Jim, Most of those old tricks still work very well ! I also used to
spend
a lot of time grinding the edges / corners / flash off of blocks and heads,
and
even aluminum manifolds to save just ounces here and there ...... but that
was for dragging, where we believed ounces counted . It is very strange to
break that habit and fabricate parts for an lsr car where you do not need to
lighten every component to the MAX ..... quite the opposite ..... you can
build " stout " in many areas, as that is " working " ballast, not mere dead
weight . To me it doesn' t make any sense to scrimp on the cage or
mounts, brackets and other sprung weight items throughout the car, and
then add many hundreds of pounds of steel plate or lead for traction ......
We still could have used a lot more weight on that salt surface when
that blown rat started motivating .......
Bruce with only 4 " of snow and 22 *
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