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Originally Posted by Number 3
Just curious on where this hang up is for lightweighting the car. The only thing Lightweight about the original Z28 was that it had a smaller displacement engine that was lighter than the highest HP big blocks, but that was required by the rules for racing. Otherwise it was mostly parts bin stuff.
So I'm just wondering why everyone seems so hung up on having the car be lighter than the car is? That starts to sound like Mustang envy to me.
I'm not sure there was ever a Z28 that had "special" light weight materials or lack of materials over the stock car.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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To me shaving weight is like adding hp and torque. Plus the benefit in a production car of better fuel economy and handling.
No the Z28 did not have special light weight materials, but in Gen 1 you could pick and choose almost every detail if you wanted. And yes I know that not economically feasible any more.
I'm far from a Mustang person, but Ford has allot going for them in the GT 350 & Boss 302 as far as options.