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bammax
Posts : 2301
Join date : 2009-02-22
Age : 42
Location : Mansfield, Ma
| | Subject: Cutting weight Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:37 am | |
| Since the big site is hopeless I figured we should start some useful info here.
What are the best ways to shave weight on a daily driver?
I can think of:
1) a/c delete
2) air pump delete
3) cruise control delete
4) light weight wheels such as n97's
5) empty trunk of all non-essentials
6) tubular trans crossmember
7) convert power options to manual
What else can you guys think of?
I know there are aluminum bumper supports but are those a good idea on a daily driver? Is there any weight savings in going with a 9c1 rear since it's shorter than the Impy rear? What about running lexan in the quarter windows to save weight?
Lets fill up a big list here guys. Anything and everything we can think of. | |
| | | | toomanytoyz
Club President
Posts : 6876
Join date : 2009-01-20
Age : 47
Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| | Subject: Re: Cutting weight Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:42 am | |
| Two words. Nabil Guffey.  _________________ Bill "The Verb" Crovo - Resident Car Slut & Unicorn Hunter  A Toasted Marshmallow, A Long German, A Lame Suburban and expensive dreams... Missing all my previous B's, D's and V...  American Ricerwww.badassofne.net "Ooooh! Look! Something shiny!"NO MORE UNICORNS!!!!!LOWER IT!!! | |
| | | | bammax
Posts : 2301
Join date : 2009-02-22
Age : 42
Location : Mansfield, Ma
| | Subject: Re: Cutting weight Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:52 am | |
| His car is not quite a daily driver I loved watching the body panels flutter on the way from the pits to the strip. | |
| | | | bammax
Posts : 2301
Join date : 2009-02-22
Age : 42
Location : Mansfield, Ma
| | Subject: Re: Cutting weight Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:53 am | |
| Thought of another  fiberglass hood | |
| | | | Fishah
Posts : 1118
Join date : 2009-01-20
Age : 36
Location : Chicago, IL
| | Subject: Re: Cutting weight Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:39 am | |
| The Suncoast hood at least is very similar in weigh to a factory hood. | |
| | | | toomanytoyz
Club President
Posts : 6876
Join date : 2009-01-20
Age : 47
Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| | Subject: Re: Cutting weight Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:06 pm | |
| - Fishah wrote:
- The Suncoast hood at least is very similar in weigh to a factory hood.
Yeah, I was gonna say that about my glasstek, too. Although, my tamaraz one is decently lighter than the stock one. _________________ Bill "The Verb" Crovo - Resident Car Slut & Unicorn Hunter A Toasted Marshmallow, A Long German, A Lame Suburban and expensive dreams... Missing all my previous B's, D's and V... American Ricerwww.badassofne.net "Ooooh! Look! Something shiny!"NO MORE UNICORNS!!!!!LOWER IT!!! | |
| | | | 21/4tonsoffun
Posts : 35
Join date : 2009-11-30
Age : 40
Location : Gloucester, MA
| | Subject: Re: Cutting weight Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:02 am | |
| Weekend warrior stuff.
Carpet padding <-- HEAVY stuff
Headliner
Luggage tray
Rear door panels
Hood liner
Used to know a guy who made flat aluminum door panels and rolled beads in the for looks/rigidity but he recently blew his leg off with a sawn off shotgun, after which the feds raided his illegal chrome shop and confiscated my upper mouldings if anyone has some of those laying around | |
| | | | fatvet
Posts : 211
Join date : 2009-02-19
Age : 50
Location : Suffield, CT
| | Subject: Re: Cutting weight Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:35 am | |
| Ummmmmmmmm...... I is just me or did you forget the obvious thing, those damn heavy off-shelf Caddy MUFFLERS !!!!!! -ALF out...  | |
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