Can I Cut Off The Bracing Under My Hood To Save Weight?
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I`m getting into doing some weight reduction on my car and have done several things to lighten the Z28 up. I was looking under the hood yesterday (after removing all the heat shielding and exhaust brackets under the car) and there is probably about 7 lbs. or so of steel under the hood. I did a search with no results. If anyone has done this what all did you cut off? Did you need to remove the hood shocks.......ect. I don`t want to cut all the steel out and go to shut my hood and the hood folds in half on me. Let me know somthing fellas. I need to quit being a cheap *** and just buy me a fiber hood.
Thanks for any help fellas.
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You could get a hole saw and swiss the bracing to save some weight. Check for LittleG's post about his hood pins, there are pictures of his hood swissed there.
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