DCColegrove's Daily Driver:

[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.

[eyagel]

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

[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...

[Motorsports]

i really like the way this car is set up.

[DCColegrove]

i really like the way this car is set up.

My BMW?...


...Or the old 510 GT2?

BTW... That particular 510 wound up in so many pieces...

...That they shipped some they found back a month latter via UPS

[kishg]

i want to see this article

me too. i'm far from being qualified to question mr. colegrove's concepts but i'd like to a) see a picture of the car on a scale set and b) hear more details.

nice car btw. with or without weight loss.

[DCColegrove]

me too. i'm far from being qualified to question mr. colegrove's concepts but i'd like to a) see a picture of the car on a scale set and b) hear more details.

nice car btw. with or without weight loss.

I'll weight it again and shoot an image... I'll guess that it's up to about 2100 or so with the stock rear SF

[DSP74]

The devil is definately in the details....I to would like to see more info on your weight reduction.....I've done LOTS of research on this model, did lots of de-optioning and put into practice a bunch of stuff I've picked up trying to reduce weight on my camaro. I'm honestly running out of ideas......

I really want to see a thread that you contribute too about weight reduction so we can keep this out of here....Specifically I'm interested in the starter, alternator, stock aux fan/brkts, and rear seats....

Again killer car. Would be neat to plop a D/A charger onto it with a tiny pulley......That would be a damn quick 318

You already have my respect. I'm not trying to bash you in anyway. Just trying to wrap my head around the possibilty of that weight.

[BeirBrennerE30]

want to see article of weigh reduction as well as a complete list of parts replaced. i cant fathom 500lbs loss with the things you kept.

car looks good though

[blunttech]

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...

daniel, or mr cosgrove.. are you telling me you took your stock seats apart and fabbed new lighter alloy frames and lighter seat padding??

machined and replaced lay shafts in the tranny??

and bored the cams? does this mean make a hollow cam have thinner walls or what??

can you please answer each question. whatever was said between us is in the past but you have to admit these are some pretty bizarre claims

[Farbin Kaiber]

daniel, or mr cosgrove.. are you telling me you took your stock seats apart and fabbed new lighter alloy frames and lighter seat padding??

machined and replaced lay shafts in the tranny??

and bored the cams? does this mean make a hollow cam have thinner walls or what??

can you please answer each question. whatever was said between us is in the past but you have to admit these are some pretty bizarre claims

Dont question him. I'm in Southern Califorina, so his claims are true.

[Dozyproductions]

Here... Found another shot:



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

Looking good!

[Jand3rson]

Who's black car is that on the right? I loves it.

[blunttech]

Who's black car is that on the right? I loves it.

umm thats the left. forget i said that, im going to sneak up on you with my dick at mouth level on the left and tell you to look right

[Jand3rson]

umm thats the left. forget i said that, im going to sneak up on you with my dick at mouth level on the left and tell you to look right

Maybe then I'll remember...