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Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:36 am
I agree about that the who the f%@# cares part. Just curious. so i guess people do not take into consideration these facts about my build and just assume.
shifted motor back 5 inches, aluminum heads , intake ,waterpump, pulleys, even the pistons and rods are aluminum, 17 lb flywheel , lightweight quicktime bellhousing, tko 500 trans is lighter than the t56 a lot of people are using, by about 21 pounds. tko500 is 95 lbs dry and i think the t56 is 125 dry. mini starter and alternator. shaved weight everywhere I could afford to. battery is in the back , frp bumper and front fenders, no ac components at all mounted on the front of car or under the dash. pulled the heavy flip up headlights and motors, replaced with frp/carbon fiber pieces from raceonusa with little piaa headlights. summit racing heater mounted in back seat. ac and heating were pulled so there is another bit of weight pulled from front end of car. put the turbo where the battery had been but is centered over the frame rail. roll bar adds another 100 or so pounds to the center and rear of the car. speaker box in trunk is another 40 or so.
camaro pulled 1.2 g's that is awesome.
besides my car might not be that could for straight line as the rear end is a 3.54 with a 3.27 first gear. might be a bit slow off the line.not sure a fully built 5.5L motor would make a 3000 lb car (estimated with me in it)go all that fast.