Weight Loss

DakotaHyde · 06-18-2013, 03:06 PM

Not fibreglass my bad, a Carbon Fibre hood. I don't know what the weight distribution is for me but it's around 50/50 Its not turbo, 2.8L l6, automatic. The engine was taken apart and rebuilt about 4 years ago, otherwise I have done no mods with it. Everything is either original, or just a standard replacement.
Sadly, my '87 doesn't go too far from my house. It seems 90 miles in any direction away from my house gives the old girl problems. It sputters and sometimes dies, so for now it is a town car. That's my reason for trying to lighten, to reduce the work the engine has to do on long trips and make it more efficient.

We used to have a turbo MR2 but had to sell it, it was a great car.
I'll search the forum again, but I have trouble finding details about the '87 on the MKIII forums. Thank you for help!!!

06-18-2013, 03:06 PM	#3
DakotaHyde Stock Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Ohio Posts: 6	Not fibreglass my bad, a Carbon Fibre hood. I don't know what the weight distribution is for me but it's around 50/50 Its not turbo, 2.8L l6, automatic. The engine was taken apart and rebuilt about 4 years ago, otherwise I have done no mods with it. Everything is either original, or just a standard replacement. Sadly, my '87 doesn't go too far from my house. It seems 90 miles in any direction away from my house gives the old girl problems. It sputters and sometimes dies, so for now it is a town car. That's my reason for trying to lighten, to reduce the work the engine has to do on long trips and make it more efficient. We used to have a turbo MR2 but had to sell it, it was a great car. I'll search the forum again, but I have trouble finding details about the '87 on the MKIII forums. Thank you for help!!! Last edited by DakotaHyde; 06-18-2013 at 03:18 PM.