Hello. I'm new here and I recently bought a 2000 SS. It is a really cool car and I'm happy to finally have a V8 and an M6. Anyways, my question is, what are some good ways to bring the weight down on Camaro's? I would like to take out the stuff that really isn't important such as a back seat and spare tire, but I was wondering if there is anything else. Thanks!

 

Just a few:



9...!ABS
21.5!AC compressor
8.5.!AC condenser
....!AC fan motor
13.5!Airbag and bracket, passenger's
4...!Airbag, driver's
....!Air dam
1...!Air filter
5...!Amp, Monsoon
4...!Antenna, bracket, and motor if applicable
....!Ashtray & lighter
....!Blinker switch
2...!Bolt lengths, extra
....!Brake pedal pad
23..!Bumper, front reinforcement and brackets
21..!Bumper, rear reinforcement and brackets
34..!Carpet & Sound deadening
50..!Catback
15..!Cats
9...!Center console
....!Coating, under carpet
4...!Crossmember brace
....!Cruise control
10..!Dash
20..!Door panels
11..!EGR, air pump, & harware
....!Emblems
....!Fan, 1
....!Fan shroud
5...!Floormats
3...!Foglights and brackets
....FRA mod
....!Gas, Extra
2.5.!Glovebox
1...!Grill insert
4...!Hatch cover
2...!Hatch shocks
....!Headlights
....!Headliner
3...!Head unit
....!Head unit/AC console trim piece
8...!Heat sheilding
9...!Heater core
1...!Hood shocks
3...!Horn
3...!Inner fenderwells, plastic
....!Liscense plate brackets
....!Liscense plate(s)
....!Misc. junk in the car like keys, garage remote, change, owner's manual, etc.
1...!Owner's manual
3...!Panels, under steering wheel
5....Panhard rod brace, upper
....!Parking brake
....!Power brake booster
....!Parking brake handle
....!Power seat motor
11..!Power steering pump, pulley, idler pulley
....!Power window motors
1...!Rear view mirror
9...!Seatbelts (rears and passenger's)
34..!Seat, passenger's
19..!Seats, rear
3...!Sheetmetal, extra double walled
....!Shifter ****
5...!Side impact bars
35..!Spare tire and jack
7...!Speaker panels, hatch
5...!Speaker panels, rear passenger's
15..!Speakers
35..!Spoiler (Weight measured on a Pontiac)
....!Spring isolators
2...!Sun visors
14..!Swaybar and brackets, front
....!Taillight(s)
2...!T-Top holders
....!Under car tow points
1...!Washer fluid pump
9...!Windshield washer fluid
2...!Windshield wiper reservoir
3...!Wiper arms
3...!Wiper motor
....!Wiring, Excess

Wallet mods....
3...Airlid, aftermarket
3...Chromoly LCAs
3/9.Carbon fiber driveshaft
14..Chromoly A-arms
30.5Chromoly K-member
....Draglite wheels
....Drag slicks or street slicks
....Drilled axles
24..Dry cell battery
10..Electric water pump
....Fiberglass door skins
30..Fiberglass hood
....Fuel cell
18..'99+ fuel tank for '98 cars
....Headers
....Lexan glass
....Lightweight clothing
35..Lightweight brakes, front
....Lightweight brakes, rear
10..Lightweight flywheel
13..Lightweight springs and shocks
....Lightweight steering column
6...Lightweight steering wheel
10..Manual rack and pinion steering
....Plastic fuel tank, late model
....Powerglide, TH350, or M4 transmission
17/29.Racing seat
....Shortbelt mod
....Skinny front tires
15..Spool
20..TQ converter, small
....Underdrive pulleys

 

like you said....

pull the spare, jack -40
the rear seats -25
rear seat belts -5
AC system -45
egr, air -15
wiper resivoir -2
lightweight battery
stock location -10
headers -15
remove catback
dump before axle -30

theres just a few starters for ya.... for an easy 200lbs.

 

good lord did u just read off the index in the owners manual?

 

A/C, sway bar, airbags, stereo and speakers, jack/spare, rear seats, rear seatbelts, padding under carpet, lightweight k-member/a-arms, lightweight LCAs, lightweight battery, washer fluid, hoodpin conversion, skinnie tires, lightweight wheels, lightweight driver

all comes to 3088lbs with me in it.

 

It all depends on how far you wanna go with it. For example i have my daily driven SS down to about 2970 with me in it. And there is still ALOT of stuff i have to do.

 

Take your whole car apart and put it in your spare bedroom like I did. Check out the webshots page for pics.

K-member
Hawker/Genesis battery
!exhaust, just to name a few weight reduction items

Good times!

 

Thanks guys. I still want to keep this car as my daily driver, I just like the idea of getting rid of stuff I don't need. So I may have to sift through the ideas to find out exactly what I can live without and what I can't.

 

thats the catch 22......

how far do you want to go.....?

 

booooo v6 is lighter....

you had me for a second