XR6menace BANNED Banned 1,462 Member For: 17y 9m 10d Gender: Not Telling Location: banned Posted 01/06/12 03:16 AM Share Posted 01/06/12 03:16 AM If I remove my front and rear windscreen, will the air going straight through make me go faster as less wind resistance?Depends if the hoodlining is black or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 6m 6d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 01/06/12 03:18 AM Share Posted 01/06/12 03:18 AM Also on weight reduction.. Impellor may of reduced wheel weight by 1.6kg.. But if he did it without using power tools.. Bit of exercise in that.. He might've dropped another kg from physical exertion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Thooperrrrrrr Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 7m 5d Gender: Male Location: NOR, Western Australia Posted 01/06/12 03:34 AM Share Posted 01/06/12 03:34 AM Cannot believe I have just noticed this informative thread.Interior light and door lights + covers, there's a good 60 - 100g loss in weight. Remove tint and fuse box cover also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 4m 10d Gender: Male Posted 01/06/12 03:53 AM Share Posted 01/06/12 03:53 AM The mat on the bonnet,, heat sheild or sound deadener? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 3m 16d Gender: Male Posted 01/06/12 04:29 AM Author Share Posted 01/06/12 04:29 AM What if I got the guys from mythbusters to hook up my car like a radiO control car? Then with me out of car and controller in hand just send it down the qtr mile like that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 3m 16d Gender: Male Posted 01/06/12 04:36 AM Author Share Posted 01/06/12 04:36 AM To answer your question most spray packs/cans are 400ml. Now you have a rough cast wheel (which needed to be sanded 12 times, after you have removed all paint) that has primer filler, colour and clear coat. Now I'm unaware of the specific gravity of paint but lets say 1ml = 1gm.. I also consider this is conservative because I would think that paint has a higher specific gravity than water. Is it unreasonable to think that when painting 4 wheels that you would use a total of 4 cans. 1 for filler, 1 for clear coat and 2 for colour Therefore 4 X 400ml = 1.6 kgs. Do you still think there would need to be 10 coats? Further, this doesn't take into consideration that you are sanding the wheel 12 times. Hopefully this makes sense.As I have previously stated the wheels were polished for looks not weight reduction. But I was interested in the weight difference, because I understand the benefits of reducing static weight. CheersYou be better of going on a diet impellor and losing 10kg. The time and effort is beyond me really in sanding and polishing a stock wheel as they look $hit anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 8m 11d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 01/06/12 04:37 AM Share Posted 01/06/12 04:37 AM you would think that would well, with all the above modifications done and the rc controller wore one of the helmets pictured above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 15y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 01/06/12 04:39 AM Share Posted 01/06/12 04:39 AM (edited) what would you know Pazzo? you don't even have a xr6t farken Edited 01/06/12 04:41 AM by sexual harrassment panda 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 3m 16d Gender: Male Posted 01/06/12 04:44 AM Author Share Posted 01/06/12 04:44 AM Yep you get me impellor, I'm driving a XR6 N/A with turbo badges. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGP Donating Members 309 Member For: 14y 5m 10d Gender: Male Posted 01/06/12 04:49 AM Share Posted 01/06/12 04:49 AM (edited) What if I got the guys from mythbusters to hook up my car like a radiO control car? Then with me out of car and controller in hand just send it down the qtr mile like that? well seeing in this vid http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/80356-ferrari-458-italia-vs-ess-vt625-supercharged-e92-m3-vs-switzer-p800-gt-r-vs-modded-c6-z06/it stated "160lb passenger" on the runs, with Pazzo being 260lbs I would say so....LOL 160lb passenger! as if that makes a damn diff when the car has that much power.... Edited 01/06/12 04:50 AM by JGP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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