Oct 5, 2009 - 9:32 AM
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So we ran about half the race without the rear hatch to save weight and I'm not sure whether or not it helped... some of my thoughts:
- Should we really be chopping weight out of the back of a FF at this point (already stripped interior)? - Do we ever go fast enough to have compromised aerodynamics as a result of removing the rear hatch? Anyway - just some thoughts -------------------- -Mike
mjcoury@gmail.com Team Reynolds Style Celica Blog Celica Wiki It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it. Brace for the g's, and fast heel-toe work. |
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Oct 7, 2009 - 9:07 AM
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you'll lose traction as the chassis will flex a lot more, especially turning at those speeds, the best thing to do here is remove the glass of the hatch and replacing it with a lexan piece, the heaviest part of the whole hatch is the glass.
for those who want this but want it to be cute, get the CF hatch and lexan glass replacement. the Lexan glass replacement you can do yourself if you know how to use your hands. -------------------- ![]() |
qatar11 Pros and Cons of Running w/o Rar Hatch Oct 5, 2009 - 9:32 AM
Ruroniarc Less weight = go faster (technically) regardless o... Oct 5, 2009 - 10:31 AM
qatar11 right - I agree with the less weight ... but at th... Oct 5, 2009 - 10:52 AM
Harold_Fastwaker Taking weight out of just the rear will make the c... Oct 6, 2009 - 4:22 PM
Hanyo it really depends on the coarse.
If your are rac... Oct 7, 2009 - 2:30 AM
qatar11 We were on a very fast course - 2 mile course aver... Oct 7, 2009 - 8:03 AM
Harold_Fastwaker Well, you would be better off running an actual wi... Oct 7, 2009 - 3:24 PM
SwissFerdi A little off-topic, but isn't the car already ... Oct 7, 2009 - 3:32 PM
Harold_Fastwaker QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Oct 7, 2009 - 4... Oct 7, 2009 - 3:55 PM
SwissFerdi That's pretty terrible. Does anyone know how m... Oct 7, 2009 - 4:27 PM
Harold_Fastwaker QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Oct 7, 2009 - 5... Oct 7, 2009 - 4:32 PM
qatar11 We are starting to scope creep here some...
remem... Oct 7, 2009 - 6:24 PM
Harold_Fastwaker QUOTE (qatar11 @ Oct 7, 2009 - 7:24 ... Oct 7, 2009 - 7:16 PM
Tom_SS2 keep the hatch, bin the glass just stick in some p... Oct 7, 2009 - 6:39 PM
Hanyo to be honest, if i was the one building this car f... Oct 8, 2009 - 2:17 AM
TiGZ461 QUOTE (Hanyo @ Oct 8, 2009 - 3:17 AM... Oct 8, 2009 - 2:46 AM
yellowchinaman Well the biggest issue I see with removig the hats... Oct 8, 2009 - 7:15 AM
Tigawoods back end will lift and slip out Oct 8, 2009 - 11:06 AM
lagos Replace glass. Add riser blocks. Oct 8, 2009 - 2:07 PM
Superaison replace glass as stated above, and get a carbon fi... Oct 8, 2009 - 2:14 PM
johnnehh QUOTE (Superaison @ Oct 8, 2009 - 3... Oct 8, 2009 - 4:47 PM
Tigawoods cf hatch ftw.
then paint it
thats what im doing Oct 8, 2009 - 6:58 PM
SwissFerdi Screw that, I'd leave it bare. CF sexyness FTW... Oct 8, 2009 - 7:04 PM
Tigawoods it would look down right idiotic on my car Oct 8, 2009 - 7:49 PM
SwissFerdi That's true...unless you got one with blue wor... Oct 8, 2009 - 7:50 PM
qatar11 Where are you guys finding CF rear hatches? Oct 8, 2009 - 8:11 PM
6strngs QUOTE (qatar11 @ Oct 8, 2009 - 6:11 ... Oct 8, 2009 - 8:56 PM
presure2 QUOTE (6strngs @ Oct 8, 2009 - 8:56 ... Oct 10, 2009 - 7:18 AM
Tom_SS2 he can't fork out for a CF hatch as the car ca... Oct 10, 2009 - 8:17 AM
Tigawoods even if it where to. would the glass be enough? th... Oct 10, 2009 - 8:17 AM
qatar11 I think the rear hatch and glass are required from... Oct 10, 2009 - 8:45 AM
Tom_SS2 QUOTE (qatar11 @ Oct 10, 2009 - 9:45... Oct 10, 2009 - 9:53 AM![]() ![]() |
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