dlove

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Has anyone ever cut out the area right infront of the shock tower? Kinda like how an older s10 doesnt have the any fender wells at all. I'm talking the area between the shock tower and the headlight.

WMSuperSport

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try it out and let us know..

stroked30th

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Something like this on the right side?

dlove

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right side as in drivers side, then yes.

chrismorales75

Stroked can you post the build up of your car? It would be great to see a lot of photos of your car so I can steal all of your ideas =)

chrismorales75

Yes I have seen quite a few people with that section of metal on the shock tower cut off.

stroked30th

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Dlove: Yeah, sorry meant right side of pic.

Chris: When I get the car back form paint and have a few acessories on I'll start a build thread. This site, as well as others, are great for stealing ideas. Take any and all of mine, as I have done.

WMSuperSport

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Stroked, cool car. Any idea of how much weight was removed by cutting all of that out, the radiator braces, cowl shaved, etc, but considering the weight put back in with the tubular supports?

dlove

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seems like you could have cut the frame back further. unless are you mounting something to it there?

N2DP2QT

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i would be interested in knowing how much weight is saved also. and how much might be able to be taken off of the frame rails in fron there and still be able to hold the radiator up.

stroked30th

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Never weight each piece when I cut it out. I cut it up to fit a fuel cell over there. Probably didn't save much weight, that is 1 1/4 DOM bar; pretty heavy $hit.

Yeah, one could cut the frame back much further, but again I had plans for mine...they fell threw...wanted to make a tow bar/hook that I could clamp on/around easily through the fog light holes.

chrismorales75

A tow bar will be good when your pile breaks the first time out LMAO.

Post some more photos of your build up.

I am weighing everything I am taking out, I am over 60 pounds of removed metal from my mini tub project, will weigh everything before I put it back in, since removing all of the factory tub I am thinking 40 pound weight savings easy.

chrismorales75

Personally I think a lot of people use tubing way to big for things like mounts and brackets, you could make a radiator mount out of 3/4 thin wall tubing and the thing wouldn't budge an inch. I mean it is holding what 20 or 30 pounds?

dlove

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just use some GM zip ties, they should be located inside your glove box from the factory

stroked30th

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LOL, and there is a good chance I'll need that tow bar first time out.
Probably right, but I'd much rather be safe. Per NHRA rules a fuel cell needs to be mounted inside frame rails or "caged" w/ 1 1/4 DOM tubing if outside rails. Hood mount stuff I used 5/16 bar, then mounted all tabs to it. I've seen cars w/ much bigger/bulker mounts like 1/2. I would say that might be a bit excessive...to each his own.

dlove

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well i got around to doing it finally

each one was like 2.5-3 lbs

i also removed some hood brackets for a total of

8 or so pounds

RAGENZ28

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Wow I was hoping it would weigh more but every bit adds up, looks nice though

BTW why does your coolant over flow look like a pepsi bottle

dlove

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to the untrained eye it's a pepsi bottle, but it's actually a water bottle

1SlowFormula

interesting, I never thopught of cutting that out for more weight reduction, but hey 8# is a decent additional loss, do you have any pics looking straight down at it?

Matt D

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Wow, that care would NEVER pass tech up here with that overflow bottle. That's awesome!