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Old 09-22-2008, 04:38 PM
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hi there i was just wondering what could be done to lighten my 1995 Z28. i already have a fiber glass hood and welds. i kind still want it to "look" stock... thanks matt
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Bumper supports, carpet pads, front swaybar, air bags, AC, PS........
There's a nice long list over in the drag racing section.
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Bumper supports, carpet pads, front swaybar, air bags, AC, PS........
There's a nice long list over in the drag racing section.
And keep in mind, doing all that also is quite a hit on the safety front. To add to that, the door support (bar inside the door skin) is also a common removal.

Check out Beaflag's thread on what he all removed. He's dropped around 370lbs. https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-modifications/859437-my-new-1993-z28-project.html
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And keep in mind, doing all that also is quite a hit on the safety front. To add to that, the door support (bar inside the door skin) is also a common removal.

Check out Beaflag's thread on what he all removed. He's dropped around 370lbs. https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=859437
I feal rather flattered that my thread was posted. I was going to link it for you, but got beat to it. I've taken right around 306 lbs out of the car in useless crap. I still have about another 150ish lbs that I can take out before going into buying suspension and light weight parts. There's definetly a lot of things you can take out that don't affect safety, but a lot of the larger things do. I plan on putting a cage in my car so keep that in mind when reading my thread.

The drag racing section has a weight removal sticky in there that is really good. I got a lot of my ideas from reading that and some older threads by a few members like dlove, Jantzer98ss, RAGENZ28 (mini tubbing info), Magnus, The Juggernaut, and SUX2BU. The ideas are out there. You just have to figure out a way to implement them.

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https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-racing-tech/846228-weight-reduction-list-fully-updated.html



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