It's GO TIME!!!!.....BABY!!!!!!

[Scrapheap]

Well, we're down to the final 2 races of the season and we're 3rd in points, but only 1 1/2 rounds out of the lead (30 points out of the lead, 20 points per round win) and we (Robert Height) qualified #1!!!!!!!!!111eleventyone!!!!

Qualifying results thus far

Too bad I couldn't make it to this weekends race in Las Vegas. 

Here's a pic of the #1 Qualifyer, Robert Height. Note the unpainted carbon-fiber body, that is 20 lbs lighter than a painted body.

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[Callaway]

Is paint that heavy?

[Scrapheap]

Is paint that heavy?

You'd be suprised. I stripped the paint off my dragster frame and used gun blueing on it instead, and saved 9 lbs.

[Eclair]

Is paint that heavy?

You'd be suprised. I stripped the paint off my dragster frame and used gun blueing on it instead, and saved 9 lbs.

A litre of water = 1 kilo in metric.  It figures that to not paint a car would make it lighter.  I'd also imagine paint is a lot denser than water depending on what type of paint it was.

[Callaway]

Is paint that heavy?

You'd be suprised. I stripped the paint off my dragster frame and used gun blueing on it instead, and saved 9 lbs.

A litre of water = 1 kilo in metric.  It figures that to not paint a car would make it lighter.  I'd also imagine paint is a lot denser than water depending on what type of paint it was.

Yes, but paint dries, so I wondered how much weight dry paint adds.  It seems like such a thin layer, but apparently it adds up.

9 pounds is pretty subtantial, especially when every bit of weight you can save helps.

[Calandale]

Couldn't the carbon-fiber be a lighter
body?

[duncvis]

Couldn't the carbon-fiber be a lighter
body?

like what? polystyrene? there can't be many materials with that kind of strength to weight ratio.

[Eclair]

Is paint that heavy?

You'd be suprised. I stripped the paint off my dragster frame and used gun blueing on it instead, and saved 9 lbs.

A litre of water = 1 kilo in metric.  It figures that to not paint a car would make it lighter.  I'd also imagine paint is a lot denser than water depending on what type of paint it was.

Yes, but paint dries, so I wondered how much weight dry paint adds.  It seems like such a thin layer, but apparently it adds up.

9 pounds is pretty subtantial, especially when every bit of weight you can save helps.

I should know the answer to this question, yes, paint dries, however, you use a fair few litres of paint to do a car properly, so I can see some of the logic.

[duncvis]

The layer isn't so thin either, most automotive finishes are acrylic based and once you've got a basecoat, some colour and lacquer on top it soon adds up.

<<--- used to work in a body shop

[Eclair]

The layer isn't so thin either, most automotive finishes are acrylic based and once you've got a basecoat, some colour and lacquer on top it soon adds up.

<<--- used to work in a body shop

My family ran one for two generations, that's what I was getting at, there is actually a lot on there if it is a good paint job..

[duncvis]

fucking hell... we have something in common. my dad's been in the trade most of his working life, I grew up in garages. was too cack-handed to follow in his footsteps though other than as a 'get'

[Eclair]

fucking hell... we have something in common. my dad's been in the trade most of his working life, I grew up in garages. was too cack-handed to follow in his footsteps though other than as a 'get'

You would never have guessed, would you?    Yes, I'm a girl and I've detailed cars and sanded them ready for painting (so really, I guess that makes 3 generations).  I was a bit of a gun at it, but you know, it was just for money outside of school in afternoons and night time - we used to work long hours.  I could zone out and just do it.

[Calandale]

Couldn't the carbon-fiber be a lighter
body?

like what? polystyrene? there can't be many materials with that kind of strength to weight ratio.

I meant lighter than whatever the painted body is
made of. 

[ASpHole]

Is paint that heavy?

Yeah, all you have to do is lift up a gallon can of paint, then figure out how many cans of paint were used to paint a given item. The average auto body can take take from two to four cans of paint, when you figure in not only the top coat that you see, but also the primer, and the initial antirust coating over the bare body panels.

[SovaNu]

the can weighs too though.