Thread: The Firebrid Hybrid Convertible Project (Prius platform swap)
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Old 03-17-2016, 02:48 PM   #106 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bill the Engineer View Post
... They are something like 20lbs each. I still have them, but I doubt that I will need them. Time will tell...
The Prius frame will be much better, I would think... you probably won't need them... and that is a lot of weight, distributed at corners that will affect it's cornering kinda negatively, no? I guess you'll experiment with removing them, maybe?
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