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Old 08-15-2008, 07:02 PM
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Just wanted to know if anyone has done a front bumper delete and it helped drop there 60ft time at all. I know combined with the k member and other lightweight reductions it does. Just watned to see.
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Any weight off the front end of the car will help.
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I did the front bumper delete, removed the front swaybar and moved the stock battery to the rear.

I noticed a difference just taking off from a stop on everyday driving.
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Originally Posted by SScam68
I did the front bumper delete, removed the front swaybar and moved the stock battery to the rear.

I noticed a difference just taking off from a stop on everyday driving.
i also noticed a difference taking off from a stop. i removed the bumper reinforcement, swaybar, a/c, power steering and other misc. items. havent relocated the battery yet
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I just did this to my car yesterday, then wieghed all of it...it came out to 28#. I was really suprised it was that much. At the track last night...didnt seem to make a diff. Its all the little things tho that will in the end

Do it...easy to do...free...takes about an hour or so.
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I did it as a groupe weekend project. Made the SUX2BU ram air, no washer bottle, underhood AC, bumper support. 12.95-110 was best, worked it to a 12.62-112. I remebed I started getting 1.9x 60's on normal TnT nights in the street tire lanes, form 2.1s
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I will post times as soon as Friday rolls around. Yesterday I took off the front sway bar and brackets, ac (already had the belt off, just lost the weight) and ac radiator, and front bumper and styrofoam. I have times before (1.77 60' and 8.09 1/8th) so we can compare them. I figured it all was worth 60-70 lbs. I'll let you know as soon as I have the times.
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When you relocate the battery to the rear, ware do you put it so you can still keep the T Top holders?

By the way, dont crash without those supports in or your fooked. Not saying your gunna get hurt, but, insurance will rape you.




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