brandonppr

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I've decided to go for another round of weight reduction on my car. I have a lot done already, but I still feel I have more to lose.

First thing I have done is lost some weight on my door panels. I just posted a thread about these and I am still working on finishing these up, just waiting on some more carpet because I messed a piece up for the other door.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...oor-panel.html

Wiring is next and it is what I am working on now.

10lbs so far

TA1364

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Hard to know whats already been done but i'll throw some thoughts out anyway.
Whats the exhaust consist of?
Brakes?
Cut the t-top/spare tire area.

brandonppr

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Yeah, it's hard to list everything I have done. I have done quite a bit and hole sawed a lot. I just replaced the two seats with a single Kirkey.

Exhaust is headers to short section of pipe to moroso spiral flows.

Brakes are stock. I'm looking for free weight reduction though.

I am considering cutting that area out, but is this considered an un-modified floor pan by NHRA? what can I do and still stay legal? I have a cage in it, but I have swing outs and no net. I don't want to lose my swingouts and I don't want to put in a net. NHRA requires a cage if the floor pan is modifided.

krissoto

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Inner fenders? Under Dash?

5.3LJimmy

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Panhard brace
Heat shields under the car
Park brake shoes, lever, and cables
Useless metal bracket under the steering column
Airbags and module under the console
Front sway bar and associated brackets
Cruise control module
Air injection pump
Antilock brake module

brandonppr

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Can I cut the metal under the dash where the ducting for the defrost used to be?

Crush zone is cut out. I am considering cutting out the area around the shock towers. I have bars from the cage running all the way to the front frame.

brandonppr

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Is it Okay to remove that brace? will it affect anything?

Heat shields gone

Removing the parking brake scares me (what if the brakes go out)

bracket under column gone

Airbags gone

swaybar gone

cruise gone

AIR gone

ABS gone

Here are few more:
-Floorpan scraped
-carpet insulation gone
-rear half of carpet gone
-interior panels exept for dash and a-arm gone
-interior brackets cut out and gone
-hatch release bracket hole sawed
-headlight brackets hole sawed
-doors hole sawed
-dash hole sawed behind cluster
-vents hole sawed

Here are some things aready done and I am not counting on this 100lbs:
Horns 1lb 2-3/4oz

Removed the hood adjuster brackets by drilling out the spot welds 2lbs 9-1/2oz combined

Fog light switch 3/4oz


interior trim:

piece that goes along door sill and around hood release Driver is 1lb 1oz and Passenger is 14-1/8oz

Sail panels 4lbs 4oz combined

Console lid only 1lb 8oz

Rear speaker panels not counting speakers 3lb 6oz combined

Rear piece that cover the trunk area that folds. I'm not sure the name for it, but it weighed 4lb 3-3/4oz

Seat belt guide on front seat 1-3/4oz each


Rear seat bottom 3lbs 1oz each









Alarm sensor 2-1/8 oz



Rubber coating in the Ttop well weighed 2lbs 9oz Heat it up before scraping.






hole sawed the bracket for the trunk release and got out about 7oz





The fender bracket can be done without if you adjust your fender just right. Removing both sides saves you 12-3/4oz. Also in this pic, part of the fender crumple zone that I didn't cut out when I cut out the crumple zone. The two sides weighed 2lbs 7oz combined
before

after


Passenger headlight bracket I lost 9oz. This counts the fog light bracket that I drilled the spot welds out of. This does not include the removable bracket that hooks to the back of the headlight and then to the radiator support. I got rid of that a long time ago and I don't know what it weighs.




Driver headlight bracket I lost 10oz. Same goes for the small bracket that was already gone.


