Weight reduction... What to remove
Weight reduction... What to remove Right now im working on removing weight from the front of the car and need to know what to remove/or new parts that are lighter. This is a street car so please dont say things like abs or ac. So far im moving the battery to the back, got rid of the stb and was thinking of a lighter k-member. I still have the air pump and was thinking of removing that(any links on how to do that). What other plastic parts. Was looking at the asp pulley since its 5lbs less and maybe moving the washer fluid bottle to the back since thats like 8-10lbs full. Any other ideas and no im not removing bumper brackets dont want to die on the street.. 
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K-Member/A-Arms (~40-50 pounds)
HAL shocks (8 pounds lighter)
!front swaybar (13.5)
lightweight coolant overflow (~4 pounds with coolant)
lightweight hood bolt on (30 pounds)
skinnies (~50-60 pounds depending on what you get)
lightweight drag brakes (~40 pounds) again depending on what you get
There is other stuff I am sure
Total: about 190 easily
HAL shocks (8 pounds lighter)
!front swaybar (13.5)
lightweight coolant overflow (~4 pounds with coolant)
lightweight hood bolt on (30 pounds)
skinnies (~50-60 pounds depending on what you get)
lightweight drag brakes (~40 pounds) again depending on what you get
There is other stuff I am sure
Total: about 190 easily
yea i read the sticky and seen it for many years but most of that stuff is for drag cars like removing the ac,condencer,radio, speakers kind of stuff. I drive my car everyday and i need to keep things like the spare tire ac and even my speakers which weigh a ton. Im not the kind of person to say my car does 11.99 to people than have them want to race me but first i have to remove the sway bar,speakers and that sort of thing. I want to race what i brought and not have to peal anything off the car to go faster. If a replacement part like brakes or k-member is lighter than thats what ill do or move the battery to the back and ditch the air pump. That kind of stuff
As far as removing the AIR pump, which you should only do if you have no cats, simply unbolt it and get some block off plates for the headers. Not difficult at all. It's much like removing the AC, very straightforward guys.
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Originally Posted by HOSS99
So, I need to remove the fuse box to remove it?
Originally Posted by BDiddy#11
This is true but if you remove it you will throw a code...unless you have it erased w/LS1 edit or something like that.
I believe these are the codes you have to delete or set to type X to not throw any trouble codes.
EGR
P0400 - Exhaust Gas Recirculation Flow Malfunction
P0401 - Exhaust Gas Recirculation Flow Insufficient Detected
P0402 - Exhaust Gas Recirculation Flow Excessive Detected
P0403 - Exhaust Gas Recirculation Circuit Malfunction
P0404 - Exhaust Gas Recirculation Circuit Range
P0405 - Exhaust Gas Recirculation Sensor A Circuit Low
P0406 - Exhaust Gas Recirculation Sensor A Circuit High
P0407 - Exhaust Gas Recirculation Sensor B Circuit Low
P0408 - Exhaust Gas Recirculation Sensor B Circuit High
AIR
P0410 - AIR Malfunction
P0411 - AIR Incorrect Flow Detected
P0412 - AIR Switching Valve A Circuit Malfunction
P0413 - AIR Switching Valve A Circuit Open
P0414 - AIR Switching Valve A Circuit Shorted
P0415 - AIR Switching Valve B Circuit Malfunction
P0416 - AIR Switching Valve B Circuit Open
P0417 - AIR Switching Valve B Circuit Shorted
P0418 - AIR Relay "A" Circuit Malfunction
P0419 - AIR Relay "B" Circuit Malfunction
