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      07-18-2013, 02:28 AM   #80
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BMW states that the CRT shaved 150 lbs off the E90 M3 just by swapping to CF in the seats and hood. That seems hard to reconcile with just a 30 lbs or so saving on the seats when they also state a 50% weight reduction with the CF hood. That would make the standard alu hood ( 150 - 30 ) x 2 = 240 lbs. Sounds heavy.

Note: According to this guy the alu hood is 22.8 lbs
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=580764

This would make the savings from the seats 150 - ( 22.8 / 2 ) lbs = 138.6 lbs. With that in mind 50 lbs sounds rather modest.

Last edited by solstice; 07-18-2013 at 03:01 AM..
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