Chassis weight

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

potatoarecool started this thread by asking how heavy a chassis made only from material from the Kit of Parts would be.

I completely missed that.... My apologies.

In 2005 when 294 used the KOP frame we saved 1 pound or so removing bits here and there; I've also heard rivets instead of bolts saves a lot of weight.

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

I've also heard rivets instead of bolts saves a lot of weight.

Can somebody who has done this with the KOP chassis give some idea as to the actual weight savings?

[Sam2197]

our frame without anything on it weighed 43 pounds we are gonna deffinately be cutting it close this year