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Topic: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

Hey so one of the guys on our team has a car scale, so I built some ramps for quick weigh ins.

Thought it might be fun to let anyone who wants weigh your lemon.  Then we can see who dropped the most weight compared with curb weight spec on edmonds.  Ie "biggest loser"

I think it was Chapman who said something like "to add quickness you must add lightness"

So come find team Tacocat racecar and let's see how much garbage you took out of your crapcan!

Rules:  there is no prize, nobody actually cares,  if it rains too hard, or our stuff breaks we might give up.  Also we are not responsible for your car or safety.  Oh and maybe try and show up with a full tank.  Curb weight is fully wet.

Having trouble finding us?  We have the subaru painted like a tacocat!

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

We will definitely stop by for this with the Bortina, in our case it will be how much weight we added…

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3 Reply by rozap_ (edited by rozap_ 2024-04-23 11:36 AM)

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

I will be there with the X1/9. Very curious to see how much heavier we made it.

"Complicate, then add heaviness" has been our guiding principle.

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

Wow I hope someone else made ther junk lighter!

Das Cortina probably is at least lighter than an e30?


We just figured it was cheaper to cut stuff off

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

Zacks wrote:

Wow I hope someone else made ther junk lighter!

Das Cortina probably is at least lighter than an e30?


We just figured it was cheaper to cut stuff off

Our Saturn wagon is definitely lighter but we're on the wrong coast.

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

I'm thinking the cage and a full cool system cooler probably outweighs what I've removed so far; and I haven't yet purchased a fire suppression system, so I don't know how much that'll add.

This has piqued my interest.

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

swindrum wrote:

We will definitely stop by for this with the Bortina, in our case it will be how much weight we added…

We are sold out of Bortina license plates.

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

therood wrote:
swindrum wrote:

We will definitely stop by for this with the Bortina, in our case it will be how much weight we added…

We are sold out of Bortina license plates.

Were you talking to me? No, my son is also named Bort.

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

Bort Bort Bort Bort!

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

Zacks wrote:

Wow I hope someone else made ther junk lighter!

Das Cortina probably is at least lighter than an e30?


We just figured it was cheaper to cut stuff off

I’m really curious, the e30 part is a convertible, so already heavier than a coupe. All the convertible stuff seemed to weigh a LOT, certainly more than a tin roof.

But, most of the e30 is still under there. Front fenders, doors, trunk lid, rear panel and windscreen surround are gone. All the rest is still there

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

Zacks wrote:

Wow I hope someone else made ther junk lighter!

What do you think this is, a racing series?

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

I'll be curious to see how the PV544 Mk2 compares to the original...

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Re: Biggest loser game at the ridge friday.

We would love to weigh the Milano   Maybe after the race on Saturday?

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