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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 01:03 AM
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Exclamation !!!more Weight Reduction

removing fog lights/brackets and horn tomorrow!

removing ABS/TCS later (as soon as i purchase the abs delete block and non-tcs throttle cable)
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 01:09 AM
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Awesome......

Let me be the first to say......what's the point of this thread?
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 02:56 AM
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Originally Posted by 94'BLKBRD
Awesome......

Let me be the first to say......what's the point of this thread?
just the excitement haha
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 07:23 AM
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It's a good time tearing crap out of the car.......
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 08:04 AM
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so what have ya done so far? What your raceweight? Regret taking anything out?
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by trigger1
It's a good time tearing crap out of the car.......
haha yes its always fun to rip things off of the car
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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nice, ive taken a few things out. some things i put back when its too warm to race

spare tire and jack
rear seat
air bags
bumper supports
catback replaced with a single straight pipe
a/c is out for winter/early spring
carpet, sound deadening and most of the interior including front pass seat comes out soon
probably going with a lighter battery
theres probably more, but i cant think of it all
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Magnet
so what have ya done so far? What your raceweight? Regret taking anything out?
have no regrets taking anything out....so far haha (hopefully never wreck)

not sure on the raceweight. gonna weigh the car soon

AC compressor
AC condensor
AC fan motor (entire assembly)
airbag and bracket, passengers
air dam
ashtray & lighter
bumper, front reinforcement and brackets
bumper, rear reinforcement and brackets
coating, under carpet
crossmember brace
dash brace (steel)
door panel insulation
EGR, air pump, & hardware
emblems
firewall insulation
foglights and brackets
gas tank Evac box
grill insert
heater core (w/water)
horn
panhard rod brace, upper
power steering pump, pulley, idler pulley
side impact bars (doors)
spare tire and jack
swaybar and brackets, front
washer fluid pump
windshield wiper reservoir
y pipe hanger (stock, connected to tailshaft)
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 12:13 AM
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Didn't see radio or speakers removed there. . . Hell, you start cutting the speaker wires and you'll be surprised how much there is!
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 08:22 AM
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hey nemss what size belt you running without your power steering and how do you have it routed? how did you reroute/cut the lines for your power steering any pictures? I am actualy doing that to my trans am now that I was able to get the last bolt off and had some free time
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Duffster
Didn't see radio or speakers removed there. . . Hell, you start cutting the speaker wires and you'll be surprised how much there is!
haha trying to keep the car looking stock on the interior and not sacrifice the music
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by nemss1
haha trying to keep the car looking stock on the interior and not sacrifice the music
thats a good amount of weight though ...dont our cars produce enough music lol
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 12:25 PM
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looks good...its gotta be pretty light, I would keep the front sway bar though, i took mine off for a little while and couldn't stand how it drove... it "floated"
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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what is the abs delete block?
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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hey whats the dash brace? i havent heard of it... is it hard to remove? what does it weigh?
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ndfrsd6
thats a good amount of weight though ...dont our cars produce enough music lol
ya true but i love the kickass monsoon system haha. yes our cars do sound kickass! sometimes the music is off for that reason haha

the dash brace is the steel bracing behind the dash that also supports the passenger airbag w/bracket. dash has to come off to remove it. its about 7lbs

ya mine floats w/o the front sway bar. i dont mind it tho. i only use the car as an occasional fair weather weekend car

the ABS delete block is made by billingsley and is a simple bolt-on. remove all the ABS crap and simply bolt on the block in its place. it keeps the stock routing of the stock brake lines
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by transamsam98
hey nemss what size belt you running without your power steering and how do you have it routed? how did you reroute/cut the lines for your power steering any pictures? I am actualy doing that to my trans am now that I was able to get the last bolt off and had some free time
6 rib, 52.5 belt. i removed the pump, bracket, idler and all the lines and plugged the holes in the rack with bolts. belt runs over tensioner, under waterpump, over alternator pulley, crank pulley, then back to tensioner

type in P/S steering delete with pics in the search and there r a couple of pics
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Duffster
Didn't see radio or speakers removed there. . . Hell, you start cutting the speaker wires and you'll be surprised how much there is!

Easy 7 lbs for the harness. probably 20 in the whole sound system.

I went threw my factory body harness and removed 60lbs of circuits i ddin't need. another 8 from the engine harness.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ShiznityZ28
Easy 7 lbs for the harness. probably 20 in the whole sound system.

I went threw my factory body harness and removed 60lbs of circuits i ddin't need. another 8 from the engine harness.
thats one thing im doing over the winter ......wire removal
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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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well more weight came off today. removed the ABS block and TCS. purchasing the ABS delete block and non-tcs throttle cable. pulling all ABS sensors and reluctor rings when i feel like messing with it haha
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