[DeTomaso] [detomaso]Pantera weight savings ideas

[Arjun Ghosh-Dastidar]

2500 lbs is going to be very hard to achieve.

The Group 4 that Ron McCall and I own, weighs 2731 lbs with 13 gallons of
race gas.

Car specs:

   1. Stripped
   2. Caged
   3. Seam welded
   4. Koolmat brand light weight insulation
   5. Roush Yates 358 dry sump motor
   6. No A/C
   7. Glass front wind shield, all other glass replaced with lexan
   8. Twin tank fuel system
   9. OMP race seats/belts/wheel
   10. Stripped doors
   11. Kirk Evans projector headlights
   12. Fiber glass rear decklid
   13. Euro style bumperettes
   14. Fiber glass flares and airdam
   15. Composite fiber splitter

 At some point the you're going butt up against the fact that this is not a
tube frame car with light weight body panels.

- Arjun



On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 4:17 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:


> In a message dated 11/18/12 13 09 50, michaelsavga at gmail.com writes:
>
>
> > I'm sure that you know making more power is cheaper at this point.
> >
>
> >>>True, but power only helps you go.   Losing weight helps you go, turn,
> and stop.
>
> Mike (who is a fan of adding weight, in the form of a roll bar and chassis
> stiffening...)
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