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Old 12-03-2008, 05:34 PM   #28 (permalink)
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mizer: good thoughts, that's kinda where my enthusiasm to hack up my car lost it's momentum. My calcs showed less than 100 lbs weight loss, and I'd expect some reduction in rolling resistance simply due to the elimination of tire scrub on one end as the suspension works. But those factors, nice as they are, probably don't amount to a significant increase in fe... and they definitely amount to a significant compromise in utility.
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