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Aug 31, 2009 | 02:00 PM

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Yea not really worth cutting off for the function they serve.
They will help when you are parked somewhere and some fat chick decides to lean her gigantic *** up on your car..with the metal there the Plastic Fenders won't shatter..lol

Then she gets punched in the baby maker

Aug 31, 2009 | 05:02 PM

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I never knew about behind the fenders... what do you have to do to take them off? Is it pretty simple (days project off and on), or is it a multi day project? Also, of the people who took out the bars in their doors, did you have to sawzall them, or was there a way to take them out intact w/o going crazy?

Aug 31, 2009 | 05:03 PM

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ooh, one more thing, going from the stock catback to a hooker catback, is there really a 15 lb difference?

Aug 31, 2009 | 05:22 PM

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it is a few hour job. grinder with cutoff wheels and tiger disk.

Aug 31, 2009 | 05:41 PM

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There is a lot of weight in the stock suspension and k-member up front. UMI/Spohn/etc. has pretty lightweight control arms and k-members that save quite a bit of weight. Also, if you know composite work at all, you can make some of the misc. support structures out of fiberglass or carbon/kevlar and have quite a bit of strength with half the weight. Not recommended on daily driver's or in locations of real stress or support for important pieces but for bumper supports, brackets, etc. it should be fine.

Aug 31, 2009 | 06:37 PM

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I just did a UMI k-member. Man its light compaired to the stock clunker I pulled out

Aug 31, 2009 | 07:15 PM

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I just did a UMI k-member. Man its light compaired to the stock clunker I pulled out

What brand did you go with? Most of them w/ the arms reduce about 28-35lbs. I want one bad but decided to go with a nitrous kit instead.

Aug 31, 2009 | 08:06 PM

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I got the UMI road race version. Figured I had to while the motor was out!
N20 is next.

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Aug 31, 2009 | 08:22 PM

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WOW

That is one clean engine bay im jealous

Aug 31, 2009 | 08:32 PM

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what is the bottom plug on the passenger side of the throttle body? right below the one that connects to the passenger side valve cover

Aug 31, 2009 | 08:38 PM

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what is the bottom plug on the passenger side of the throttle body? right below the one that connects to the passenger side valve cover

Thats for your pcv, if you want you can eliminate that and put a plug on the throttle body and put a filter/air breather in the valve cover..

Aug 31, 2009 | 08:40 PM

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Sexy bitc* AC

Aug 31, 2009 | 08:41 PM

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that would be the PCV system. you could go with a breather or even better, a catch can

Aug 31, 2009 | 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by dirtynorth

there was a super long multiple page thread on this with guys that did way too much weight reduction for their own good.

Click the 93 link in my sig.

Here's what it looks like currently:

My grand total to this point = 322.009699 lbs + all the stuff I still have to either cut out or weigh.

Aug 31, 2009 | 08:54 PM

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that would be the PCV system. you could go with a breather or even better, a catch can

breather is on there, im talking about the bottom plug not the top one and its the crank case vent, i think the PCV is on the driver side of the manifold

Aug 31, 2009 | 09:02 PM

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correction ccv* the pcv system is only on the intake manifold on the driver side. The one on the passenger side valve cover is the crank case vent. All it is is a 90* elbow out of the valve cover to the tb to remove crank case pressure.

Aug 31, 2009 | 09:25 PM

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Sexy bitc* AC

Yes...yes it is!!!!

Aug 31, 2009 | 09:29 PM

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right but whats the bottom port on the throttle body, the line follows the fuel lines through the drivers side wheel well and towards the back of the car