Is it possible to reduce 500lb for a daily use T/A ?
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Is it possible to reduce 500lb for a daily use T/A ? Hey guyz
I own a 2000 T/A WS6 M6
Modes are , forged 347 + H/C/I + Full bolt ons + dual stages of nitrous
'300+150hp'
It's a street use car , It's My 70% daily use car so I use her alot.
I added a 4 point mild steel roll bar 'almost 70lb'
I want to know if It possible to make my car have a 500lb diet with stock suspension , If not, what is the maximum number ?
till now , I'm thinking of:
-Removing the rear seats +front and rear seat belts
-light weight front seats + harness "sparco's , carebou's etc..."
-remove both bumper supports
-remove spare+jack
-add a light weight fibre glass ws6 hood
- WHAT ELSE?
sterio/ radio , power steering , A/C will 'not' go out
waiting....
I own a 2000 T/A WS6 M6
Modes are , forged 347 + H/C/I + Full bolt ons + dual stages of nitrous
'300+150hp'
It's a street use car , It's My 70% daily use car so I use her alot.
I added a 4 point mild steel roll bar 'almost 70lb'
I want to know if It possible to make my car have a 500lb diet with stock suspension , If not, what is the maximum number ?
till now , I'm thinking of:
-Removing the rear seats +front and rear seat belts
-light weight front seats + harness "sparco's , carebou's etc..."
-remove both bumper supports
-remove spare+jack
-add a light weight fibre glass ws6 hood
- WHAT ELSE?
sterio/ radio , power steering , A/C will 'not' go out
waiting....
Everything you mentioned doesn't really weigh much to begin with lol. 500 is a damn lot for a daily driver, your going to need to do alot of work and swapping things like battery for lighter ones. Not to mention the AC prob has to go.
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Quick search brought up this list, might be halfway helpful if you're really interested in shaving some weight.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...y-updated.html
Honestly I wouldn't bother unless your looking to make it a drag car more. One time I took out all seats but the driver, and switched my front wheels with light bald 16inch abs's. I didn't even change my quarter mile time lol..
Currently I have all seats in the car with my chrome firehawk wheels. No jack or spare & a light fiberglass hood. I weigh like.. 155lbs and with me in the car it weigh 3630 give or take.
Currently I have all seats in the car with my chrome firehawk wheels. No jack or spare & a light fiberglass hood. I weigh like.. 155lbs and with me in the car it weigh 3630 give or take.
Fuel cell instead of gas tank (hold less liquid weight), lightweight battery, remove all sound deadening, lightweight/forged wheels. Even with all of that you're probably only half-way to your goal (at best).
I don't think you'll be able to remove more than 200-300 pounds before it is no longer a street car.
I don't think you'll be able to remove more than 200-300 pounds before it is no longer a street car.
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Honestly I would be careful about how much you take out and really decide if its actually worth it. Reminds me of a few guys who I used to race with and they were so caught up in running good numbers when they went to the track every month or two that they modded it so far that they eventually sold the car because it was no longer fun to drive on the street in addition to having reliability issues. I had a car that was pretty heavily modded/striped but I realized that I have the most fun just driving on the street and although I go to the track every now and then that one 10 second run isn't worth having a nice DD to enjoy everyday. So I sold it a few years ago and got something more stockish, but at the end of the day its all in what you want out of the car.
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On The Tree
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Thanx all for the replies...
You'r all right with the points you've said...
All what I want is to be at the same weight as the corvettes. street racing them are hard!
You'r all right with the points you've said...
All what I want is to be at the same weight as the corvettes. street racing them are hard!
instead of removing weight, add more spray. its a forged motor. if its a wet kit, feed it with a fuel cell and C16. you'll keep pump gas in your tank, but the fuel cell will be insurance for the extra spray