Here is the radiator support:



Here is mine when I had it apart for the cage you can see some cutting I did at the bottom of the radiator area, but I don't know how much weight it was because that was several years ago:

brandonppr

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From the list, here is what I have gone and not gone Blue is what I still have. I am going to have to get more creative to lose this weight. I don't mind spending a little, but I am looking for cheap weight loss:
Free stuff
12..ABS module
15..AC compressor
8.6.AC condenser
21..AC fan motor (entire assembly)
14..Airbag and bracket, passenger's
4...Airbag, driver's
.....Air dam
1...Air filter
6...Air Pump (w/brass fittings)
14..Alternator w/ bracket
3...Amp, Monsoon
3...Antenna, bracket, and motor if applicable
1...Ashtray & lighter
.....Blinker switch
2...Bolt lengths, extra
.....Brake pedal pad
16..Brakes, stock w/ caliper, bracket, pads
22..Bumper, front reinforcement and brackets
21..Bumper, rear reinforcement and brackets
41..Carpet & Sound deadening
50..Catback
15..Cats
8...CD Changer (stock)
10..Center console Lid is gone
.....Coating, under carpet
5...Coolant Overflow Moroso
4...Crossmember brace
7...Cruise control (w/cable, throttle cable cover, bracket)
11..Dash
6...Dash brace (steel)
5...Dash Pad
4...Dash Replacement
18..Door panel (TA, both) only weighs 6lbs now
5...Door panel (psgr)
1...Door panel insulation
15..EGR, air pump, & harware
.....Emblems
14..Fan (dual)
.....Fan shroud
5...Fenders (Inner metal)
13..Firewall Insulation w/ plastic
5...Floormats
3...Foglights and brackets
.....FRA mod
7...Gas, Extra (per pound)
20..Gas Tank (plastic)
5...Gas Tank Evac Box
2...Glovebox1...Grill insert
50..Hatch (w/ no glass)
4...Hatch cover
2...Hatch shocks
20..Headlights/metal frames hole sawed
2...Headliner
4.4.Head unit (Monsoon)
.....Head unit/AC console trim piece
8...Heat sheilding
9...Heater core (w/water)
8...Hood Latch w/ brackets
1...Hood shocks
3...Horn
45..HVAC, complete system
3...Inner fenderwells, plastic
2...Intake Silencer
.....License plate brackets
2...License plate(s)
1...MAF
13e.Manifolds (stock)
4...Mirror/bracket
.....Misc. junk in the car like keys, garage remote, change, etc.
1...Owner's manual
3...Panels, under steering wheel
17..Panhard rod (TRZ kit)
5...Panhard rod brace, upper
.....Parking brake
.....Power brake booster
5...Parking brake handle
.....Power seat motor
3...Power steering cooler
12..Power steering pump, pulley, idler pulley I have electric PS, can't get rid of that because my grandfather races it and needs it
.....Power window motors
17...Radio (stock in center panel)
1...Rear view mirror
9...Seatbelts (rears and passenger's)
7...Seatbelt (front only)
37..Seat, driver's (cloth)
30..Seat, passenger's (cloth)
41..Seat, passenger (Trans Am leather w/ lumbar pump)
28..Seats, rear (leather)
4...Seat mounts and brackets (rear)
3...Sheetmetal, extra double walled?
1...Shifter ****
20..Side impact bars (doors)
37..Spare tire and jack
6...Speaker panels, hatch
5...Speaker panels, rear passenger's
15..Speakers
5...Speakers (mid-base Monsoon, pair)
5...Speakers (Alpine, pair)
18..Spoiler (Weight measured on a Pontiac)
.....Spring isolators
2...Sun visors
14..Swaybar and brackets, front
1...Swaybar metal attachment
.....Taillight(s)
12..T-Tops
2...T-Top holders
11..T-Top hump/sheet metal?
3...TCS motor
.....Under car tow points
1...Washer fluid pump
9...Window motor/track
8...Windshield washer fluid
3...Windshield wiper reservoir
4...Wiper arms
10..Wipers/motor
.....Wiring, Excess working on it
21..Y-Pipe (w/1 cat.)
2...Y-Pipe hanger (stock, connected to tailshaft)

