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Re: Fiber Glass Bonnet

To: " 'spitfires@Autox.Team.Net' " <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Fiber Glass Bonnet
From: "Timothy Wayper (R3 Software Ltd)" <timmy@r3.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 23:37:31 +1200
>>The first part of the question is easy.  What is the lists opinion of
>>fiberglass bonnet for a Spit 6?
>
> I can't speak for anyone else, but I think fiberglass is the only way to
>go on a Spit6.  I had the chance to open the bonnet on a Spitfire with a
>fiberglass bonnet at an autocross, and I would guess the weight savings
>to be somewhere between 25-50 lbs. at least.

A tangent from the original question: what about moving the the battery to
the rear of the car? Weight transferred to the rear does twice as much to
balance distribution of mass as weight simply removed from the front
(although, removing weight in general is good...)

Cheers,
Tim


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