i know alot of people have posted about weight they have taken out so i thought id share. im a broke blue collar worker so removing **** was the easiest/cheapest way to go fast...

1st off the car is a stripper hardtop, no options at all....

im not done with everything, ill note that when it comes up...

also im starting from the front of the car to the rear...

BEGIN!

1st off i removed everything under the front bumper (only thing holding it on is the fenders and top peice by the latch which is also removed)

i need to trim off the lower plastic lip on the bumper

removed latch and all hood assembley, grinded off all metal that hood assembly peices went too, also includes removing inner fender brace were the hood arm things bolt to on the fenders. so yeah i need a pin on hood now.

charcoal canister

fog lights

grinded out metal were battery stood. relocated battery to were the pcm is using an odyssey battery. made up a tray for it...

removed front sway bar

removed stock overflow resavor (metals gone anyways) summit sells a small plastic one, uses stock line, bolted it up to front upper frame rail.

sawz all the huge chunk of metal under the radiator, bout 2 inches left on each side.

grinded off inner fender metal (PITA)

removed abs

removed powersteering

removed front bumper support AND grinded off the tabs that held the support on.

remove stock k member, get chromolly tubular

removed stock motor mounts. putting in spohn solids.

im leaving on the stock lower/upper a arms cuzz thats a **** load of money for about 13lbs or so, so i heard.

removed a/c heater.

removed wipers/motor/and all cowl metal

pulled carpet, removed **** from the backside

pulled dash, removed airbag, all venting for ac/hvac unit ect ect. i got alot of wire trimmed outa dash.

removed glove box

removed radio/speakers/wire

removed stock steering wheel/put in a grant

removed airbag module under center concole and concole and all metal not needed under there.

removed ebrake and lines

remove door impact bars (havet done this yet)

removing side bars by rear seat, havent done this cuz i dont feel like drilling out the spot welds right now.

removed all seats, put in one kirkey

remove all stock seat belts and grinded off metal mounts

dont run an exhaust system, i have magnaflow mufflers right off my headers.

removed antenna

removed rear bumper support

thats all i can think of right now, its still in a billion peices.

 

of course i still need rear/shocks/springs/rollcage/hood/brakes/wheels ect ect ect but its a start

 

hmmm so i'm guessing this isnt a daily anymore huh

man you removed any and all weight that could be found, even the antenna, that's hardcore. what weight are you trying to aim for?

 

see sig, im wondering if i hit it

 

lol i read the first three words and skipped the rest

do you have a scale or anything to check on your progress?

 

Damn you went all out. Might wanna check out the Ozite carpet to drop another ~20lbs., just a suggestion since it looks like every little bit will add up for you.

 

i prolly wont even run carpet, i got rid of all the plastics too, itll just be for the track and to work (5 minute drive)

 

The piece under the radiator is just the radiator perch/crossmember correct? I was looking at cutting that out but didn't know how flimsy that would make it. Pics???

 

its fine, as long as the kmember and upper support are holding things togther

 

Mini -tubbing will take out another 40-50lbs.

 

+1 on the mini

 

so luke, are you leaving the door locks in?
cause your car is gonna be one easy mother to steal
and a fast get away car too!

Where was it you work again?

 

its getting tubbed,
mike yeah, locks staying in lol

 

gonna run lexan glass?

 

sounds about like my car

 

Should be well under 3000 unless you're a 300 pound guy, the mini tub will help if you want to drop weight, if you do a full size tub with 40" tubs and cut out the rear fender area and t-top hump like I did you'll lose at least 90 more pounds.

Also since it is a drag only car consider a 5 gallon fuel cell vs. the stock tank.

 

hey ragen, were would i begin to look for a fuel cell like that, ive been wanting to do that later so i need start researching. i like the **** u did. what kinda metal did you use to fill in the trunk?

oh and im 195 and dropping, running = healthy weight reduction lol

 

Hey deadlyz28 I will buy the powersteering pump off you if you would like to sell it. Thanks let me know at qwik_ss@comcast.net
-Ivan

 

sold it along time ago

 

I was just thinkin about your car and then i saw you posted.