22981-weight-savings-for-xr6ts/page/6/#findComment-1374546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 22y 24d Gender: Male Posted 25/03/13 09:57 AM Share Posted 25/03/13 09:57 AM I'm thinking about having a penile reduction to save a few kilos. I might have mentioned that in this thread in 2006 and 2009. Just thought I would mention it in 2013. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22981-weight-savings-for-xr6ts/page/6/#findComment-1374581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 25/03/13 02:59 PM Share Posted 25/03/13 02:59 PM I take a massive dump, it shaves .06 seconds off a quarter mile time, scientific fact. No coincidence I got 11.94. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22981-weight-savings-for-xr6ts/page/6/#findComment-1374639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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