Posted on 04/06/2021 6:34:46 AM PDT by mylife
Do you ever get to a point in a multi-year project where you start to lose steam and you’re worried that the thing that used to be a car sitting on your QuickJacks in the garage is rapidly transforming into a really expensive paperweight? Lately that’s how I’ve been feeling about my Boxster. I used to love this car, but then I decided to turn it into an ambitious electrified track car and it’s been in various states of disassembly ever since. Well, over the weekend I hacked off the windshield, and I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited about moving forward with the project.
Illustration for article titled Porsche Put 54 Pounds Of Extra Weight In My Car To Make It Nicer To Drive, So I Threw It Away Porsche Put 12 Pounds Of Extra Weight In My Car To Make It Nicer To Drive, So I Threw It Away There is nothing I despise more than concessions to comfort in a sports car.
The last time I took some weight out of one of my Porsche project cars you folks in the comments section had a lot to say about it. It’s unsafe. It’s not what the German engineers intended. It’s going to completely screw up the handling! And that was just a small anti-vibration weight hanging off the engine mount of an entry level model Porsche forgot about pretty much as soon as it ended production in 1976! I can only imagine what you’ll think of me removing something actually useful like a shield for wind. I bet it’ll be similar to my mother’s reaction when I told her I’d quit my job to become a writer.
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salamander???...
Pontiac added weights to some of its cars in the ‘60s, but not for comfort, but to keep the wheels on the road.
I guess I want the anti-Porsche, a 1961 Imperial with a 413. A lead sled built for comfort and SPACE, but with a powerful enough engine to provide all the speed and torque wanted. (390 HP)
I knew someone who raced in the Super Stock class. Since the cars had to be the correct weight, owners would devise ways to take away weight from some places and add it over the rear wheels.
he didn’t want that...
he already had the motorcycle but at 82 years old his legs aren’t cooperating like they used to...
The best way to remove weight is to eliminate the nut behind the steering wheel.
Salamander.
I’d refer you to her home page, but it seems to be broken at the moment.
I understand, but it is a superior set up, but for some reason people think it’s “girly”
I don’t have the power to stop industries from moving to China unfortunately. Snap-On, Harley-Davidson, Ford, etc., never consulted me or asked my opinion.
interesting canard design, I assume this is in the experimental category?
pusher?
gotcha...
Burt Rutan Velocity SERG, I have a 200hp IO360 to put on the back already. Engine will be mounted and rigged before the end of summer. Looking at a cruise of 180-200 with a 1000 nautical mile range, 4 seater
velocityaircraft.com
the motorcycle was only a couple of years old and the frankenstein trike kit comes with everything for the conversion...
it’s a true three wheeler...
not one of those bolt on training wheels kits...
Exactly! He should be using Snap-On or MAC tools. The tools should always cost more than the project car being worked on.
Enjoy!
that configuration is the only one that will “high side” and then pounce on you.
I have ridden plenty of 3 wheel ATVs and understand them, hard to hang your ass off a Harley trike to regain balance
I would not work on a outhouse with HB Tools..
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