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My son races Focus Midgets out here in Washington & our weight rule is 1140 lbs. My son is 146 lbs maybe 155 with all his safety gear on. We run a Beast 5 bar that I bought used. It had Ti bolts throughout, light weight 19 gal tail tank, 36 Spline etc. I replaced all panels with .080, removed the Ti bolts & put grade 8 bolts throughout. Built a 5/16" steel floor pan & triangular plate for battery box to bolt to, 13# lead across the back of floor pan, two 5# lead chunks bolted under seat & 13# of lead hose clamped (3 clamps)to the vertical tube ahead of left side rear axle & 3 gal of fuel to cross the scale at 1145 after the main. I only know of 1 other car that bolts lead on & they also run a thick steel floor pan that races with us. All the other drivers are heavier & to my knowledge don't add any lead. 36#'s of lead & I don't recall the weight of the steel pan & battery mount bolted on my car. We are as competitive as any car here with many fast times, heat wins, lots of 2nds & 1 main win in 2014. By the way, we're the only bar car racing in our group which should make as a tad heavier than coil fronts. Would I like to see a lower weight? you bet I would but there are more heavier drivers than my 1 light weight driver...
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