DCColegrove's Daily Driver:

[DCColegrove]

post a pic of your fenders attached with aviation rivets

Well...

I can't Blunt...

Because I spot welded them on this one instead.

[DCColegrove]

Please admit to failing

Why?

I did fuck up the op because I was under the impression it was 2055 not 2255 lbs

I actually think I subtracted my weight from the wrong numbers... so it's not my math so much as my organisational skills that suck...

Still.... 2255 is really light.

[asubimmer]

I just wanted to break this up for a moment to thank everyone who helped work go by faster! Cookies will be mailed out to everyone involved...

[blunttech]

The Nuts and bolts are steel...

Go take off one of your fenders and weigh the screws... you have to cut the captured nut off to weigh it but...

Then go weigh enough av skin rivets to put it back together... The devil really is in the details...

post a pic of your fenders attached with aviation rivets

[e30nub]

Please admit to failing

[DCColegrove]

Not to mention that you can't strip all of the hardware off and still have a functioning car.

And the alloy rivet claim is the funniest to me. I'd be willing to bet that any rivet from the factory is already alloy.

The Nuts and bolts are steel...

Go take off one of your fenders and weigh the screws... you have to cut the captured nut off to weigh it but...

Then go weigh enough av skin rivets to put it back together... The devil really is in the details...

[DCColegrove]

I'm more interested in hearing the methods of dropping so much weight. Pictures aren't so necessary.

drilled out cams ~.5 lbs
"alloy rivets"~ 1 lb.
reworked sport seats ~ 6 lbs.
lightweight wiring ~ 2 lbs.

~10 lbs.
+10 lbs. of chassis braces
= net zero weight change

The means you have mentioned will not remove 600 lbs. from your car. Your weight claim is bs and your defenses for the claim are even weaker.

I'll sit on this...

You have a very narrow view.... I mentioned a very few examples pertaining weight reduction here.

And do you know how many assumptions you've based on bad guesses...

Okay I'll give you one clue

Do you know how much the wiring in an e30 weighs?

...find out and cut that by about 65%

[TwoJ's]

Not to mention that you can't strip all of the hardware off and still have a functioning car.

And the alloy rivet claim is the funniest to me. I'd be willing to bet that any rivet from the factory is already alloy.

[george graves]

Have you ever completely stripped a car, put all the hardware in a bucket, and tried to pick it up? It's quite heavy.

Yes, I have. Not including the head bolts it's about 17.5 lbs. I'll try and find a pic.

EDIT: Here ya go.

[kronus]

I'm more interested in hearing the methods of dropping so much weight. Pictures aren't so necessary.

drilled out cams ~.5 lbs
"alloy rivets"~ 1 lb.
reworked sport seats ~ 6 lbs.
lightweight wiring ~ 2 lbs.

~10 lbs.
+10 lbs. of chassis braces
= net zero weight change

The means you have mentioned will not remove 600 lbs. from your car. Your weight claim is bs and your defenses for the claim are even weaker.

Your estimates are a bit off.

A cam weighs about 5-6 lbs, by coring it you can lose 2 (going from sheer amount of material removed)

Have you ever completely stripped a car, put all the hardware in a bucket, and tried to pick it up? It's quite heavy.

[Lof8]

I'm more interested in hearing the methods of dropping so much weight. Pictures aren't so necessary.

drilled out cams ~.5 lbs
"alloy rivets"~ 1 lb.
reworked sport seats ~ 6 lbs.
lightweight wiring ~ 2 lbs.

~10 lbs.
+10 lbs. of chassis braces
= net zero weight change

The means you have mentioned will not remove 600 lbs. from your car. Your weight claim is bs and your defenses for the claim are even weaker.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Something like this?

[DCColegrove]

Excellent Office Space quote FTW.


Dude, don't leave just because some people don't believe your claims. You should back them up and prove everyone wrong. Hurry up and post some epic pics that'll get everyone to clam up and admit they were wrong. Your car on corner-weighting scales would be a good start. You might want to wait until your car is nearly out of fuel, though...

Dude...

I'm not going anywhere...

I'm just getting tired of plowing through DVD after DVD of images...

I moved a few months ago and they king of got spilled out of the file boxes...

In the spirit of getting shit done... They were re-filed in random order...

[kishg]

Your car on corner-weighting scales would be a good start. You might want to wait until your car is nearly out of fuel, though...

+10

[VacMan]

look i can understand someone making a simple math error. im not the brightest guy myself. but can you please elaborate on the lightweight seat frames and padding and lightweight wiring loom and other things you stated? i have a 6700lb f250 super duty plow truck and id like to get it down to maybe 1800lbs so its as nimble as one of my 02's

Well look, I already told you! I deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers don't have to! I have people skills! I am good at dealing with people! Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?

Excellent Office Space quote FTW.

Edit: Come to think of it... I'm rapidly loosing interest all togeather here...

Dude, don't leave just because some people don't believe your claims. You should back them up and prove everyone wrong. Hurry up and post some epic pics that'll get everyone to clam up and admit they were wrong. Your car on corner-weighting scales would be a good start. You might want to wait until your car is nearly out of fuel, though...