Any of the second gen guys done any significant weight reduction?

My car weighed in at 3716 with a 355, th350, and no driver

Its an 80' and gettin a heart transplant right now, just tryin to put it on a diet.

 

i dont know what mine weighs but Ive removed everything thats not needed to go fast. If you havent already, go check out nastyz28.com forum lots of great 2nd gen info over there.

 

Second Gen what? RX7? 240SX? Nova?

 

In almost all cases when one refers to their car as a first gen, second gen, fourth gen, they are talking about a camaro. We have the tendency to forget that other cars have been made...

 

Ill go check it out



Guilty... its a Camaro. The motor that came out of it went into a first gen RX-7 that weighed 2540 with full interior

 

My best advice...put an LSX in it. My 74 Camaro weighed in at a stealthy 3280. It's not just the weight diff in the blocks( alum-steel) it's the accessories as well and the master cylinder(old school-heavy new vette mst cyl -about 1 lb), the brakes( my 14" rotored C6 Z06 brakes weighed the same as the factory tiny 10.8" brakes(36.5 lbs), battery in the trunk is a must( no weight diff but puts it where you need it), if you have A/C the new comp. wiegh 1/2 of what the old ones weigh. I didn't have A/C on mine that would've added close to 75-90 lbs. My 01 SS A4 weighed 3420 w/o spare and 1/4 tank.

 

3280 is really light for a sec gen., I'de be ok with that. Ive got a carbed 6.0 thats going in soon. I have taken the A/C stuff off, fiberglass hood, aluminum wheels... just the normal stuff. Didnt know if anybody had done anything else to shave some lbs.

 

I used a glasstek fiberglass front end and 4" hood on mine, and bonded it to the stock inner fender structures so I can retain the bolt on hood without pins.
It turned out pretty good.
I also removed the front bumper bar, unused bracketry, and the inner door beams.
Also I installed Qa1 coilovers which were much lighter than the stock springs.
After initial mock up with the iron block L92 and turbos, the front suspension was basically topped out.
I would have to say I pulled out at least 500lbs of weight, but this is a race car that will not see much street time besides an occasional weekend cruise.
I would not advise on removing the bumper bar and door beams on a daily driver without a roll cage.
My goal is to be at 3,000lbs with me in it, but I have not had it weighed yet.



There a few pics in the link in my sig.
Good luck!

Jim

 

I removed the inner fenders and front bumper on mine.

more pics http://www.fquick.com/aaron91rs

 

Nice firewall plate Aaron, did you make that yourself?

 

X2 looks clean!

Ive been keeping an eye on your build camarols1, almost running? gunna be a beast

I thought about taking a whole saw to the front bumper rather than taking it off. This car will be driven on the street alot so...kind of a compromise.

 

if you've got the bucks search for carbon fiber over on nastyz28.com

 

Thanks!

It is getting close, maybe another month???
The hotside is fabbed up and needs to be finish welded and coated.
I am waiting on my intake/rails next week to finish the cold side.

I like your screen name, I commonly refer to my ride as an "OTC" build,
ie on-the-cheap.

Good luck with yours!

 

Save another 26 lbs off the front end of an RS: http://www.nastyz28.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121624

I am in the same boat as I really want to get the overall weight down to 3200 w/o having to strip the car apart so I am open to suggestions as well.

 

any updates? Im taking the back seat out I think since I don't like having passengers/ weight savings (in that order LOL) looking into carbon fiber parts as well, but anvil always seems to be sold out