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Originally Posted by spannermanager

My Rallycross beetles had all the body/pan fixing plates and bolts ditched and the joins welded ,the wings used radiator self tapping screws, not pretty, but functional, they had 6" of mud under there most w/ends, but they were quick and of course had a short 'sacrificial' life expectancy of 3 or 4 years only, it was common to see rallycross beetles in combat with wings missing for that reason, with the mud attached we lost an instant 25lb per corner.

..... and with around 6 corners per lap and 4 laps per race that was a lot of weight!