[Shotimes] Fw: Taurus SHO C/F hood

[Bruce Malachuk]

Are the bumper brackets on a gen 1 the same as a gen 2? 


Bruce Malachuk

94 Opal Frost MTX

93 Black ATX soon to be parts

93 Green MTX - black interior...a turd with wheels right now


-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mark Nunnally
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 6:03 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Fw: Taurus SHO C/F hood

> The Gen I bias for the most part is beacause they are cheaper. Another 
> yer or two an dthe Gen IIs will be cheap enough, and they are 
> stiffer.T

True.  But slightly heavier, and a cage in both would even up any
differences probably.  The biggest advantage I see for a gen2 track car is
the ability to stuff more rubber (easier) in the (rear) fenders compared to
the gen1.  If you are building a REAL serious track car, the gen2 extra
weight crap (like airbags, etc) are gonna get tossed anyway, so you could
keep the weight probably close to an 89.  I think the gen1's have a big
cooling advantage though, they get a lot more air to the rad.  IMHO you'd
need to ventilate a gen2 fascia to work well.

> The 100# facia. Does that include everything in front of the radiator 
> support?

Front is 55 lb IIRC, and rear is 45.  Total 100 for the pair.  The inner
bumpers are approx 1/2 of that, the shocks probably 5 or 7 lbs a piece.  So,
you could just hang the OEM skin on custom brackets and cut the weight in
1/2.

mark
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