Sooo close! what can i do?
Sooo close! what can i do? Hey i have a 95 Z and i've been running 13.1's lately and would like to try to hit a 12.999999 or even a 13.0 this sunday. my best run is is 13.14. Iam wondering if there is anything very cheap if not free, and easy to drop me that little bit extra i need.
My set up is a 95 Z (LT1) mods are, K&N FIPK, Hooker cat-back, !cat after y-pipe, 3200vig stall, and ET Streets. i also have !backseats and !sparetire and jack.
I have no trouble hooking up, so i just want to know if there is anything easy i can do to get me the lil extra bit.
any help?
My set up is a 95 Z (LT1) mods are, K&N FIPK, Hooker cat-back, !cat after y-pipe, 3200vig stall, and ET Streets. i also have !backseats and !sparetire and jack.
I have no trouble hooking up, so i just want to know if there is anything easy i can do to get me the lil extra bit.
any help?
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I was stuck at 13.1 for a while myself, 1.6 rockers, headers, dumped exhaust, and 3.73 gears took me from 13.1 in good weather to 12.6 in bad weather. From there I took out more weight and a bunch of tweeks, and suspension stuff to get to where I am now.
Take your carpet out, there should be factory padding and insulation, should be worth 20 pounds. Remove the front sway bar, should be an easy 15 pounds.
Hell even ditch the side seat, every little bit helps.
You can put it all back in when your done, except the padding.
And if you did the backseats, I hope you did the rear seat belts.
Also overflow tank and washer fluid.
Hell even ditch the side seat, every little bit helps.
You can put it all back in when your done, except the padding.
And if you did the backseats, I hope you did the rear seat belts.
Also overflow tank and washer fluid.
Take your carpet out, there should be factory padding and insulation, should be worth 20 pounds. Remove the front sway bar, should be an easy 15 pounds.
Hell even ditch the side seat, every little bit helps.
You can put it all back in when your done, except the padding.
Hell even ditch the side seat, every little bit helps.
You can put it all back in when your done, except the padding.
Find 25lbs of stuff you don't need LOL
Back seats, rear carpet padding, floormats, sparetire/jack, front swaybar, panels in the hatch area, drain your wiper fluid .......
It adds up quickly.
Don't show up to the track with a full tank of gas. You can make quite a few passes with 1/4.
Leave the laptop, tools and jumper cables at home or in someone else's car while you race.
Hell, be sure to take a good **** before you leave home for an extra few lbs LOL
You can also try pulling the air filter and/or running beltless.
(I wouldn't do the beltless thing for more than one pass with a short wait in the lines unless you know how long your battery lasts at WOT)
Nice cool air helps too, I dropped almost .20 off my time from one weekend to the next last fall.
Keep in mind that anything you take off, could always be put back in if you wanted to.
I put my seats, spare, swaybar and trunk back together if I don't plan to go race again the next weekend.
Heh, I usually have a pair of child's carseats and a few toolboxes in there too.
Back seats, rear carpet padding, floormats, sparetire/jack, front swaybar, panels in the hatch area, drain your wiper fluid .......
It adds up quickly.
Don't show up to the track with a full tank of gas. You can make quite a few passes with 1/4.
Leave the laptop, tools and jumper cables at home or in someone else's car while you race.
Hell, be sure to take a good **** before you leave home for an extra few lbs LOL
You can also try pulling the air filter and/or running beltless.
(I wouldn't do the beltless thing for more than one pass with a short wait in the lines unless you know how long your battery lasts at WOT)
Nice cool air helps too, I dropped almost .20 off my time from one weekend to the next last fall.
Keep in mind that anything you take off, could always be put back in if you wanted to.
I put my seats, spare, swaybar and trunk back together if I don't plan to go race again the next weekend.
Heh, I usually have a pair of child's carseats and a few toolboxes in there too.
Last edited by James Montigny; Sep 15, 2008 at 05:18 PM.
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Actually it fits better, plus you can get a can of Resolve, the foam stuff and scrub the **** out of it. I have a Taupe interior, Beige and it made a hell of a difference.
Also heat shields, if you have deleted the cat, they are useless.
CHECK OUT MY POST!!!
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-racing-tech/982188-weight-reduction-questions.html
this will give you an idea of what I am doing
Also heat shields, if you have deleted the cat, they are useless.
CHECK OUT MY POST!!!
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-racing-tech/982188-weight-reduction-questions.html
this will give you an idea of what I am doing
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Get all the easy weight you can get out of the car... Take the air filter off... 1/4 tank... Fresh set of plugs... Front tires at max psi, rear tires at max psi that they'll hook at... If it's a night race, give it a good long cool down and wait for the cool air later in the night...
Thanks for all the ideas, i already have the front swaybar off i forgot to mention that, iam going to drain the coolant tommorrow. and air up the front tires as much as possible, have very little gas and may take the airfilter off (is that bad in anyway?), possibly take out passenger seat, and take out rear panels.
Any other ideas let me know. Thanks alot for the ideas so far!
Any other ideas let me know. Thanks alot for the ideas so far!
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exactly what i was gonna say when i read your thread title....WEIGHT REDUCTION
i have 300 lbs off of mine. every 100lbs=1/10 gained
to the person who asked about the carpet fitting without insulation, i removed the insulation off of mine and it fits just fine. my interior looks stock as a bone
i have 300 lbs off of mine. every 100lbs=1/10 gainedto the person who asked about the carpet fitting without insulation, i removed the insulation off of mine and it fits just fine. my interior looks stock as a bone
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it all depends on what you want to remove, there are a lot of free/cheep things to remove if you can do without some creature comforts...
Hell I pulled out a good couple hundred pounds last season when I pulled the AC, radio, PS, airbags, and relocated the alt, I have since pulled even more weight out, but like I said it all depends on what you think you can live without...
Hell I pulled out a good couple hundred pounds last season when I pulled the AC, radio, PS, airbags, and relocated the alt, I have since pulled even more weight out, but like I said it all depends on what you think you can live without...
well my a/c is broken lol but im not takin it out yet i need the radio but other then those things id be willing to take stuff out to drop weight becuz im close to 12s and would love to get there
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ditch the bumper supports, front sway bar, insulation, upper panhard bar, catback (i'd personally leave the intermediate pipe on), lose the passenger seat
run beltless, try to get run w/ a 1/4 tank of gas... hell even mix in a lil 100 unleaded octante in your fuel tank
did you do the tb bypass mod?
a good tune up
run beltless, try to get run w/ a 1/4 tank of gas... hell even mix in a lil 100 unleaded octante in your fuel tank
did you do the tb bypass mod?
a good tune up
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Anymone mention skinnies upfront? By far easiest way to loose ~50lbs from switching from the stockers. Plus it will help reduce rolling resistance. But the winter is coming just hit the track when the temp drops you'll get your 12 sec pass easy. -Mark