just cutting the fat. Options

[Justincredible]

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[awd4kicks]

Here are a few points. Some I tried to convey earlier and others to clear up some things...

This is an opinion just as anyones posts are.
I was not directing any ridicule towards anyones car on DSMCentral.
I do see a trend of more gutted DSM's these days. (Kris used to be it locally)
There are numerous gutted DSM's in the 14-15 second range
There are stock bodied DSMs runing faster than 14's without big turbos

My point a DSM does not 'have to be' lightened to be fast if it is massaged and tuned well (Big turbo or not). I do understand the theory of power to weight ratio, I'm just making sure that everyone realizes time spent tuning and building can make more of a difference in acceleration then conducting weight loss programs at these ET levels. Now in the 8-10 second range there may be nothing more potent than a weight loss program.

To clear some things up...
Thanks for the kind words, but I can not be considered very, very fast considering the caliber of cars present on this site not to mention the DSM comunity as a whole.

I definitely do not fault anyone for not having money to put in their cars. I lived on the stock parts for ever and have yet to be succesfull otherwise.

I do not leave my car with a full interior to impress anyone. Quite the opposite, I actually like the sleeper attitude and lack of attention gained by a stock yet clean 1G DSM. However, for three years this car was my ONLY daily driver and the vehicle I hauled my kids around in. So my priorities are a bit different than others, but it didn't slow me down any.