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Maybe he was in the car when he weighed the first time  Honestly, even with your "guesstimates" your weight came out to 110lbs? And that's stripping everything with actual weight. What do you have in the car that could account for the other 190lbs besides a dead body in your trunk? Mark
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Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
What do you have in the car that could account for the other 190lbs besides a dead body in your trunk?
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Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Maybe he was in the car when he weighed the first time
Honestly, even with your "guesstimates" your weight came out to 110lbs? And that's stripping everything with actual weight. What do you have in the car that could account for the other 190lbs besides a dead body in your trunk?
Mark
Nope.
Now I did have less gas, so maybe 40-50lbs there. But again, I did have the spare and jack in when I weighed. I removed a buncha stuff, that's all I gotta say. Believe it or not. My car weighed roughly 2760lb. Other people have done it too. So if you haven't done it, don't knock it. You can say this should weigh this,etc. but unless you do it, you don't know.
Or no, I'm just making all this up.  U guys r so funny.
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what kind of scale did you use, kremi?
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I said before. It's a truck scale at a construction company. Yes I know it's not gonna be dead on accurate, but you think they really use a scale that is 100lb's off? And if it is off, like I said, I used it for both my before and after weight, so should be off the same amount.
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LOL.. It's not hard to drop 300 from a car. I've seen everything ripped out and gutted to drop 1000+ pounds. It�s as simple as finding wide-open metal areas and cutting them out to replace with lighter materials. There is a lot of junk piled into are cars that make them very race unfriendly, but otherwise needed for everyday driving comfort and safety.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
I said before. It's a truck scale at a construction company. Yes I know it's not gonna be dead on accurate, but you think they really use a scale that is 100lb's off? And if it is off, like I said, I used it for both my before and after weight, so should be off the same amount.
Well I rest my case. A construction company scale which is crude at best - compared to a digital corner weighting scal setup.
Hmm, I go with the digital racing scales.
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Originally posted by Stazi:
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
I said before. It's a truck scale at a construction company. Yes I know it's not gonna be dead on accurate, but you think they really use a scale that is 100lb's off? And if it is off, like I said, I used it for both my before and after weight, so should be off the same amount.
Well I rest my case. A construction company scale which is crude at best - compared to a digital corner weighting scal setup.
Hmm, I go with the digital racing scales.
not only that, but a large scale like that isn't going to accurately handle a small vehicle imo.
and, yes, a scale can be off 100lbs now and 10 lbs later.... much like a car can run poorly one minute and fine the next. don't think that consistency and accuracy are the same things!
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Best weight reduction for the car that I've found:
I've gone on a diet.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by Stazi:
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
I said before. It's a truck scale at a construction company. Yes I know it's not gonna be dead on accurate, but you think they really use a scale that is 100lb's off? And if it is off, like I said, I used it for both my before and after weight, so should be off the same amount.
Well I rest my case. A construction company scale which is crude at best - compared to a digital corner weighting scal setup.
Hmm, I go with the digital racing scales.
I go with digital racing scales too but don't have access to one(the truck scale was digital as well, and it's for smaller big trucks, not semis).
But when did Demon remove weight out of MY car and weigh it? We've weighed a lot of other cars out there and it always seems to be pretty close to what it should be.
Fact is I removed 200lb+ from my car. Just because you or your friend haven't done it doesn't it mean it can't be done.
Like I said, a bunch of other people have done it as well. Here's one in this thread: "I managed to get my Cougar down to 2650 with my 19" wheels and body kit, still retaining the carpet and sound deadning materials also."
So unless you do it yourself, you don't know. I'm not gonna go telling you stuff about a turbo Stazi, or building an engine Demon, cuz I have done neither. I have removed weight and weighed my car though. You don't have to believe I did it. I don't have to believe you've ran high 13s in your contour. Neither one of us saw each other do da thang.
Again, quit "bench" weighing.
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