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Reducing Weight Of M35 Stagea's

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Don't you know, the key to weight saving in a stagea is to do a big dump before driving... :domokun:

But seriously, like others have said, i don't think you have a whole lot to gain unless you completely want to destroy the nicety of a stagea. Always drive around with under a 1/4 tank, saves you 45-50kgs in fuel. I notice a difference in acceleration between a near empty tank and full tank.

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You would be surprised- many M35 owners have competed in club motorsport event with great success. They are actually pretty handy on the track. Scotty, Jetwreck, Myself, Wagon_boy, Andys old car, off the top of my head have all seen track time.

Stageas post some of the fastest times in SAU NSW texi events. Full blown race car, no, but with the right mods you'll be rounding up people in what would appear to be "racier" cars.

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You would be surprised- many M35 owners have competed in club motorsport event with great success. They are actually pretty handy on the track. Scotty, Jetwreck, Myself, Wagon_boy, Andys old car, off the top of my head have all seen track time.

Stageas post some of the fastest times in SAU NSW texi events. Full blown race car, no, but with the right mods you'll be rounding up people in what would appear to be "racier" cars.

Terrible auto is the first thing that comes to mind.

I feel it would be far easier for an rb36 c34 to make better power and handling for far less money.

Im not saying it's a bad car. Just not an ideal race platform without a bottomless pitt of cash.

There seems to be alot more limitations and barriers sooner with thos chassis/engine then dealing with say a silvia skyline evo wrx base ect.

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Terrible auto is the first thing that comes to mind.

I feel it would be far easier for an rb36 c34 to make better power and handling for far less money.

Im not saying it's a bad car. Just not an ideal race platform without a bottomless pitt of cash.

There seems to be alot more limitations and barriers sooner with thos chassis/engine then dealing with say a silvia skyline evo wrx base ect.

Sure, thats why I went and bought a 180 for the track.

You don't have a transgo shift kit yet do you? Must say even with the trango in both transmissions, they still improved a lot in the S2 cars. With the right mods, and certainly not huge amounts of cash, you can have a pretty capable car. You went for a spin in Jetwrecks car, so that gives you a fair idea.

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Sure, thats why I went and bought a 180 for the track.

You don't have a transgo shift kit yet do you? Must say even with the trango in both transmissions, they still improved a lot in the S2 cars. With the right mods, and certainly not huge amounts of cash, you can have a pretty capable car. You went for a spin in Jetwrecks car, so that gives you a fair idea.

The shifting was alot better.

Im hoping someone gets game enough for a Manuel conversion to see how much this auto box limits performance.

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Don't you know, the key to weight saving in a stagea is to do a big dump before driving... :domokun:

But seriously, like others have said, i don't think you have a whole lot to gain unless you completely want to destroy the nicety of a stagea. Always drive around with under a 1/4 tank, saves you 45-50kgs in fuel. I notice a difference in acceleration between a near empty tank and full tank.

Good tip. I like it. How big are the fuel tanks? 80litres?

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