- Camaro and Firebird Aftermarket Performance Modifications<br>Overview of popular modifications to customize your Camaro or Firebird.
"Weight Reduction List" Fully Updated!
Free stuff
12..ABS module
15..AC compressor
8.6.AC condenser
21..AC fan motor (entire assembly)
14..Airbag and bracket, passenger's
4...Airbag, driver's
.....Air dam
1...Air filter
6...Air Pump (w/brass fittings)
14..Alternator w/ bracket
3...Amp, Monsoon
3...Antenna, bracket, and motor if applicable
1...Ashtray & lighter
.....Blinker switch
2...Bolt lengths, extra
.....Brake pedal pad
16..Brakes, stock w/ caliper, bracket, pads
22..Bumper, front reinforcement and brackets
21..Bumper, rear reinforcement and brackets
41..Carpet & Sound deadening
50..Catback
15..Cats
8...CD Changer (stock)
10..Center console
.....Coating, under carpet
5...Coolant Overflow
4...Crossmember brace
7...Cruise control (w/cable, throttle cable cover, bracket)
11..Dash
6...Dash brace (steel)
5...Dash Pad
4...Dash Replacement
18..Door panel (TA, both)
5...Door panel (psgr)
1...Door panel insulation
15..EGR, air pump, & harware
.....Emblems
14..Fan (dual)
9...Fan (single)
.....Fan shroud
5...Fenders (Inner metal)
7...Firewall Insulation
13..Firewall Insulation w/ plastic
5...Floormats
3...Foglights and brackets
.....FRA mod
7...Gas, Extra (per pound)
23..Gas Tank (steel)
20..Gas Tank (plastic)
5...Gas Tank Evac Box
2...Glovebox
1...Grill insert
50..Hatch (w/ no glass)
60..Hatch (TA w/ high-rise spoiler)
40..Hatch (Firebird w/ molded spoiler)
4...Hatch cover
2...Hatch shocks
20..Headlights/metal frames
2...Headliner
4.4.Head unit (Monsoon)
.....Head unit/AC console trim piece
8...Heat sheilding
9...Heater core (w/water)
8...Hood Latch w/ brackets
1...Hood shocks
3...Horn
45..HVAC, complete system
3...Inner fenderwells, plastic
2...Intake Silencer
.....License plate brackets
2...License plate(s)
1...Lug Nuts (Chrome)
1...MAF
13e.Manifolds (stock)
4...Mirror/bracket
.....Misc. junk in the car like keys, garage remote, change, etc.
4...Overflow Tank
1...Owner's manual
3...Panels, under steering wheel
17..Panhard rod (TRZ kit)
5...Panhard rod brace, upper
.....Parking brake
.....Power brake booster
5...Parking brake handle
.....Power seat motor
3...Power steering cooler
12..Power steering pump, pulley, idler pulley
.....Power window motors
17...Radio (stock in center panel)
1...Rear view mirror
9...Seatbelts (rears and passenger's)
7...Seatbelt (front only)
37..Seat, driver's (cloth)
46..Seat, front (Trans Am leather)
31..Seat, front (Camaro leather)
30..Seat, passenger's (cloth)
41..Seat, passenger (Trans Am leather w/ lumbar pump)
28..Seats, rear (leather)
4...Seat mounts and brackets (rear)
3...Sheetmetal, extra double walled
1...Shifter ****
20..Side impact bars (doors)
37..Spare tire and jack
6...Speaker panels, hatch
5...Speaker panels, rear passenger's
15..Speakers
5...Speakers (mid-base Monsoon, pair)
5...Speakers (Alpine, pair)
18..Spoiler (Weight measured on a Pontiac)
.....Spring isolators
2...Sun visors
14..Swaybar and brackets, front
1...Swaybar metal attachment
.....Taillight(s)
12..T-Tops
2...T-Top holders
11..T-Top hump/sheet metal
3...TCS motor
.....Under car tow points
1...Washer fluid pump
9...Window motor/track
8...Windshield washer fluid
3...Windshield wiper reservoir
4...Wiper arms
10..Wipers/motor
.....Wiring, Excess
21..Y-Pipe (w/1 cat.)
2...Y-Pipe hanger (stock, connected to tailshaft)
Wallet mods
10e.A-Arms (BMR mild steel)
13e.A-Arms (stock)
3...Airlid, aftermarket
19..Alternator relocation kit (LT1, PS removal, Speed Inc.)