Here is a list of my wallet mods. Blue is not done

Wallet mods
3...Airlid, aftermarket
19..Alternator relocation kit (LT1, PS removal, Speed Inc.)
104.Aluminum Block (main caps, bolts)
33..Battery (Optima yellow top)
14..Battery (Odyssey PC680 dry cell)
40..Battery relocation (rear)
8...Brakes, Aerospace w/ caliper, pads
13..Carpet (Speed Inc., lightweight)
3...Chromoly LCAs
3/9.Carbon fiber driveshaft
14..Chromoly A-arms
25..Chromoly K-member
14..Door glass
34..Draglite wheels (15X10 w/tires no tubes)
.....Drag slicks or street slicks
.....Drilled axles
13..Driveshaft (aluminum)
7...Electric water pump
21..Exhaust (TD's dumped before axle)
......Fiberglass door skins
35..Fiberglass hood STock SS hood
.....Fuel cell
18..Fuel tank (98-99) plastic
51..Hood ('00 SS)
23..Hood (Chaser carbon, no brackets)
15..Hood (VFN Sunoco pin-on)
13..Hood (Harwood 3" cowl)10..Intake (LS1)
20..K-Member (LT1 PA racing)
25..K-Member (BMR)
75..Lexan glass (Percy's speedglass FR, RR, & side windows)
30?.Lexan glass (rear window only)
35..Lightweight brakes, front
48..Lightweight brakes, Strange front (w/spindle cutaway)
32...Lightweight brakes, rear
10..Lightweight flywheel
15..Lightweight springs and shocks (BMR)
.....Lightweight steering column
9...Lightweight steering wheel
6...Lower control arms
10..Manual rack and pinion steering
10..Manual Window
35..Mini-Tubbing
5...Panhard Rod Brace/bar
.....Powerglide, TH350, or M4 transmission
15..Racing seat
10..Rotor, drilled/slotted
5....Rotor, single disk race w/ alum. hub
18..Seat (Kirkey 17" prostreet/drag w/ cover)
6...Seatbelt (RJS 5-pt harness, camlock)
15..Shocks (front Hal's/QA1)
.....Shortbelt mod
17e.Skinny front tires
25..Slicks
12..Spindle (front)
14..Spool
21..Torque Arm (BMR full length adj)I have a short CM TA
20..TQ converter, small I have Yank 3800 SS
.....Underdrive pulleys
10..Wheels (Draglites)

nickp

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what did the car weight last season...just the car, without you in it?

brandonppr

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Unfortunately I have never gotten to weigh it. The one time I went somewhere with a scale the scale was not working. I plan to get up to Beech Bend in the next few weeks and weigh it.

5.3LJimmy

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I haven't had a panhard brace on my car in years. I don't think that area is highly stressed when going in a straight line. If it was a road course car then I would keep it.

sweetbmxrider

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Door bars? Hole saw behind the panels?

Blackpanther99

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Great info on here. Will take into consideration for my car.

brandonppr

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Door bars are gone and the doors have been hole sawed.

So far I have 9lbs of wire out. I will post pics when finished with the wiring.

NHRAFORMULA00

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Door Mirrors.

brandonppr

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I would, but I use them too much backing in the water box and pits. Surly there is something in behind them that can be taken out though.

brandonppr

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I also changed my battery from a huge trolling motor battery to an Optima. I am pretty sure it's lighter, but forgot to weigh it. Also not counting this toward my goal.

Old battery


New bracket



New battery

adamantium

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What did you make that bracket from? looks light i need something similar for my rear bumper support.

brandonppr

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I made it from 1/8 x 1.5" aluminum flat bar. It weighs 3.5onces per foot. The bracket is very light. I also used it to make my battery disconnect bracket.

02SOMWS6

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Man,if I did everything you did to drop weight I would be running 8's.....lol
my car is around 3,600lbs.......good job