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Originally Posted by vtec-e
Hasbro, if you've got the skills then you've got to do this! It looks awesome and for that alone, it's worth doing. More mpg is just the icing on the cake.
On a practical note, how do you propose getting around the crashworthiness issue, since there will be heavy cutting of the structure?
ollie
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Lol, I don't have the skills but that has never stopped me before. If it works out to be feasible I can do it.
I don't see a problem with crashworthiness re. the chop as interior bars could make it safe/rigid. There seems to be plenty of room for bumpers further in the chassis. The overall length would be shortened by 7 3/4-8 1/4".
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
That looks cool.
One thing to keep in mind if you lay the windshield angle back is you'll have less pressure for flow through ventilation (typically relies on high pressure at the base of the windshield).
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A body piece of about 3" between the bonnet and windshield would be needed to tie the two together, which would be just right for working that problem out.
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Originally Posted by some_other_dave
Wow, looks super nice from this angle!
But I don't think you'll get anywhere near the weight reduction you're talking about without changing a bunch of metal and glass to lighter materials. Still, dropping the CG won't hurt the handling one tiny bit, and shaving some weight off the ends will be good for polar moment--so it will change directions more easily.
If you can do it, go for it! 
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I have pages of weight reduction notes and believe I am being conservative. Oh, gotcha, the 500 lbs. I mentioned above relates to all my reductions. Not counting the sun roof (32 lbs) I think this project might remove 50 lbs give or take. I have removed about 275-300 so far.
Thanks for everyone's input, really helps. Very encouraging.