Weight
Easy basic stuff:
-Tow brace
-Spare tire and tools
-Skid plate
-Gas tank brace
-Wing delete
-Rear speakers and subs/amp delete
-Remove back seats (worth 40+lbs)
-The usual drive with 1/4 tank and clean out all the fast food bags, diet, get a skinner girlfriend or leave her at home.
More expensive/difficult stuff:
-Lighter forged wheels and tires
-Carbon driveshaft
-Lighter clutch/flywheel
-Lighter exhaust
-Catless longtubes
-Racing seats (worth about 100lbs alone!)
-Coilovers
-Aftermarket swaybars
-Glass/CF parts (hood, trunk, fenders)
-Lightweight Battery/Battery Relocate
Stupid expensive/not DD friendly things:
-Tube frame front end
-Custom carbon fiber parts (like doors/roof)
-Polycarbonate windows
-Gut interior
-Buy Miata, shove LS2 in it, be happy.
I'm at 3500ish with basic weight reduction and lighter aftermarket go fast parts. That's lighter than a mustang and only about 200lbs away from a ZR1.
-Tow brace
-Spare tire and tools
-Skid plate
-Gas tank brace
-Wing delete
-Rear speakers and subs/amp delete
-Remove back seats (worth 40+lbs)
-The usual drive with 1/4 tank and clean out all the fast food bags, diet, get a skinner girlfriend or leave her at home.
More expensive/difficult stuff:
-Lighter forged wheels and tires
-Carbon driveshaft
-Lighter clutch/flywheel
-Lighter exhaust
-Catless longtubes
-Racing seats (worth about 100lbs alone!)
-Coilovers
-Aftermarket swaybars
-Glass/CF parts (hood, trunk, fenders)
-Lightweight Battery/Battery Relocate
Stupid expensive/not DD friendly things:
-Tube frame front end
-Custom carbon fiber parts (like doors/roof)
-Polycarbonate windows
-Gut interior
-Buy Miata, shove LS2 in it, be happy.
I'm at 3500ish with basic weight reduction and lighter aftermarket go fast parts. That's lighter than a mustang and only about 200lbs away from a ZR1.
Last edited by 409CISecondGen; Sep 15, 2012 at 05:48 PM.
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I'm just thinking I could lose 150 more lbs if I chucked the rear seats and put in some fixed buckets. Honestly I thought about doing something like the Boss302 has with a cross brace, also probably add a roll bar right behind the buckets about head height to stiffer the chassis and to be able to mount my GoPro and a harness:
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