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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 07:26 PM
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Ok i'm looking to put my heffer on a diet, she lost a little weight last year but still a little thick for my likings lol, i removed a/c with all components, front sway bar, air pump, and i have the racestar wheels, just lookin for more ideas how to easily remove some unwanted weight
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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 07:30 PM
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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 07:52 PM
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I pulled my cruise control and horns as well.

Fiberglass hood, remove bumper supports, tubular k member and control arms, carpet, seats the list goes on.

Check out the free weight savings sticky

https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-raci...y-updated.html
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Old Jan 24, 2015 | 04:20 PM
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Thanks guys i actually saw the sticky after i posted this of course lol
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 01:58 AM
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Type in the search bar " cam only winter upgrades bitch in on a diet". Tons of info in that thread.
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Old Feb 17, 2015 | 09:55 PM
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Get creative- hole-saw works wonders... I was down to 3100lbs and I didn't have any carbon fibre parts and I had a full interior that when you looked at it, you were clueless any weight reduction was actually done.
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Old Feb 17, 2015 | 10:21 PM
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+1 letzride. There is weight to be had all over these cars.
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Old Feb 18, 2015 | 02:38 PM
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Few suggestions-
Our tubular front and rear bumper supports.



Our upper or lower a-arms, we offer a one piece for anyone running a 6" or narrower front wheel.




You wanted to get a little deeper than bolt on you could go with our cowl delete kit and Hvac cover.



Picture of a customer that installed one himself.



We offer C/M or even aluminum LCA and even PHB.






Our light weight manual rack conversion.




Manual brake kit that we also offer with a line lock kit.




Our you could get really crazy and do our hole race front end package.



Optic armor front and rear windows that we keep in stock, we have carbon fiber roof inserts or fiberglass. The light weight carpet is very popular among removing all unneeded interior items. I am a tad crazy when it comes to weight savings I go as far as using the shortest hardware I can get away with. Fluids add up as well so keep that in mind. It boils down to how far you want to go.

Trust me when I say we can get these cars light, we can get them light.

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