You mean aluminum water pump housings and distributor bases aren't a
requirement? My aluminum distributor housing cost me a lot more than a
couple of hundred bucks--I had to rebuild my motor when I failed to check
the clearance on the drive gear and roached a cam.
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From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Jack W. Drews
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:59 AM
To: TeriAnn Wakeman; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Front Mounting Plate-TR3/4 Engine
TerriAnn -- you just don't understand.
I've drilled holes in my pedals and my backing plates because that takes
off, oh, maybe, 1/4 pound but more importantly it gives my friends an
obvious reason to ridicule me. Some of us pay hundreds of dollars for things
like aluminum water pump housings and distributor bases! That all makes LOTS
more sense than eating less. What good is a hobby if you can't waste money
on it?
...........Years ago (in the '60's) when the SCCA rules were pretty
stringent, prohibiting the drilling of lightening holes in anything, a
friend of mine drilled his ignition key full of little holes just to be able
to argue with the tech inspectors.
At 09:19 AM 9/9/2005, TeriAnn Wakeman wrote:
>>I think we can replicate the front plate in Aluminum. One time
>>production run, only.
>
>This still strikes me as a lot of work to save maybe 6 pounds off the
>weight of a vehicle. One could do the same thing with a couple weeks
>diet and excersise and be a better person for it. What percentage of
>total vehicle weight is 6 pounds?
>
>TeriAnn
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