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06-22-2009, 03:43 AM

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If you take 5 lbs of dead weight off the car, like the spare tire, for instance (it is more than 5, but just follow me here), then your car might possibly get about .1 seconds faster on the 1/4 mile time

I think .1 second per hundred pounds is closer for a general rule, right?

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