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Old 08-02-2003, 07:19 AM
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colenel, does adding a chromoly torque arm reduce weight?
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Old 08-02-2003, 09:30 PM
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Compared to stock? I doubt it.
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Old 08-02-2003, 10:39 PM
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Strip that baby down to the unibody dig a pit in the back yard and acid dip it like they did in the sixties.Pensky's TransAm Z28 camero had a vynal roof to cover the holes from where they left it in the pit to long,but that baby was light.
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Old 08-06-2003, 08:51 PM
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Does anyone know if there is a weight difference between Prostars and Draglites?
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Old 08-07-2003, 12:25 AM
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I don't think there is any noticeable difference between Pro-Stars and Draglites.
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Old 08-08-2003, 07:45 AM
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I took off the Evac boxes on the 99+ plastic tanks and it weighed 4.5lbs
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Old 08-17-2003, 10:51 PM
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Does anyone have any idea what the side impact beams weigh??? i took mine out today so if noone knows i will weigh them
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Old 08-18-2003, 02:02 PM
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Does anyone have any idea what the side impact beams weigh??? i took mine out today so if noone knows i will weigh them

See my post and pic above dated 7/27/03
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Old 08-19-2003, 09:13 AM
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How much of a difference is 100 lbs worth in the `1/4.
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Here's a what most use

100lbs = 1/10th
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Old 08-27-2003, 03:35 PM
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Come on everyone, it's time for some new ideas!
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I drilled 1/2 inch holes all over my car, fenders, hood, rims ect. Saved 11 #. My plate reads... SWSCHZ.
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ummm what about all the vfn stuff, doesnt' seem to be used as much as it shoudl.
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If I took my car to MTI, could they put my car on a Jenny Craig diet and remove a couple hundred more pounds? It weighs 3400 w/o me in it, but it has a CI block, T400 and big blower.
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Here is some stuff I weighed up on a VERY accurate scale today:

HVAC/Blower Motor: 20.5 lbs
Dash: 11 lbs
Sound Deadening and padding: 12 lbs
Drivers side carpet: 8 lbs
Passanger Side carpet: 7.5 lbs
Passanger Air Bag: 14.5 lbs
Misc duct work/tubing: 6.5 lbs
Cross bar & brackets: 7.0 lbs

Note: Carpet is cut about 5 inches behind rear set bolts.
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I weighed my Meziere EWP and the stock WP today on our digital shipping scale at work, here are the numbers:

Meziere - 15 lbs. 3 oz.
Stock - 12 lbs. 12 oz.

So 2lbs. 7 oz. heavier! The 8-12 rwhp gain is nice though!
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I have the passenger side airbag on my list but I've been avoiding it by removing other things. I also bought some light weight seats. I've been trying to find out if there is an easy way to remove the airbag also.
i removed my passinger air bag in my 94 and it wieghed 17lbs.
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Anyone weigh the power window equipment vs. manual? Or maybe I missed that.
i went from power to manual on my 94 and cut off 10lbs per door.
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Anyone weigh the power window equipment vs. manual? Or maybe I missed that.
i went from power to manual on my 94 and cut off 10lbs per door.
Could you give some details on what is involved with this swap, how hard it is, and what is needed?
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Anyone weigh the power window equipment vs. manual? Or maybe I missed that.
i went from power to manual on my 94 and cut off 10lbs per door.
Could you give some details on what is involved with this swap, how hard it is, and what is needed?
i purchased another 94 with roll up windows. removed all window regulators form both cars and swaped. pulled the power window fuse and the door panals are already set up for roll up windows, all u have to do is cut the holes and adjust the windows. it is no hard. last u pull the harness as for back as u can in the vehicle and cut the harness then rap with black tape. looks as if it came that way from the factory.
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