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Welded rear hatch replacement ?
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geddes66  



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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Would doing that lighten the car? The stock glass hatch is faily heavy.
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would say proably. You could use the 928 hatch on it. But as i recall the hood and hatch weigh the same. Start messing with weights without counter balancing then there goes the distribution.
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geddes66  



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PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 4:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
True, but I have seen LOTS of cool ways to lighten the front and not narly so many to lighten the rear.
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PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 7:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Same here. There is not much to remove off the back.
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PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2003 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
geddes66 wrote:
True, but I have seen LOTS of cool ways to lighten the front and not narly so many to lighten the rear.
, that is beacue the front is slightely heavier, but a plexy hatch and cutting off the quarter panels and switching to fiberglass/carbon fiber, also converting to fuel cell, removal of the sound deadning material and rear seats also lightens the back, you could always remove the trailing arm and put in the www.lindseyracing.com replacement that would save some weight
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