"A little more weight" is correct, not much in the case of moly tubes on an aftermarkey like an S60 or M60 housing. 15 lbs maybe 20
A little more weight here a little more weight there......
Obviously its everyones personal prefs, I come from a motorcycle, (Vintage GP) background, Ive been known to swisscheese vintage mag grimeca setups (and oddly Ive never broken one) for an ounce of mass so.....
I am of the opinion I would rather run the bare minimum and distribute the weight EXACTLY where I want , and understandable break things as a result, Im under no illusion there, Id rather break here and there than than add a little weight here or there. When Al Smythe noticed the Drag Pak cars have no pistons on the trunk, he said for a few bucks put them on so it dosent wack someone, I was thinking, hmmm...no pistons....that means the lug balls are redundant and I can loose them....
I took over 15 lbs of body sealer out of our Drag Pak car.....I went with the lightest of everything including our steering wheel. Ill be able to put any of that weight exactly where its needed instead of distributed piecmeal through the car.
Just my 2 cents.......
And in an automatic at 3100 it shouldnt be a problem with the 8 3/4 the housing (stock) is obviously a weak link but this isnt that housing, and the 3rd member with its caps, but were not running that either....were using an aftermarket unit....and since I was able to wrangle up a pair of alloy spools at 4.7 lbs each....I think our 8 3/4 will be just fine
It actually (and I knew this before I went down the road) cost all total about $300 more than a 60 setup.... $100 per 5lbs is acceptable at this point. \
But to make me happy, I will have one seriously swisscheesed steering wheel rim on a custom wheel....lol
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Originally Posted by herbjr
The Dana is just a little more weight and a ton stronger.
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