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Old 04-22-2005, 07:16 PM
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Mike,

I wish I could put it in a Hybrid. I don't have an extra one around or I would!

Aluminum Edelbrock heads, aluminum flywheel, water pump, pulley, brackets, aluminum billet everything I can think of, etc. It is a 331 inch motor as well.

The real trick is going to be to see if I can put in a really, small clutch and flywheel combination like Morris is using. I am having fantasies about billeting out a tiny, lightweight, bellhousing and putting in a reverse starter from the back on a small flywheel custom billet flywheel. I just love it when a motor revs really, really fast. It makes down shifting so much faster. Been thinking alot about that lately. It seems that is really the next place A LOT of weight can be removed from the car. Good place to remove it as well. I am hoping for 30-40 pounds of weight removal. (Bell housing, flywheel, clutch assembly)

I am after that ever elusive sub 2000 pound mark.

David
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