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AllFordPerf

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By performing an A/C and smog pump delete you save 43.5 lbs off the nose of your fox body mustang. That's a large bag of dog food worth of weight. Aluminum underdrive pulleys save you another 2 lbs and an aluminum driveline saves another 9 lbs. Thats your usless fact of the day. Carry on.
 

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You also lose 20 lbs if only use half the oil and radiator fluid.
 

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hrm... ac and smog delete kit here I come
 

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if you have a gt that light bar for the fog lights is probly close to 40lbs too
 

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AllFordPerf said:
By performing an A/C and smog pump delete you save 43.5 lbs off the nose of your fox body mustang. That's a large bag of dog food worth of weight. Aluminum underdrive pulleys save you another 2 lbs and an aluminum driveline saves another 9 lbs. Thats your usless fact of the day. Carry on.
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Sweet. I did all of that on my '95 GT a few years ago, but did not have the luxury of weighing all of the components when I was done. I also did a rear seat delete and some Corbeaus. I think that stuff was good for an additional 40lbs or so.
 

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Not to mention the switch to Aluminum heads saves you quite a bit as well. Somewhere in the relative range of 30 lbs....
 

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Removing the hood, fenders and bumper cover save another 73 lbs!
 

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AllFordPerf said:
That's a large bag of dog food worth of weight.
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lol - Now that's a unit of measurement!
 
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Taking out the stock seats and putting in leather 03 gt seats adds 30 pounds... thank goodness Ive lost 30 pounds to offset it... LOL

Hungry - your comment almost made me pee!!!
 
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You just finding that out???
 
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I hear if you take a lot of material out of the factory head ports it saves some weight also. Less coolant that way.
 
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AllFordPerf said:
I hear if you take a lot of material out of the factory head ports it saves some weight also. Less coolant that way.
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Ya, true. But now I've got better flowing heads on the way...

p.s. NEVER PORT STOCK HEADS!!!!!!! IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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I ran 11.60 with ported stock heads back in the day.
 
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And it takes $500 or more off your resale! Mine still works in my 84, kind of nice when it's 90 degrees out to put the top up and turn on the AC.

Dan
 
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Screw dropping the weight. Just add more horsepower. NOthing is cooler than running 9's or 10's with a street driving car, with air conditioning, big stereo, running pump fuel, smooth idle, 30mpg freeway driving, and putting 2 girls in the backseat.
 

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breakemlose said:
Screw dropping the weight. Just add more horsepower. NOthing is cooler than running 9's or 10's with a street driving car, with air conditioning, big stereo, running pump fuel, smooth idle, 30mpg freeway driving, and putting 2 girls in the backseat.
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its oregon though... its never hot enough to use ac, (at least to the point that rolling the windows down wont take care of it).
 

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breakemlose said:
Screw dropping the weight. Just add more horsepower. NOthing is cooler than running 9's or 10's with a street driving car, with air conditioning, big stereo, running pump fuel, smooth idle, 30mpg freeway driving, and putting 2 girls in the backseat.
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I am going to agree with this!!
 

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Some people have to do it on a budget. If you have the $$ to throw at it, by all means just add HP!
 
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Fox A/C looks and works like crap. Just my 2 cents. I like to roll with the windows down anyway. I might feel different if we had more than 3 days over 90 degrees a year.
 
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84Gt350 said:
And it takes $500 or more off your resale! Mine still works in my 84, kind of nice when it's 90 degrees out to put the top up and turn on the AC.

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As for the resale thing I got more money for my 10 second street car than my 12 second car with working ac and sterio.
 
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