over on the flea.

http://members.roadfly.org/cracker2/DSCN2036_edited.JPG

http://members.roadfly.org/cracker2/DSCN2041_edited.JPG

A fully road-ready 2002 is probably in the neighborhood of 2300lbs. Holy 5.75 lbs /hp Batman...:thumbup:

Insane!!!
Someone has some extra $$$ laying around.

over on the flea.

http://members.roadfly.org/cracker2/DSCN2036_edited.JPG


You know what the dog is thinking: "My owner is completely fucking nuts! An S62 in a 2002!" :D

I'd love to get a ride in that thing once it is done.

Drive Safely,
Raza

That is freaking awesome! That's definetly going to throw off the weight distribution though. He could just throw some weight in the trunk to balance it out and still have a great pwr/wt ratio.

Insane!!!
Someone has some extra $$$ laying around.


Not anymore :lol

Whoa, I just noticed he cut the firewall out to allow the S62 to fit. I wonder if he's going to have to modify the interior panels too...

My money is on driving from the back seat. Or possibly a custom mounted seat between where the front and rear seats would be.

That's definetly going to throw off the weight distribution though. He could just throw some weight in the trunk to balance it out and still have a great pwr/wt ratio.

Generally it's not a good idea just to add weight for the sole purpose of bettering the weight distribution.

Generally it's not a good idea just to add weight for the sole purpose of bettering the weight distribution.
Any specific reason for this?

Any specific reason for this?

cuz weight is bad no matter where it is.

granted, if yer desperate and need a temporary fix this might be a solution for that day or that session or whatever. one time i was running a sr20ve-swapped se-r with my buddy and after first runs we knew we had the spring rates wrong. we needed a quick fix in like five minutes so we bolted the spare tire in and that helped the balanced. that was pretty ghetto but got us through the day.

in general, you don't do this unless you HAVE to ballast to make weight. taking that one step further, a good strategy is to make the car so light that you have to run ballast, then if the rules allow free placement, exploit those rules.

Any specific reason for this?

The simple answer is that it will slow you down.

But more specifically, it adds more stress to almost every component and system in the car: engine, brakes, suspension, etc. Remember, it takes horsepower to move extra weight, asks the brakes to deal with higher temp loads, and lessens the car's ability to change direction quickly.

Horsepower is good, but the best option for making any car faster is making it as light as possible while still maintaining its structral integrity and by positioning the weight strategically in the car. Removing 1 lb. or extra weight is certainly much more beneficial than gaining 1 bhp.

Drive Safely,
Raza

edit - Megatron beat me to it. That's what I get for needing to take a number 2 between posting! :D

agreed, but 1:1?

Removing 1 lb. of extra weight is certainly much more beneficial than gaining 1 bhp.

I accidentally had typed 'or' instead of 'of,' but that shouldn't have made a difference in what I was trying to get across. The gist of what I was saying is that the gain of horsepower to losing weight is definitely NOT 1:1. It is much more in favor of losing weight than gaining horsepower as the benefits of weight loss are seen in the overal dynamic of the car, not just speed.

Drive Safely,
Raza