lets see those race car bumper supports!
01-12-2011, 09:22 AM
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Ghost you can remove that top plastic piece with the burkhart support, I did, and it worked fine without it.
You can, also drill a couple large holes in the middle of the burkhart support plates taht bolt to the body.... it will take some more weight off it. I never did it to mine, but I was going to until I decided to just go 100% on it.
You can, also drill a couple large holes in the middle of the burkhart support plates taht bolt to the body.... it will take some more weight off it. I never did it to mine, but I was going to until I decided to just go 100% on it.
Even better was it only cost me $65 and saved 27 LBS!!
01-12-2011, 11:47 AM
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If you cut the frame horns off, put a flat plate to them and weld up a support like the burkhart piece, you can come in a good bit lighter. The burkhart piece, is designed with nhra legal tubing so that a fuel cell can be housed in there legally, a radiator can be mounted in it as well..
A single bar, like you are talking about would work and could be made at a substantially lighter weight. However, that's not what 1/2 the people want, 1/2 of them are looking for a place to mount the above items.... Hence why burkhart made the support like they did.
If they made you one, that just had the attachment plates, and the upper and lower bar with 1 connector, and the tabs to hold the cover in place on the top, and made it out of a small diameter tubing which wouldn't be legal or strong enough to mount anything it could be alot lighter. But, to redesign and go thru all that for only 1 or 2 pcs, is a pita. That's best left for a shop to do when the car's there.
A single bar, like you are talking about would work and could be made at a substantially lighter weight. However, that's not what 1/2 the people want, 1/2 of them are looking for a place to mount the above items.... Hence why burkhart made the support like they did.
If they made you one, that just had the attachment plates, and the upper and lower bar with 1 connector, and the tabs to hold the cover in place on the top, and made it out of a small diameter tubing which wouldn't be legal or strong enough to mount anything it could be alot lighter. But, to redesign and go thru all that for only 1 or 2 pcs, is a pita. That's best left for a shop to do when the car's there.
01-12-2011, 01:01 PM
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Not a boxer, it is a mutt. We know it's mom was a shepard, but we don't whats is dad is, I think It was a mix from a boxer and a ridge back.
No fog light mounts, because I am doing a front mount turbo, intercooler is going there.
No fog light mounts, because I am doing a front mount turbo, intercooler is going there.
01-12-2011, 01:04 PM
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Ghost you can remove that top plastic piece with the burkhart support, I did, and it worked fine without it.
You can, also drill a couple large holes in the middle of the burkhart support plates taht bolt to the body.... it will take some more weight off it. I never did it to mine, but I was going to until I decided to just go 100% on it.
You can, also drill a couple large holes in the middle of the burkhart support plates taht bolt to the body.... it will take some more weight off it. I never did it to mine, but I was going to until I decided to just go 100% on it.
01-12-2011, 06:43 PM
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If you cut the frame horns off, put a flat plate to them and weld up a support like the burkhart piece, you can come in a good bit lighter. The burkhart piece, is designed with nhra legal tubing so that a fuel cell can be housed in there legally, a radiator can be mounted in it as well..
A single bar, like you are talking about would work and could be made at a substantially lighter weight. However, that's not what 1/2 the people want, 1/2 of them are looking for a place to mount the above items.... Hence why burkhart made the support like they did.
If they made you one, that just had the attachment plates, and the upper and lower bar with 1 connector, and the tabs to hold the cover in place on the top, and made it out of a small diameter tubing which wouldn't be legal or strong enough to mount anything it could be alot lighter. But, to redesign and go thru all that for only 1 or 2 pcs, is a pita. That's best left for a shop to do when the car's there.
A single bar, like you are talking about would work and could be made at a substantially lighter weight. However, that's not what 1/2 the people want, 1/2 of them are looking for a place to mount the above items.... Hence why burkhart made the support like they did.
If they made you one, that just had the attachment plates, and the upper and lower bar with 1 connector, and the tabs to hold the cover in place on the top, and made it out of a small diameter tubing which wouldn't be legal or strong enough to mount anything it could be alot lighter. But, to redesign and go thru all that for only 1 or 2 pcs, is a pita. That's best left for a shop to do when the car's there.
