My cohorts also "made stuff out of Mg alloys" and such, seeking performance not show (though craftsmanship counted). So maybe these are just the evolved group: with unlimited funds for the kind of materials we had to scrounge.

Kinda hard to imagine just how many parts in the marques mentioned er need replacing though? Guess it's the eternal customize gene run amok. When yer down to shaving grams off.. that's the symptom.

OT more: guy I bought my car from, had a near-new Kawa ZX-13 in garage. Now this is a blunt-force ~165 HP! instrument as compared with the above mentioned. More a Gran Turismo for roads which have long since.. been rendered unuseable, for the traffic. A stock machine capable of >180 (honest) MPH! Watched him drive away on it towards SF - back to work; (I had his car!)

Hey, I can sell your guy a Beryllium brake plate - now That's rilly Light, At. No. = 4 - for about $1K. How many he want? Never mind that namby-pamby carbon-fibre plastic stuff... Oh wait! - don't need brake-plates any more - it's all discs. Never mind :(



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