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09-12-2016, 05:05 PM
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Re: 4th gen Firebird build, are "T Tops" a strength issue?
One of my street car go fast guys came by to look at my 94 Firebird that was for sale. Once he seen it was a T-top he wasn't interested as he stated 35 lbs heavier. Don't know how factual it is.
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09-12-2016, 06:35 PM
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Re: 4th gen Firebird build, are "T Tops" a strength issue?
My Firebird stocker was a t-top car and had a full stocker legal cage.
It was built by PK racecars in Ohio and did some pretty high wheelies and still does.... 60' times routinely in the very low 1.30's and even into the 1.20's IIRC There was never any evidence of flex... I did not like that it was a t-top car but it made zero difference in how it worked.....they do leak water though as I left it outside for a while before I finished it......
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09-13-2016, 07:37 AM
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Re: 4th gen Firebird build, are "T Tops" a strength issue?
You could save weight and run it with the tops out. I goes it would be legal with the cage, I know that Keith Mayers runs Super Street with his sunroof open in his Porche and it would make for good ventilation on those really hot days.
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