DCColegrove's Daily Driver:

[DCColegrove]

Weather you've actually dropped all that weight or not. The things you have mentioned are of very cool concept. Im definatly impressed.

Obsessive weight reduction...

It all started here about 25 or 26 years ago:




Mr. Marx (Age17) used to call me (age 19) at the craziest times of day from a payphone someplace near Cal Poly and say things like: "So... Daniel... How thick do you imagine an alternator case really needs to be?"

But don't be too impressed... I think if we'd done something else with our lives we'd both be better off now...

[eyagel]

Clean, leave it up to the aviation division to think up such crazy things.

[formula driver]

Like I said...

I may let everyone in on some stuff on weight reduction in an article...

Briefly though...

That full interior you see has been completely re-worked with lighter materials right down to the seat padding and frames...

Lighter Teflon insulated wiring, lighter alloy attaching hardware...

I've done things like replacing the counter-shaft and selector rods in the transmission with an alloy pieces and bored the camshafts...

Serious (capital serious) weight reduction...

I probably will have to revise the weight like I said earlier because the rear sub-frame was swapped back out to a stock one... it couldn't handle the daily driver pot holes and I was getting a little worried about it blowing apart...

The front carrier will probably have to go as well...

Weather you've actually dropped all that weight or not. The things you have mentioned are of very cool concept. Im definatly impressed.

[ajD4bmw]

i want to see this article

[DCColegrove]

Here... Found another shot:



and one more secret to weight reduction... Alloy rivets.

[DCColegrove]

Yes, I don't know about the weight claim, but I really don't care. That is a great looking car, and I imagine a built m42 would be a blast.

The M42 is my favorite power-plant of all time... I'm not the engine wizard but they they can put out incredible ( I mean incredible in the strict sense of the word) horsepower.


And yes I'll shoot another interior shot with the Mtech II wheel...

[DCColegrove]

I won't knock you, I just want to believe I can make my car weigh that much!

Looks amazingly clean, I love it!

Dan Marx and I sat down about 6 months ago and figured out what it would cost duplicate his car (very similar to mine) ....

We came up with a price tag of something like $50K...

[TwoJ's]

Yes, I don't know about the weight claim, but I really don't care. That is a great looking car, and I imagine a built m42 would be a blast.

[DCColegrove]

Like I said...

I may let everyone in on some stuff on weight reduction in an article...

Briefly though...

That full interior you see has been completely re-worked with lighter materials right down to the seat padding and frames...

Lighter Teflon insulated wiring, lighter alloy attaching hardware...

I've done things like replacing the counter-shaft and selector rods in the transmission with an alloy pieces and bored the camshafts...

Serious (capital serious) weight reduction...

I probably will have to revise the weight like I said earlier because the rear sub-frame was swapped back out to a stock one... it couldn't handle the daily driver pot holes and I was getting a little worried about it blowing apart...

The front carrier will probably have to go as well...

[M42Technik]

I won't knock you, I just want to believe I can make my car weigh that much!

Looks amazingly clean, I love it!

[DSP74]

I don't know about a 4cyl car but with an M20 expect a car similarly equipped=full interior BUT much more stripped to hit 2300lbs. That's with manual windows, no maplight, 6lb Braille battery, exhuast weighing less than 5lbs, JB flywheel, no OBC or wires, no cruise or wires, front mounted battery so no cable, empty washer resevoir, no fogs, early model cloth rear seat, corbeau drivers seat, cheap summit passenger seat, ALL A/C deleted including hoses and under dash evap, early model no insulation carpet.....ETC,ETC.

No way in heck that the 4cyl is that much lighter than a M20....Hell your car even has power windows and A/C for cryin' out loud.......


Nice car otherwise though.

[shmutzigE30]

looks good. i like the interior

[formula driver]

SUPER BS on the weight claims

what on earth has been done to that m42 that it puts out 155whp?

car does look clean nonetheless

he said its a 2 liter, that I can beleive.

[formula driver]

Im with everyone else, clean car none the less but I find it very hard to belive you dropped that much weight.

Can we get some pics with the M Tech 2 wheel?

[e30love]

i need more info!