Weight Reduction?

Billfitz · 08-01-2021, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Vazinbon

why reduce the weight of the car? How would this change anything much? The speed or waste of gasoline still depends on the engine no?

No. Which can you throw further, a golf ball or a bowling ball? Or consider a 300HP engine in a sports car and a 300HP engine in a five ton truck. Which do you think will attain the higher speed and get the better gas mileage?

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n55david · 08-09-2021, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Vazinbon

This is a very old topic, but I'm still interested to know why reduce the weight of the car? How would this change anything much? The speed or waste of gasoline still depends on the engine no? It is more interesting for me to read other people's advice than to search for information through Google. I hope I'm not violating any site rules.

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kriszty · 08-09-2021, 04:59 AM

i think with every 5kg-6kg weight loss you can gain around 1 hp , so 50-60kg less would only make 10 extra hp . not that much i think

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