I wouldn't sweat 20 pounds that much. I disagree. Twenty pounds is close to .7% of the car weight. Especially in the steering box. It sits so low relative to all the other stuff that the leverage force it applies to the center of gravity is neglegable. I disagree again. It further contributes to the already overweight left side of these cars. It probably has far more effect on polar moment of inertia than COG, but then how you going to change that? I put a lighter weight, lower-positioned steering system in it. I don't know that I reduced the PMoI much, but I did even out the L-R weight distribution substantially with this change. I have an engineer friend who builds race cars as a paid hobby. He doesn't really care how much something weighs, as long as the weight can either be mitigated or used for advantage. It took a long time for me to accept this as I too have been a "cut the weight" sophist for as long as I've been driving. But his point to me was really pretty simple, if you're racing on a track you could cut a couple hundred pounds by not running a rollcage. Would you do that? I don't know. I do know that Indycar and Formula One cars run without a cage. If an additional 200# of steel tubing improved their competitiveness, I'm sure we'd see more cages on those cars. Obviously not because not only is it a safety element but provides significant structural advantages that completely mitigate its weight penalty. There is a big difference between unavoidable weight gain (I put about 30# of material into the frame to improve the torsional and beam strength), and ignored weight gain, such as old design cast-iron pieces.You want to remove some worthless weight? You would be far better off mounting fixed headlights and shitcanning the pop-ups.
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