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Originally Posted by Kalun_D  I defer to Ronnie Spain who puts the MK1 at 2000. I think you're looking at a MK1 wet weight of 2438 and that's with 40 gallons of fuel @ 8lbs per. or 320 lbs. So that puts it a 2120 with no fuel, so 2000 might be no oils or coolant.
My car weighs 2170lbs. with 3 gallons of fuel and full oils and coolant. |
Its a pitty that our cars need all of that to drive them
I´m also a fan of the the lightweight approach, my friends are always teasing me by saying one day your bike will ride on top of you because it is much lighter than you ( i´m 74 kg).
But just another thought on the load towards the transmission mounting flange.
I wondered about the way the G50 s (for example a 03/04/05/50/52 in a 964) are originaly mounted ? The transaxle at one point at the very end. And that aircooled flat six is mounted also at one point on the very other end. There is no support in between!
So having to take the moments from the transaxleweight plus the engineweight in the original configuration, i guess the flange could hold all the load when it just has to support the transaxle weight itself.