This will save some weight and increase acceleration

Nice! Got a link to where you purchased it?

Theairfactor.com

Thanks! They have some great stuff!

drill some holes in it to make it lighter...

Great stuff. I wish I didn’t see this post. Now my wallet will be a bit more lighter. 

Karyadi posted:

Save some weight by deleting the metal badge and using the sticker, just like Porsche racing team. I am sure it will increase the acceleration of my coupe 

That looks awesome. I bought one of their cool 356 shirts. I wanted to ask if you use one of those spring door poppers on your hood, since the handle was removed.

Coupe Revolution.           The time is now!

I am not sure how the real 356 hood mechanism is, mine is just like normal car, you pull the hood release, it pops a bit, then unlatched the hood latch and I open the hood. I put a gas strut on my hood.

Karyadi posted:

I am not sure how the real 356 hood mechanism is, mine is just like normal car, you pull the hood release, it pops a bit, then unlatched the hood latch and I open the hood. I put a gas strut on my hood.

So you added weight. Rookie mistake.

Robert M posted:

Karyadi posted:

I am not sure how the real 356 hood mechanism is, mine is just like a normal car, you pull the hood release, it pops a bit, then unlatched the hood latch and I open the hood. I put a gas strut on my hood.

So you added weight. Rookie mistake.

Robert's correct- more than negates the saving of the sticker. Mind you, since the front end is where a little more weight is always beneficial, I think we're just being faked out. Devilishly clever, Mr. @Karyadi!

To get right with God you could use one of these to punch some holes in the sticker.

Deleting the metal badge and use a sticker?  Not me.

You can save a little mass also by removing whatever gas is in your gas strut and replacing it with pure hydrogen. It's dangerous, I know, but safe ain't racin'. 

Would the lift cylinder perhaps be lighter if I drilled some holes in it?

@Karyadi , you're still not thinking like a racer.

With a silver car, you could cut out the white parts of the sticker and let the silver paint show through in those areas for about a 47.3 per cent weight savings.

And besides cutting weight, that would also lower CG.

Any racing graphics house will laser cut your decal for about $400. Carbon fiber ink is a little bit more.

Also consider burnishing the leading edge of the decal for less aerodynamic drag.

I kept the weight down by applying my stickers via Sharpie ... Just for mock-up purposes. Going full-weight decals after the paint goes on ...

Stan Galat posted:

Would the lift cylinder perhaps be lighter if I drilled some holes in it?

Give it a try, and tell us what you think...

how about using a lighter weight oil.  20W doesnt weigh as much as 30W.

ALB posted:

Stan Galat posted:

Would the lift cylinder perhaps be lighter if I drilled some holes in it?

Give it a try, and tell us what you think...

Just in from the garage. Defiantly lighter!

I guess if I use 0W oil that will be much lighter than the 40W oil that I am currently using?

Stan Galat posted:

ALB posted:

Stan Galat posted:

Would the lift cylinder perhaps be lighter if I drilled some holes in it?

Give it a try, and tell us what you think...

Just in from the garage. Defiantly lighter!

Defiantly lighter?  I tell ya Stan, you can't take any crap from these things...

Stan Galat posted:

ALB posted:

Stan Galat posted:

Would the lift cylinder perhaps be lighter if I drilled some holes in it?

Give it a try, and tell us what you think...

Just in from the garage. Defiantly lighter!

So... are you saying it didn't like this little modification?

Karyadi posted:

I guess if I use 0W oil that will be much lighter than the 40W oil that I am currently using?

While that may be true (I'll be the first to admit I've never actually weighed oil), and it would be taking weight out of the right end of the car, there is the 1 little detail of being able to lubricate and keep surfaces away from each other at  operating temps. If you're really convinced it's the way to go...

Mitch's laser-out the sticker and burnish the edge advice is some next-level ****. And, theoretically, it would lighten your wallet enough to take another 10th off your lap times. Powerful competitor.

But RacerX's Sharpie-powered solution seems like the low-tech way to get a similar result. It's like the old (apocryphal) story of NASA spending millions to make a pen that would work in zero gravity, and the Russians just using a pencil. 

This is gonna be a great race folks . . . .

Perhaps you should wear the old Crocs rubber shoes.....they have lightening holes in them you know. Also punch additional holes in your belt.....you already have a few.

Then you could make certain your pants zipper is aluminum rather than steel.

Marty's contribution is the knuckle holes on the back of his driving gloves.

I have some socks that already have holes, so there's that.

Dozens of creative ideas for lightening the car and the load!