List of Weight Loss Items- Found it and wanted to share it

[stunner6910]

Losing Weight Permanantly
Jack & spare
No Airbags
Rear seat belts
Smog equipment
Sound deadening
Front sway bar
Gut the trunk
Strut Tower Brace
Carpet insulation
Dog bone
ABS sensors in the front
Aluminum pulleys
Front seats replaced w/ Corbeau Forzas (16 lbs ea.)
Fiberglass hood
Tubular K member
Tubular A arms
Eibach Drag Launch Springs
Aluminum heads
Cut out of the inside of the door that doesn't efect the windows, motor, and door panel
You probably add another pound with 4 hood pins and hardware, but you save weight by
removing the hood latch, hood prop rod, and hood hinges

Losing Weight For Racing Day
Rear seats
Wipers
Floormats
Rear interior panels (next to the seats)
Remove woofers, amplifier, stereo
Front passenger leather seat
Rear Spoiler
Each gallon of gas is 6 pounds so I only run 1/4 tank.

Free & Cheap Mods
Ignition Timing (advance timing, usually 14*)
Remove air silencer
Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator(richen the fuel)
Short belt(bypass a/c, power steering, smog pump)
Underdrive pulleys
Synthetic fluids for general tune up(not cheap but worth it)

 

[donkey_punch]

you forgot to acid dip the body

 

[95stocker]

or maybe bolt a milk crate to the driver's seat rails, gut the entire car of all features and sand that ugly paint off your car? Maybe you should just not eat for a week before you go to the track?

airbags????wtf....come on now, for the one or two pounds that they weigh they're worth more than that in gold if you hit a wall on the track or anything on the road

 

[Joes95GT]

airbags????wtf....come on now, for the one or two pounds that they weigh they're worth more than that in gold if you hit a wall on the track or anything on the road

Granted, I do think your crazy if you remove the airbags and drive the car on the street, but there is much more to lose than one or two pounds. My guess is that they are closer to twenty between the two of them. They aren't as light as you think.

Joe

 

[yellow1995Cobra]

If you have some nice racing seats along with 5 way harnesses and you USE them on the street and track, i wouldnt worry about an airbag. I will yank them when that time comes. The sensors up front are a few pounds by them selves.

 

[cb18201]

how about just a 302 bolted to a radioflyer wagon

 

[mr_woodster]

SHHHH, dont give him any ideas...(but if you do, dont forget the weld wheels! )

 

[95snoozer]

that list is weaksauce.... here is a list

http://users.adelphia.net/~mustang-92/Weight Reduction.htm

plus there are many more little things if you just ask, or do a search, it has mostly all been covered.

I think we need a sticky with a list compiled by the weight reduction gurus and their weight.

 

[95snoozer]

I have another 57 pounds to remove when I get around to it....

 

[greg@berkeley]

anyone know the weight difference between stock (iron) heads and aluminum heads?

 

[mto502]

anyone know the weight difference between stock (iron) heads and aluminum heads?

I'd say 50-60 lbs ! After picking up my stock heads and going to pick up my aluminum heads I just about tossed the aluminum head in the air when I went to lift it.

 

[mto502]

Granted, I do think your crazy if you remove the airbags and drive the car on the street, but there is much more to lose than one or two pounds. My guess is that they are closer to twenty between the two of them. They aren't as light as you think.

Joe

Not to mention the fact that they could decapitate you upon removal if that gunpowder decides to burn !

 

[VibrantRedGT]

Vacuum the vehicle before the track.

Stock heads tip in at 44lbs. A assembled aluminum head is around 22-24lbs.

 

[joesuniverse]

You know, Im all about dropping pounds to go faster, but lets look at that original list. Your talking about taking off some MAJOR safety and structural components... Removing the Front ABS sensors??? Lets be serious, they weigh less than a half pound each, and without them, the ABS is now non-functional. Why not remove the rest of the ABS system? Air bags... well thats just dumb.... strut tower brace? Do you have any idea how much torsional stability that provides to the vehicle? then I find it amusing that your going to remove the ABS sensors for every day use, but keep the rear spoiler on till track time.

Like I said, Im all about droping pounds, but if were going to compile a list of things to take off, lets be serious about what we remove, dropping pounds is good, but not if it affects the performance or safety of the vehicle.

 

[baglock1]

strut tower brace? Do you have any idea how much torsional stability that provides to the vehicle?

No, how much? Please quantify it and tell us how you arrived at that answer. As of lately, I've started to wonder if the STB does much of anything except add weight.