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Old 04-27-2012, 09:42 AM   #57
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Originally Posted by engee View Post
Congrats but I'm pretty sure those weights are purely the car. I think you need to add your weight plus the weight of the car (which is what I listed).

There really isn't a way to calculate what difference it makes. In the grand scheme of things, the extra 20 lbs that you want to lose is not going to improve the car in any significant way. This is also taking into the other facts that you really can't recreate the same 0-60 launch over and over with consistency and keeping all other variables the same. Even at a drag strip, no one ever runs the same exact time every single time.

However, I think you'll see significant improvement in your health, fitness, and overall confidence. :happy0180:
Thanks.

The weights I gave are car+my.original.weight compared to car+my.current.weight.

So, regardless then, it sounds like there isn't a particular formula that estimates a performance gain by shedding weight, whether its the car's spare tire, or mine it sounds like.
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