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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 11:37 AM
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Weight Reduction!!!!

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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 11:49 AM
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Doesnt look all that comfortable.

I would move to light weight wheels to scrub off rotating mass before I would switch out to uncomfortable seats.
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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 11:58 AM
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Wheels are lighter then stock. This is for track use.
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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 12:03 PM
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c'mon, man, you'll need to explain better than that....


so, you're going to switch out seats EVERY time, you head to track?

and what wheels do you have?
rotating mass is a killer, I'd do a two piece rotor way before seats.

I know in the TL; there are Dampers and weights and steel plates... which I got rid of.
Ive lost about 80-100lbs from my TL.

the reinforced steel bumper beams weigh 15lbs each.
and they are only 5mph bumpers, which mean anything 5mph and below those bumpers will help.
anything above those speeds, and those bumpers are useless.

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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 12:25 PM
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dont the bumper beams help keep the front end from flex too?

Ken did you weight stock seats vs those? curious on the weight amounts
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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 12:41 PM
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No need, these are 13lbs wet and 15-16lbs with brackets! I took out everything and lost about 150-200lbs. So, I should do pretty good tonight. I don't care what I run as long as I reach my goal, which is getting into 13's. That was my goal from the start, after that I'm done!!
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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by KenB350z
That was my goal from the start, after that I'm done!!
You say that now...
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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by KenB350z
No need, these are 13lbs wet and 15-16lbs with brackets! I took out everything and lost about 150-200lbs. So, I should do pretty good tonight. I don't care what I run as long as I reach my goal, which is getting into 13's. That was my goal from the start, after that I'm done!!
its a good goal.. did you raise the boost level alittle?

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You say that now...

its in the male dna.. we always want more.. 13.99 is good but now i want 13.7.. 13.7 is good but really i want 13.3 haha it just keeps going
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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 02:02 PM
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the seatbelts bolt to the factory seat how are you getting around that?
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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 02:12 PM
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Bolt it to the new seat.
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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 03:12 PM
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its a good goal.. did you raise the boost level alittle?




its in the male dna.. we always want more.. 13.99 is good but now i want 13.7.. 13.7 is good but really i want 13.3 haha it just keeps going


No, still running 13lbs. I told my mechanic to raise it, but he is chicken!
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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 05:34 PM
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DUDE!!! you can do 15lbs no sweat specially in the midrange even hondata was running up to 15 when they did there testing and tuning for the flashpro

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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 05:35 PM
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to add to that with your upgraded wheel i bet you might beable to get away with 16 or 17 in some cases
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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 09:25 PM
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hondata stated on there site when church did a rdx project with them that it probably go up to 17 psi. i'm running 14 psi safely . but ken does have that 18t wheel so imo uping boost will make great gains.
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Old Oct 23, 2014 | 06:18 PM
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What did you end up running??
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Old Oct 23, 2014 | 07:10 PM
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did you take the rear seats out and p/s seat also?
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