Away with the hatchback !!!
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Every 100lbs you lose you gain 7hp. Looks good. I have a 84 junker couldn't spin a tire on concrete to save its life. I cut top off behind back doors, removed hatch,windows, & all 4doors. Damn thing smoke posi a block long & get scary squirrely along the way. Weight suks!
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Every 100lbs you lose you gain 7hp. Looks good. I have a 84 junker couldn't spin a tire on concrete to save its life. I cut top off behind back doors, removed hatch,windows, & all 4doors. Damn thing smoke posi a block long & get scary squirrely along the way. Weight suks!
I musta gained about 21hp than ..when my wife undid the last hing bold it came down on me and about broke my back ,,and i was waitingfor it
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Yeah I hear ya! Hatches are ridiculously heavy for being fiberglass. I'm sure you noticed a difference huh? The cut-up jeep I mentioned has no lift & stock crap street tread. I took it out back of my bros house(trails, hills, ect) & was wheeling with his 6.5 lifted & swampers & was following them around for fun. I picked different lines(hence the stock tread) but being so lite I could go through spots they'd got stuck in.& would loop(to prove it,lol) around & do it again. HUGE difference a 1000k lbs makes. Less is definitely more. More power!
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There a funny article in Peterson's 4wheel all about weight shedding. They cut just about everything off an old 4x4 ford van, roof, sides doors windshield, I mean everything. Looks ridiculous but worked really well
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I do get fumes at about 30mph when i drive it in town ,but that's not to often sinse it has a 10 series flowmaster and spend more time with blue lights behind me for exceeding db level's < Monterey / Carmel > area ... Mostly goes trailer to trail
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