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Originally posted by Pimpalicious316:
Originally posted by svt4stv:
If anything, some stuff you do to your car may add weight, or slow you down, and you may just even out. 
yeah, like those [censored] turbos. damn i hate turbos 
~Andrew
like 19" rims, and 12" subwoofers, and amps, and adding an svt body kit or exhaust, etc... 
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Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.
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addin the kit is for looks, in my honest opinion the SVT looks better to me then the stock contours. and we arent all out there for speed, but looks and sound. hell, i put all that on my tour and i love it, except for i have 18s.
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The best weight reduction you can get is make a go kart. then install the engine on it. Don't even need a radiator, its all air cooled. no winshield either... Gotta gain major speed!
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I'd think most of us agree a Contour would need professional overhaul to see a change worth the work. I mean, change as in many seconds shaven.
Even thinking that; the Duratec for that matter can only produce so much.
Reducing the weight of any car doesn't give it the next standard in acceleration, just more headaches tuning parts which took years to design.
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Originally posted by MarshlMathrs:
addin the kit is for looks, in my honest opinion the SVT looks better to me then the stock contours. and we arent all out there for speed, but looks and sound. hell, i put all that on my tour and i love it, except for i have 18s.
The SVT kit is also more aerodynamic that the standard bumpers of a regular contour.
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91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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Originally posted by RogerB:
100 lbs for a 12 gal tank of gas? Planning factor for JP-8 is only about 3 lbs/gal, and that's closer to diesel. You're talking around 9 lbs/gal?
Where do you guys get your information from???
15.4 gallon tank and using 6 lbs per gallon of fuel.
That's nearly 100lbs. (My charts used 90 lbs as full fuel & only a 40lb reduction for 1/2 tank so I estimated a little light even)
Gasoline can change between about 5.5-6.5 lbs depending on numerous conditions.
JP-4 weighs 6.7 lbs per gallon. Hence why you couldn't move a full wing tank if you had to. Even the small centerline tank will split the forks on the dolly if it's past halfway.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
1. TronX has a zetec, which does have a top cover and a timing belt.
2. So you're saying the scale I used is roughly ~100lbs off? Or you just don't believe me? Either way I saw what my car weighs and I believe it to be close to what I saw (not completely accurate of course, but no more than 5-10lbs off).
1. That doesn't matter. He gave that advice to someone that has a Duratec.
Hence my response!
2. Probably more then that.
The information and numbers I posted are exactly calculated from digital corner scales. There is no way you dropped 250-300lbs without the scales dropping about half of the difference by being incorrect.
Hence Stazi and my responses.
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Originally posted by DemonSVT:
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
1. TronX has a zetec, which does have a top cover and a timing belt.
2. So you're saying the scale I used is roughly ~100lbs off? Or you just don't believe me? Either way I saw what my car weighs and I believe it to be close to what I saw (not completely accurate of course, but no more than 5-10lbs off).
1. That doesn't matter. He gave that advice to someone that has a Duratec.
Hence my response!
2. Probably more then that.
The information and numbers I posted are exactly calculated from digital corner scales. There is no way you dropped 250-300lbs without the scales dropping about half of the difference by being incorrect.
Hence Stazi and my responses.
1.It does matter. He maybe should have clarified, but the guy obviously would have found out quickly that he couldn't do that with his duratec. He was giving more general advice.
2.Ok. Say what you want. Same scale, used daily by a company so I'm sure it's pretty close to being right. So even if it was off, it should be off on my heavy weight and my light weight by about the same. I don't know why it's so implausible to drop 200-300lbs outta a contour. Other people have done it too.
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96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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kremit,
If you want to put an end to it, the easiest thing to do would be to take a bathroom scale and weigh every little thing you removed from the car. Post the list and their weights. 
spare tire - ____ lbs
jack & iron - _____ lbs
back seats - _____ lbs
subs - _____ lbs
etc.
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That would be really hard to considering half the stuff is at my mom's house, half is at my dad's house, other half (hahaha) is in the car. Both houses are 3 hours from here, and one hour apart from each other. And I don't have a bathroom scale.
I really don't care whether anyone believes me. I was just stating what I did.
98.5 SVT
91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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