Weight Reduction List:
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just replaced my radiator support this weekend with Steeda (kept the swaybar) and replaced the D/S with a DSS carbon fibre. Car is a LOT faster with the driveshaft. However it has a slight vib only on decel from 35-25 mph and the goes away. Seamless any other time.
If you have $800 to spend and a lift, or a bigger budget to pay someone to drop your tranny you can lose 75 lbs with a carbon fiber transmission tunnel. I think MMR has them. Thats wht the top fuel funny car and pro mod guys use. They do a good job at protecting you if your tranny blows up and they are very light!
good idea but can you imagine the labor bill to cut out the steel tunnel and glue in the composite?
These are a touch over 10lbs for both. :beer:
Kirkley seats will shed quite a bit of weight because the stock seats are pigs. Planning on doing this in the future when i offically step into bracket racing. You'll get the airbag light, but im unsure if the steering wheel and dash bags will work still if the lights on. Theres ways to keep that light off though
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I just looked at my UPS bills for the weight.
The RXT with the lightened steel flywheel was 48 pounds.
The SPEC P-Trim with aluminum flywheel was 42 pounds.
Stock clutch and flywheel is 48. Rxt w aluminum is about 38 or 39 lbs.
Free weight savings
First off let me say that what I did most of you won't and will consider it unsafe. Please Dont flame me on this, as I have been doing this to our cars from back during the Crawford performance days......Remove the front and rear bumpers & brackets. They provide very little support to your bumper covers. Now add to this the rear seat delete along with belts, bolts and brackets.....rear axle weights.....rear sub & amps....nice savings with nothing but time ......I will purchase a 1 piece drive shaft and steeda radiator support.....aluminum lower control arms......Oh and I did go on a diet and lost 55 pounds!!!!...As trivial as it seems, I got under the car with a zip wheel and cut off any studs that extended past the bolt......I know its ocd.....but I got bored.
ETA: Just for the curious, the weight of the bumpers, foam, & brackets/bolts came out
to 31 lbs.
ETA:
Went and weighed the car today.....certified scale at a local pilot.....3770 w/ half tank of
fuel.......still looking for more free weight savings.
First off let me say that what I did most of you won't and will consider it unsafe. Please Dont flame me on this, as I have been doing this to our cars from back during the Crawford performance days......Remove the front and rear bumpers & brackets. They provide very little support to your bumper covers. Now add to this the rear seat delete along with belts, bolts and brackets.....rear axle weights.....rear sub & amps....nice savings with nothing but time ......I will purchase a 1 piece drive shaft and steeda radiator support.....aluminum lower control arms......Oh and I did go on a diet and lost 55 pounds!!!!...As trivial as it seems, I got under the car with a zip wheel and cut off any studs that extended past the bolt......I know its ocd.....but I got bored.
ETA: Just for the curious, the weight of the bumpers, foam, & brackets/bolts came out
to 31 lbs.
ETA:
Went and weighed the car today.....certified scale at a local pilot.....3770 w/ half tank of
fuel.......still looking for more free weight savings.
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