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      03-12-2017, 06:16 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by afadeev View Post
Out of curiosity, what problem were you trying to solve by going from bolts to studs?

Also, it looks like you went with titanium studs.
I can't recall why at the moment, but everyone on track forums warns to stay away from titanium!



Titanium studs save: (102 - 62 ) * 4 = 160 grams.

I can save 5x that for free, by going to the bathroom ...


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You are missing the point.... you are losing sprung weight, the OP is losing un-sprung weight
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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