JasonsBanshee Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 I’m wondering how much body weight really affects 300ft times. I see people running drag cut wheels where there’s no way they are cutting out even a ¼ pound. I went through a cut about 10 unused brackets from my frame, but all of these brackets were a total of maybe ¼ pound. I did it for cosmetic reasons, but I know some do it to reduce weight. Like most people, I’m watching what I eat and trying to shed a few pounds. In 2006 I was at 168. A few days ago I decided to get back on track and lose some weight and when I weighed in I was at 250 pounds. Hey, what can I say, I like my BBQ ribs and pork chops! Anyway, I’m going to lose this weight again and we’re talking about some real weight, not just a few pounds by cutting brackets off the frame or drag cutting some wheels. I’m planning on getting back to my weight that I was in 2006. That’s 82 pounds. I know in the ¼ mile drag racing world (cars) they say for every 100 pounds reduced you can improve your ETA by 0.1 I would imagine on a Banshee and not being very torquey by nature of being a two stroke, 80 pounds would make a huge difference. What do you guys thing? If it matters, I’m on a 100hp(ish) Cub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Don't lose weight , its the perfect excuse for losing a race. Why do you think camatv is 314# and 5'6" ??This, or just build a bigger motor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Madd Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 There's a huge difference in cutting rotating weight vs static weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowerThanYou Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 There's a huge difference in cutting rotating weight vs static weight. X2 Just to add, about 100 lbs.= .10 et reduction static & it's 10 rotational for the same drop. That applies for a vehicle around 3,000 lbs. As the vehicle gets way lower in weight, like a quad. The ratio changes, for us we found around 40 lbs. static weight reduces ET around .10. That was for 300'. I laugh because this shit gets confusing. Distance also plays a factor with the ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadarRacing Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 100 lbs makes a huge difference. It is sort of a sliding scale like they said where a slow bike will see more gain than a bike already running good times. Same with HP a 10hp difference on a 50hp bike is huge but 10hp on a bike making 110 already will be just a tad quicker. I see plenty of heavy bikes that are quick as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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