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Old 08-02-2009, 04:44 PM
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Default Factory Five would be the guys to ask

DocDirk Dirk The Smith brothers built a carbon fiber body on one of the FFR cars and raced it at Run&Gun. The car was fast until a 360 on the track slowed it down a little. 20 pounds of 200 mph tape was added to put the car for repairs and the car won class back in 99 or 2000. I believe the body weight was like 100 pounds, silly lite. John Cheasnut is building cobra with a mono cock frame in aluminum. With a SBC the weight is about 1,900 lbs with ZO6 drivetrain and brakes. Handling is great and power to weight ratio is high with a 400 hp motor. Any Aluminum body car is going to be about 100-200 lbs lighter that a fiberglass body car. If you are thinking track car, lighter is better. If this is a street car, and the driver in your area don't know the law or run stop signs all the time. I WANT THE TANK!!!!
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