Lar's SS

What do the door braces weigh each? Is it true you have to cut them in half to remove?

Do you need to run any special kind of filter when switching to synthetic oil like Royal Purple?

Thanks

Lar's SS

TTT

mike c.

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i was just told by 1 bas ls1 racing that EACH door brace waighs 60lbs,120lbs total.and they said they will NOT take them out for me,looks like i'll do it my self.i run a fram filter with royal purple. goodluck to ya

GeorgeC

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by mike c.:
<strong> i was just told by 1 bas ls1 racing that EACH door brace waighs 60lbs,120lbs total.and they said they will NOT take them out for me,looks like i'll do it my self.i run a fram filter with royal purple. goodluck to ya </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">60lbs?!?!?!?! Try around 5 or 6lbs. each.

Some folks have been able to simply unbolt them and take them out, but I had to cut mine out in pieces. Not a keen idea unless you have a rollbar with doorbars in place, IMHO...

LARRY01Z28

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yep hes right. ABout 10 - 11 pounds total. everybody I know that has done this has a roll cage andthey had to cut them out.

chevyguy3

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when i did my driver's side door bar i had to cut it up to get it out, PITA. for the passenger side i said to hell with it and just cut a hole in the fiberglass on the end of the door at the bottom to slide it out of. MUCH easier, and nobody will ever notice the hole unless you tell them. i had to modify some sockets to actually unbolt the bar

chevyguy3

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btw, you dont need any differnt kind of filter for royal purple or any synthetic.

as for using Fram filters, i have seen enough research to steer me away from them.....

Raughammer

I still have mine.

Taking them out is a PITA.

But yes you have to cut them in half (at least) to get them out.

...too dangerous for me. I feel safer with them in.

1fstTA

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yep i agree i had to cut mine in half twice on each door bar to get them out and it is a PITA.

weight savings was about 5lbs each

mike c.

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well ****,when they told me 60lbs each for door braces i thought hell yeah. 10lbs each is not worth it to me.

Lar's SS

Thanks you all for the info.