Saving weight by using Mr. RotoZip
10-24-2010, 08:30 PM
#1
Saving weight by using Mr. RotoZip I have basically done all the free mods and weight saving I can do. I dont mind chopping up my car to make it faster. What else is there to cut out to save weight. EX: Swiss cheese A-pillars, cut trunck out.
10-25-2010, 04:39 AM
#4
You better build the cage into the car before you even start with that, or you're liable to end up with a twisted up junked car that will never be right.
Want to get 15 lbs out of the car for about 15 bucks? Rip everything out of the interior, get a couple wire wheel's and a drill, and remove all the seam sealer out of the inside of the car. be ready for a big mess, but it's about 15 lbs of crap. Just finished doing mine yesterday, and I still have to get a bunch out that's behind the cage, when that gets redone.
Don't forget to repaint the floor when you are done, since you're taking it to bare metal.
Want to get 15 lbs out of the car for about 15 bucks? Rip everything out of the interior, get a couple wire wheel's and a drill, and remove all the seam sealer out of the inside of the car. be ready for a big mess, but it's about 15 lbs of crap. Just finished doing mine yesterday, and I still have to get a bunch out that's behind the cage, when that gets redone.
Don't forget to repaint the floor when you are done, since you're taking it to bare metal.
10-25-2010, 12:05 PM
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You better build the cage into the car before you even start with that, or you're liable to end up with a twisted up junked car that will never be right.
Want to get 15 lbs out of the car for about 15 bucks? Rip everything out of the interior, get a couple wire wheel's and a drill, and remove all the seam sealer out of the inside of the car. be ready for a big mess, but it's about 15 lbs of crap. Just finished doing mine yesterday, and I still have to get a bunch out that's behind the cage, when that gets redone.
Don't forget to repaint the floor when you are done, since you're taking it to bare metal.
Want to get 15 lbs out of the car for about 15 bucks? Rip everything out of the interior, get a couple wire wheel's and a drill, and remove all the seam sealer out of the inside of the car. be ready for a big mess, but it's about 15 lbs of crap. Just finished doing mine yesterday, and I still have to get a bunch out that's behind the cage, when that gets redone.
Don't forget to repaint the floor when you are done, since you're taking it to bare metal.
10-25-2010, 12:09 PM
#6
Ugh you guys and the pictures LOL. Pull the carpet up. You'll see what looks like putty that was put on body seams all over the car, along the door sills, all over the rear wheel well's, up along the firewall. Get out a coarse wire wheel, put it on your favorite drill and go man go until you get to bare metal. Wear safety goggles and ear protection, and when you're done, paint the floor board, and reinstall your carpet.
There goes 15 lbs.
There goes 15 lbs.
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10-25-2010, 12:52 PM
#8
Ugh you guys and the pictures LOL. Pull the carpet up. You'll see what looks like putty that was put on body seams all over the car, along the door sills, all over the rear wheel well's, up along the firewall. Get out a coarse wire wheel, put it on your favorite drill and go man go until you get to bare metal. Wear safety goggles and ear protection, and when you're done, paint the floor board, and reinstall your carpet.
There goes 15 lbs.
There goes 15 lbs.
BUT one thing he does is make sure that strength is put back in key points to help keep the car safe. Saving 10 pounds but making the car hazardous is no savings to me.
10-25-2010, 02:26 PM
#9
You better build the cage into the car before you even start with that, or you're liable to end up with a twisted up junked car that will never be right.
Want to get 15 lbs out of the car for about 15 bucks? Rip everything out of the interior, get a couple wire wheel's and a drill, and remove all the seam sealer out of the inside of the car. be ready for a big mess, but it's about 15 lbs of crap. Just finished doing mine yesterday, and I still have to get a bunch out that's behind the cage, when that gets redone.
Don't forget to repaint the floor when you are done, since you're taking it to bare metal.
Want to get 15 lbs out of the car for about 15 bucks? Rip everything out of the interior, get a couple wire wheel's and a drill, and remove all the seam sealer out of the inside of the car. be ready for a big mess, but it's about 15 lbs of crap. Just finished doing mine yesterday, and I still have to get a bunch out that's behind the cage, when that gets redone.
Don't forget to repaint the floor when you are done, since you're taking it to bare metal.
10-25-2010, 02:52 PM
#11
I've been told by a couple people that did it, that there's actually almost 20 lbs, if you get all the stuff that's under the front fenders and whatnot too.
I still have some left in my car where I couldn't get to it because the 10 pt was in the way... I took all the stuff that was on the floor (my garage is kept clean, so what I swept up is pretty accurate) along with what I sucked out with the shop vac and put it all in a garbage bag.... and weighed said bag.
12 lbs give or take a little, as my home scale goes by full lb increments.
It was a nightmare getting it out. Took 3 wire wheel's to do, and probably about 7 hours of my life, but to me, being I'm on no time schedule it was worth it.
Once I have the front end off I'll get the rest of it out, and once the cage is cut out to redo that, I'll get what's left inside the car. It's a pita, but it weigh's a good bit.
I still have some left in my car where I couldn't get to it because the 10 pt was in the way... I took all the stuff that was on the floor (my garage is kept clean, so what I swept up is pretty accurate) along with what I sucked out with the shop vac and put it all in a garbage bag.... and weighed said bag.
12 lbs give or take a little, as my home scale goes by full lb increments.
It was a nightmare getting it out. Took 3 wire wheel's to do, and probably about 7 hours of my life, but to me, being I'm on no time schedule it was worth it.
Once I have the front end off I'll get the rest of it out, and once the cage is cut out to redo that, I'll get what's left inside the car. It's a pita, but it weigh's a good bit.
10-25-2010, 03:18 PM
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