104.Aluminum Block (main caps, bolts)
33..Battery (Optima yellow top)
14..Battery (Odyssey PC680 dry cell)
40..Battery relocation (rear)
8...Brakes, Aerospace w/ caliper, pads
13..Carpet (Speed Inc., lightweight)
38..Catback system (Hooker)
3...Chromoly LCAs
3/9.Carbon fiber driveshaft
14..Chromoly A-arms
25..Chromoly K-member
23..Cylinder head (unassembled)
30..Door (no internals)
14..Door glass
34..Draglite wheels (15X10 w/tires no tubes)
.....Drag slicks or street slicks
.....Drilled axles
13..Driveshaft (aluminum)
17..Dry cell battery (stock location)
7...Electric water pump
7...Emergency brake items (handle/cables)
21..Exhaust (TD's dumped before axle)
37..Exhaust (TSP TD's w/ mufflers)
......Fiberglass door skins
35..Fiberglass hood
.....Fuel cell
18..Fuel tank (98-99) plastic
50..Hatch (rear) with no glass
25..Headers, Kooks 1 7/8
5...Header extensions (12" open headers)
52..Hood ('98-02 LS1 stock steel)
51..Hood ('00 SS)
45..Hood (stock LT1 SS)
23..Hood (Chaser carbon, no brackets)
15..Hood (VFN Sunoco pin-on)
13..Hood (Harwood 3" cowl)
10..Intake (LS1)
11..Intake (FAST 78)
25..Intake (BBK 85)
55..K-Member (Stock LS1 w/clamshell's & inserts)
20..K-Member (LT1 PA racing)
25..K-Member (BMR)
75..Lexan glass (Percy's speedglass FR, RR, & side windows)
30?.Lexan glass (rear window only)
.....Lightweight clothing
35..Lightweight brakes, front
48..Lightweight brakes, Strange front (w/spindle cutaway)
32...Lightweight brakes, rear
10..Lightweight flywheel
15..Lightweight springs and shocks (BMR)
.....Lightweight steering column
9...Lightweight steering wheel
6...Lower control arms
10..Manual rack and pinion steering
10..Manual Window
35..Mini-Tubbing
23..Muffler (SLP w/ tailpipes/tips)
5...Panhard Rod Brace/bar
.....Plastic fuel tank, late model
.....Powerglide, TH350, or M4 transmission
15..Racing seat
150.Rear-End (10-bolt, no fluid)
196.Rear-End (S60, dry, true trac)
74..Rear-End (Moser M9 housing)
40..Rear-End (Moser thru-bolt center section spool)
+64.Roll-Bar (8 pt chromoly)
+52.Roll-Bar (6 pt chromoly)
+67.Roll-Bar (6 pt mild steel)
10..Rotor, drilled/slotted
5....Rotor, single disk race w/ alum. hub
18..Seat (Kirkey 17" prostreet/drag w/ cover)
6...Seatbelt (RJS 5-pt harness, camlock)
15..Shocks (front Hal's/QA1)
.....Shortbelt mod
17e.Skinny front tires
25..Slicks (rear 275s)
12..Spindle (front)
41..Spindle w/ ABS hub (both for 93-02)
28..Spindle (Racecraft w/ hub both)
14..Spool (Strange)
11..Springs (stock WS6 rear)
35p.Springs / Shocks (front only)
12..Springs (Afco front 14" 275)
16..Springs (BMR lowering)
34..Springs (Eibach drag-launch, 4 w/ airbags)
18..Subrame Connectors (2)
17e.Tires (165/85/15 radial)
9ea.Tires (Moroso 17050)
12ozTires (MT 26/4.5 ET fronts)
19e.Tires (M&H Racemaster P185/75R15 fronts)
17..Torque Arm (stock M6)
21..Torque Arm (BMR full length adj)
20..TQ converter, small
.....Underdrive pulleys
12e.Wheels (Alumistar 15X10)
10..Wheels (Draglites)
8...Wheels (Bogart front)
10..Wheels (Bogart rear)
26e.Wheels (Greg Weld 15/3.5, 165/80/15 tire)
31p.Wheels (Weld RT-S 15X4 w/ MT 26" tire)
42e.Wheels (Weld Prostars, 28/10.5 tire)
56e.Wheels (Z06 17X9, 275 tire)
54e.Wheels (Z06 18X10.5, 305/35 Nitto)
48e.Wheels (Z06 Replica, 275/40/17 tire)
46e.Wheels (ZR1s, 26/11.5 ET streets)
9...Y-Pipe, off-road
Last edited by fasttagurl; Dec 15, 2011 at 11:19 AM. Reason: Updating numbers/Adding Info.
I cut out 49 pounds, but you'll put weight back in the car depending on the metal you use to box the frame and if the tubs are steel or aluminum.
A more accurate estimate with a typical mini tub would be right about 35 pounds weight savings.
This figure is from adding back the pieces to box in the frame on both sides out of 1/8th" trimmed pieces and the cut sheet metal tubs ready to go back in.
I made a post before and listed the weight savings for a 16" mini tub, 17" mini tub and what I cut out doing a full tub but for some reason all of the info is not posted there anymore
also post them like
1....airdam
25..abs module
ect so the words are in a straight line
Winshield washer fluid is 6-8lbs, not 10lbs.
ABS module is not 18lbs. More like 10-12.
Aerospace & Strange drag brakes save 50lbs off the front and 25lbs off the back.
The coating under the carpet is 15lbs.
Front QA1 drag shocks save 15lbs not 5lbs.
The MAF is not 5lbs. More like 1lb.
75lbs for a 8 point chrome moly roll bar. 65lbs for a 6 point.
My Mezeire electric drag pump is lighter than the stock one.
You have overflow tank in there twice.
But other than that, it looks good.
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This would be wires and moduals inside the car and and the distribution b lock.
all LT1. I might have a LS1 laying around from a conversion

btw fasttagrl...the spoiler on the TA is 18lbs not 35... but ill double check again tommorrow
-brandon








