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Old 06-11-2008, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by goof2 View Post
No need to look back on my account as it is all academic for me at this point anyway. I had assumed the difference in weight would have been on the order of 100 to 200 pounds. For the tuneability and responsiveness that should result from the 300% increase in stiffness I would deal with the extra 40 pounds. If 40 pounds were that big a deal I would loose the weight myself.
I've often thought while working on this billet chassis how much easier it was to remove weight from the car than it was to remove weight from my middle!

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