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1. Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: Mitchel Seff <ms6453@optonline.net>; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 09:50:52 -0500; With all this talk of lightening later 6's I've been wondering about the look of the car with out the bumperets on. Has anyone removed the rubber & brackets but kept the chrome bumper. Removal of wei; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00069.html (7,577 bytes)
2. RE: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: "Robert Fabie" <bfabie@earthlink.net>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 10:06:08 -0500; I've considered removing the rams from my '75 as well, and would be interested in any direct responses you receive. In particular, I'd like to know if removing them (from front and back) produces an; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00070.html (7,669 bytes)
3. Re: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: "Alan Salvatore" <asalvato@tampabay.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 10:41:46 -0500; When I had the bumpers off to paint the car this past summer, I removed the front bumperets and license plate bracket. I was playing around to see how badge bar would look. I can't attest to how much; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00071.html (8,491 bytes)
4. RE: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: "Shawn J. Loseke" <sloseke@holly.colostate.edu>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 09:13:49 -0700; I have seen many late TR6's with the rubber bumpers removed. I have even seen chrome caps placed in the bolt holes of the bumper to cover the unsightly holes. Without the rubber bumpers the only thin; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00072.html (9,940 bytes)
5. Re: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: Irv Korey <emanteno@attglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 11:07:52 -0600; My bumpers are different than your bumpers, but the front rubber guards came off easily on my 74. There were then 2 vertical holes in the bumper where the guards had been. These were easily filled wi; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00074.html (8,359 bytes)
6. Re: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: Mitchel Seff <ms6453@optonline.net>; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 12:41:25 -0500; My last concern is originality or loosing concourse points. I threw that idea out the window on day one. I am concerned about the final cosmetic result though. I am not considering this conversion be; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00076.html (8,659 bytes)
7. Re: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 13:02:04 -0500; I guess it's time for me to loose some weight. I ride bicycle, and at one of our Sunday breakfast meetings a young and rather rotund member of the group was telling us how light his new multi-thousan; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00077.html (8,256 bytes)
8. Re: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: "Todd Bermudez" <red_tr250@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 14:01:50 -0500; I'm told that removing the crank driven fan & installing an electric fan will get a few more HPs too...not that it's any lighter...aside from the flywheel & all. I wonder how much the Nissan Diff we; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00079.html (9,818 bytes)
9. Re: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: "Greg Dito" <dito9561@bellsouth.net>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 14:27:54 -0500; I'm glad you said that, Todd. You can do almost anything with money. I remember Shane bringing up aluminum front hubs, which would be a pretty good weight savings. There are also several panel beater; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00080.html (10,384 bytes)
10. RE: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 11:59:37 -0800; Someone asked if there were any issues with removing the bumperettes on the later car. The front bumperettes are a cake walk. You don't even need to remove the bumper, although you are less likely to; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00083.html (9,570 bytes)
11. RE: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: Peter Zaborski <plz@shaw.ca>; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 13:37:49 -0700; Mitch, Here are some shots of the front on my car, a 76 (despite the turn signals and hubcaps). <http://members.shaw.ca/plz/bumpers/> I've had the boobs off for a few years now and can't see ever go; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00085.html (10,232 bytes)
12. RE: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: "Todd Bermudez" <red_tr250@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 15:36:53 -0500; One catch to what Vance just said... The 74 cars didn't use the spacer. The rear corners on the late cars are either longer or their mounting points were changed...ask me how I know. Todd Someone ask; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00086.html (10,430 bytes)
13. RE: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:55:24 -0800; I should have mentioned, my car is a 1974-1/2, so of course "real" 1974 and earlier cars will probably be slightly different. Cheers, Vance One catch to what Vance just said... The 74 cars didn't us; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00095.html (10,754 bytes)
14. Re: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: DANMAS@aol.com; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 14:08:07 EST; "I have been told a 10 pound weight loss equals one HP." How accurate that guestimate is depends on the weight and horsepower of the car. For example, to make the math easy, let's assume a 2500 pound; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00096.html (8,670 bytes)
15. Re: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 14:38:39 -0500 (EST); Unfortunately, we need a minor grammatical change here: I believe it should be: "excessive power is most bestest". Why not use a triple superlative when it's called for! Sorry! rml -- Bob Lang Room N; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00097.html (8,559 bytes)
16. Re: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: william mcintire <william.mcintire@wright.edu>; Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 15:31:58 -0500; Balance and tuning?? Me too...Bill; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00101.html (8,519 bytes)
17. Re: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: DANMAS@aol.com; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 17:24:33 EST; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00103.html (7,913 bytes)
18. RE: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: Mark Hooper <mhooper@pix-cinema.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:12:13 -0500; Hi Dan: I guess you've not driven a pick-up truck in the snow lately, (or a TR6... in the rear-view mirror, just goose the gas and "whoopsi!!", around she goes 180 degrees. Too much power for the lig; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00106.html (8,816 bytes)
19. Re: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: triumph6970@netzero.com; Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 23:56:47 GMT; The lighter the faster, plain and simple. Trying taking a 2 stroke snowmobile across a lake that weighs 420 lbs, and has 250 HP. That's 1.68 lbs per horse power. It's all about hooking up and having; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00109.html (7,641 bytes)
20. RE: Lightening late TR's (score: 1): Author: "steve bridge" <slbridge@hotmail.com>; Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 00:39:54 +0000; The local autocrossers had a 1098 Sprite that was bought by new comers and sold a year or two later as they learned to drive. It was promoted as too slow to make mistakes and shortened the learning; /html/6pack/2004-01/msg00111.html (8,743 bytes)

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