RDOG
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Ontario. California U.S.A.
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05-03-2013, 05:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-03-2013, 05:20 PM by RDOG.)
A friend of mine was going nutty reducing weight for the race he was entering. This guy went as far as weighing sunvisors, ash tray, door panels, etc, etc. He turns to me and says "Dude" can you think of anything else I can do to reduce weight". I tell him to get rid of the huge spare tire. He says, "Duh! I already did". I then point to his massive belly(Dude is like 300lbs) and say, "I dont think so". LOL!
Its funny how we get so caught up on our cars, but forget about our own health. Car cant go anywhere, or down any track, if we are not alive behind the wheel.
Just food for thought.
1986 Turbo Coupe. Boport StageIII head, Boport 2.1, Performance Techniques 50 trim hybird, StageII.63, stinger 3" exhaust, Phenolic spacer, Boglog header,NPR FMIC intercooler setup, kirban fpr, bigrmotorsports fuel rail, diablo water meth kit, CAI, remote mount TFI, CHE rear adj control arms, MAC girdle, 8.8 rear disc, aluminum drive shaft, H&R lowerings springs Tbird Turbo Specific, y MAS!!
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Jeff K
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Milwaukee, WI
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Truer words have never been spoken, Chip.
Jeff Korn
88 Turbo Coupe: Intake and exhaust mods, T3 turbo at 24 psi, forced air IC, water injection, BPV, Ranger cam, subframes, etc., etc.
86 Tbird 5.0 (original owner): intake, exhaust, valvetrain mods, 100 HP N2O, ignition, gears, suspension, etc., etc.
11 Crown Vic Interceptor
14 Toyota Camry (wifes car)
95 Taurus GL Vulcan winter beater
67 Honda 450 Super Sport - completely customized
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86XR7auto
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Mt. Pleasant, MI. USA
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Personally.... I'm not into weight reduction...I enjoy the comfort the fox bird/cougars offer...if max speed is my only goal...I would own a fox mustang. Going fast with class is a moto from the turbo Buick crowd. But that should also apply to us!
JMHO
Travis
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50RACER
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Manassas, VA
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So true. Americans have come to accept substandard food as acceptable. So much that we in this country eat, is filled with non-food products. Read the food labels of the stuff in your house. If you can't pronounce it, it ain't food and your body doesn't know what to do with it. The result is that we have so many cancers, a drug store on every corner for people trying to fix the problems their diet created, by using a pill that fixes one problem and then creates another.
87 TC Medium Canyon Red
88 TC Black Beauty
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longbedGTs
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Amarillo, Texas
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86XR7auto Wrote:Personally.... I'm not into weight reduction...I enjoy the comfort the fox bird/cougars offer...if max speed is my only goal...I would own a fox mustang. Going fast with class is a moto from the turbo Buick crowd. But that should also apply to us!
JMHO
Travis
Agreed 110%! Race prep for my TC involves 1 step...turning off the A/C. 
88 TC 5spd~money pit
88 TC 5spd~78K miles
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86XR7auto
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Mt. Pleasant, MI. USA
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There is stories of 11-12 sec GN's of people doing that..
Travis
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