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Yes, true, I think I had a few trash bags full of all the miscellaneous sound deadening and such from the interior and they weighed 38 lbs. or so. All this talk makes me want to go outside and GUT the VR4, jeez it's such a pig at 3250 lbs. and that long 1st gear don't help.
I LOVE weight reduction.
DSM's are a dime a dozen but GVR4s are fading away too quickly as it is. 
Enjoy it but get your need for speed with the talon. May be a long winter for some of us!
Now now Phil, you got a nice clean Vr4, don't go hacking that thing up like a racecar. If you want to go fast take the talon around the block or go beat on the Colorado. The Vr4 is a cherry to be cherished.
I won't jack your thread, I'll do an update on the VR4 on my thread. Oh, and if you haven't been on my thread at all.....I did start a blog.
It was a joke I threatened them with because they always joked about the weight I kept removing....they thought it was funny.....the car is 100% my daily driver so no weight reduction unless it comes in the form of lighter suspension or wheels....etc.....
Yes, just some light mods when I can.....especially in suspension and braking.
. Was plenty entertainment for me and others i'm sure to see the passes. A few weeks ago he asked what i thought the car should run, and i replied "11's every time down the track." Well now he's there and pushing the car hard it could see a high 10 but i wouldn't mind seeing a 10 second pass on some 112 octane from the track. 
As i figured. Speaking of weight removal and full weight cars. Work was slow yesterday so i went up to Capitol to watch a friend race and right off the back he gets a new best E/T with his full weight 2G GSX (minus a/c and pwr steering pump loop) of 11.8. Long story short, i tried to help him along with some pointers and he got the car down 1 sec e/t from last week and his 60' came down about 2 tenths since last week. He drove the car right off the street in to the lanes and busted a 11.8. Out of about 5-6 passes he ended up going 11.1 @ 126mph with a 1.65 60'! The only adjustments i believe that were made were he dropped the tire pressure to 22psi, lowered the boost a hair since it was breaking up, shifted at higher rpms, and actually remembered to hold the throttle down during his passes with NLTS.
His name is Matt and on here is 1whitegsx. Congrats again Matt if you see this. It's a '95 GSX with a 61mm turbo at about 27psi on PUMP GAS
With all of this excitement i might try to race sunday if they are open. Oh yes, capitol said they might run next sunday if weather permits. Maybe i will get my 12.3 pass with the laser. That race gas isn't happy sitting in the fuel jug in the garage any way.
Where was Charles and the Dark Star, hit me up if you see this. You might have one more week left!
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I think i forgot to mention that the last time i went to the track to watch my friend race i stopped by the scales to weigh the Laser. The car w/o me weighs 2735 and that was with both front seats. So i figure with only one front seat on race day, the car is right about 2700 pounds. I think if i can remember, that's right about where i wanted the car to be.
Other weight reduction items I'm considering in the future are: Rear bumper support beam, gut doors and go to manual windows and locks, 1 or 2 light weight race seats with harnesses, after market springs and shocks, possibly heater core and blower motor assembly, possibly radio/cd player assembly, possibly remove wire harness and take out any wiring that isn't being used any more.
Weight to be added in
Install another headliner to clean things up, put gray carpet over where the rear seats used to live, roll cage when needed.
I think my boss wont have a problem with my taking off monday since we have plenty of people working. I think i may ask him if i can use one of the tow trucks to tow the laser up there.
Well, have you found out what the deal is for tomorrow? Is there any other tracks down there open? I know you really don't want to trek down to MIR, but, I would think more than 1 of the 5 strips down there might still be open. Well, let's hope, nice weather for making good power.....
