Sounds like the route I'm taking on my road racer. I'm going all stripped with only the seats as luxury. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment.
I took the entire center console out. I used a 79-86 console delete E brake cover, and shifter cover. Also there is a peice of metal the center console mounts to in the rear that can be removed. To do the delete, you will need a 79-86 e brake assembly, which is also noticeably lighter.
Take the whole dash out, you don't need it. Also the HVAC stuff behind it.
Convert your doors to manual if not already. If your gonna cage it, take the crash bars out that are in the doors.
Remove the rear and pass. seats if not in use, remember the seat belts also, that is where the weight is. Switch to a manual seat track, it shaves ALOT of weight.
Prob. already mentioned are the front and rear crash bars, and absorbers, air bag stuff, ac/smog.
I'm going "hardcore" for my DD.
Alum dash built into the cage. Comp. Eng. steering shaft, Grant wheel. two alum seats, and 5 point harnesses. I removed all the sound deadening, but will reinstall the carpet and plastic panels (minus the dash) Cut out the spare tire well, and put a peice of alum. there (i needed to for my fuel cell) Tubular suspension, big & littles, fiberglass decklid and hood, thinking about a one peice fiberglass front end, and doors also.
It all depends on what you consider "streetable" Personally i've been driving my 4 banger around without a interior, only one seat, with the sound deadening removed, and I can't tell a difference in the ride quality than before.
Thats insulation. the sound deadner is the black stuff under the pading. Some guy on the corral removed that and all the insulation and it weighd almost 80lbs.. If you really wanna go all out you can cut the brace out of the doors and some out of the hatch area. There are also guys on the corral whol did crazy weight reduction and ran 12's on a stock 5.0.. As far as a stock hood it weighs less than 40lbs i had a harwood hood that weighed about 30lbs. Not really worth it IMO.
40 LBS??? I don't think the stock hood weighs 40lbs, let alone going to fiberglass saving you that much. Cervinis hoods aren't much lighter than stock. They have bracing on the under side out the arse, plus they are quite thick. Other brands are lighter however, but the fit isn't as good.
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Thats what i was thinking. I really think my cervinis hood weighs more than my stock hood.
stupid ? whats a dogbone?
thats just on the stock d/s?
Yeah its the 2 1/2 ram air hood.
I'm looking to be @ 2600 without driver, at least that is what I am aiming for. It's not hard to drop a ton of weight, but most people don't want to live without the comfort.
I think that dropping parts to save weight on your car is the most useless thing you could waste your time working on. Unless you are cutting 300-500+ pounds, I would say anything less would be worthless. You are just making the value of your car go down.
I wonder if its that much louder inside without the sound deadner...
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