Lil'Felt

Guys I want to lighten up my gto. What are my options?.

gconnoyer

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Go to ls1gto.com and search for the "ultimate weight reuction" thread.

Has a list of damn near everything with weight

6PntHo

iTrader: (2)

^ this

409CISecondGen

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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.

Lil'Felt

Thanks boss sounds like a nice little weekend project!!

gto4lyfe

3500 is impressive for our hefty goats!

joeyagls1

I changed all my stock wheels to welds and picked up 1 tenth each wheel is 50lbs compared to 22lbs of a new weld or race star.

409CISecondGen

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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:

gto866

Just caught 2 guys garage and they spotlighted a new lithium in battery.
very light.

impulsegoat

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Here ya go bro, this should keep you busy...

http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthr...w+brace+weight

Lil'Felt

Where's the tow brace?. I think mines already been deleted

409CISecondGen

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Under the spare tire well. From the bottom of the car looking up, it is covered by the plastic tray immediately forward of the rear diffuser.

mark21742

I'm shooting for -3,000 lbs, 2,700 lbs would make me happy as hell, but it has been in the garage torn apart for almost a year now...I decided to tub, full cage and tube chassis

409CISecondGen

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Just found this:

http://rearseatdelete.com/gto.html