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Bruce
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« Reply #600 on: July 05, 2012, 07:29:21 am »

How are you guys making your fuel pump and dizzy block offs? must be some saving to be had there!
is EFI lighter then carbs?
Stock FI case!  No machining for the pump = no block off.
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« Reply #601 on: July 05, 2012, 07:36:20 am »

What else can I make from this Ti flat bar?
Gland Nut Washer ??
Crank pulley washer...
The bar I have is only 1" wide.  The pulley washer is over 43mm in dia.
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« Reply #602 on: August 14, 2012, 11:14:35 am »

Hi,- The "Leichtbau Lenses" can be seen on a certain yellow turbo convertible,at SCC next weekend  Wink
Available as symetric units and for split type 2's also...

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« Reply #603 on: August 16, 2012, 10:22:58 am »

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Front 3.0 Kg

Rear 1.3 Kg

 Cool
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« Reply #604 on: August 16, 2012, 19:43:40 pm »

Now that's light!  Cool
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« Reply #605 on: December 05, 2012, 18:25:09 pm »

Saved 30 pounds compared to CB ball joint brakes
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« Reply #606 on: December 06, 2012, 10:02:17 am »

what kind of brakes are these?
Looks really nice!!
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« Reply #607 on: December 06, 2012, 13:46:43 pm »

Mine, I'm a cnc machinist.
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« Reply #608 on: December 06, 2012, 13:51:55 pm »

well done!!
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« Reply #609 on: December 06, 2012, 20:07:29 pm »

Saved 30 pounds compared to CB ball joint brakes

Very very nice   Grin
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« Reply #610 on: December 07, 2012, 01:27:19 am »

Love it!!!
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« Reply #611 on: December 07, 2012, 02:06:10 am »

Thinking about a rear set now. Our class has a 1700 pound (771kg)min. With driver, I have 60 (27 kg) to go. I think I can get 15 more off me, I have been cycling a bit lately.

I have 356 aluminum rear brakes now. I am thinking about a set of cnc  or make my own rears. The Cnc's look pretty similar to mine, I can profile them so they don't show through the windows. I just don't know if I will save any weight.
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« Reply #612 on: December 08, 2012, 15:54:49 pm »

Saved 30 pounds compared to CB ball joint brakes
those are nice Nobars!
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« Reply #613 on: December 31, 2012, 21:17:40 pm »

Not sure if there's much of a weight saving, infact the allen bolt looks like it will weigh a few g's, but a nice piece Grin

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1252462
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« Reply #614 on: January 01, 2013, 15:25:56 pm »

Not sure if there's much of a weight saving, infact the allen bolt looks like it will weigh a few g's, but a nice piece Grin

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1252462

And it works great!  Grin
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« Reply #615 on: January 01, 2013, 15:59:45 pm »

That's mine too, thanks guys.
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« Reply #616 on: January 01, 2013, 16:03:47 pm »

That's mine too, thanks guys. Not really a weight savings but you could drill it full of holes where you can't with the stocker.
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« Reply #617 on: January 03, 2013, 17:48:22 pm »

Looks real nice!
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« Reply #618 on: January 04, 2013, 05:44:39 am »

Thanks Dom.
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« Reply #619 on: January 10, 2013, 01:30:20 am »

I have swapped stainless steel floorpan bolts and washers for titanium and aluminium ones.

Stainless fasteners = 1100g. Ti/Ali fasteners = 176g. Total saving = 924g.

The stainless bolts were massively over length, so I went for shorter ones.
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« Reply #620 on: January 13, 2013, 02:45:11 am »

Just finished reading every page of this thread. This stuff is insanely cool.
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« Reply #621 on: January 13, 2013, 19:16:14 pm »

removed my repro steel rear wings and the inner rear quarters added a set of robs gasser wings and thats almost 10kgs saved  Cheesy and i reckon ive got at least 100 grms of glas to trim as well  Roll Eyes Cheesy Grin
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« Reply #622 on: January 14, 2013, 04:52:42 am »

I thought I told you about this page Johnie?
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« Reply #623 on: January 22, 2013, 05:38:00 am »

Just finished reading every page of this thread. This stuff is insanely cool.
Let's see your ideas!

I removed 330g from the cross shaft.  That's almost 3/4 of a lb to the metrically declined.
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« Reply #624 on: February 25, 2013, 17:38:02 pm »

Weighed a couple of cases today:

Mag 10.34kg (incl. M12 studs and long M8 case studs)

Ally 18.11kg (including all studs not head studs).  Felt really heavy when lifting!

Cheers
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« Reply #625 on: February 26, 2013, 00:51:08 am »

I don't have an exact weight, but when the ball joint for a '73 Super falls out the bottom of the box and lands on the top of your foot, it weighs somewhere between "bloody hell!" and "holy crap!".
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« Reply #626 on: February 26, 2013, 02:36:21 am »

I don't have an exact weight, but when the ball joint for a '73 Super falls out the bottom of the box and lands on the top of your foot, it weighs somewhere between "bloody hell!" and "holy crap!".

Nothing a drill-bit can't fix.
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« Reply #627 on: February 26, 2013, 05:29:16 am »

I don't have an exact weight, but when the ball joint for a '73 Super falls out the bottom of the box and lands on the top of your foot, it weighs somewhere between "bloody hell!" and "holy crap!".

Nothing a drill-bit can't fix.

Hehehe......
Cool thread!
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« Reply #628 on: February 26, 2013, 09:29:12 am »

I don't have an exact weight, but when the ball joint for a '73 Super falls out the bottom of the box and lands on the top of your foot, it weighs somewhere between "bloody hell!" and "holy crap!".

HA HA HA HA HA.........  Cheesy  Yes Modnrod, you could easily make a thread with the different weigh of  things!......  Grin
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« Reply #629 on: March 30, 2013, 16:55:04 pm »

I make all my circuit cars unit construction with no floor pan bolts or rubbers, all stitch welded, also stiffens the shell noticeably. i used to cut the roof panel out and mould a GRP panel, good weight saving and very good for the corner handling, but its now been outlawed.
analogue instruments are heavy and high CoG with all the wiring, as for monster tachs! low mount a digi dash and go quicker.
tripod joints are far lighter than c.vs, Porsche turbo joints are madness.  F1 cars are all tripod jointed.
dont forget the driver either, ive put on 9lb over the winter, thats got to come of soonest lol.
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