Let's go on a diet...

(BTW, I have done nowhere near all of these ideas myself.)

Feel free to make suggestions and to add guesstimations or factual info as to how much weight any of the ideas remove. I'll add that info to the list.

Weight removal list!
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First step....
Buy a lightweight optioned car

Free stuff....
9...!ABS
21.5!AC compressor
8.5.!AC condenser
....!AC fan motor
13.5!Airbag and bracket, passenger's
4...!Airbag, driver's
....!Air dam
1...!Air filter
5...!Amp, Monsoon
4...!Antenna, bracket, and motor if applicable
....!Ashtray & lighter
....!Blinker switch
2...!Bolt lengths, extra
....!Brake pedal pad
23..!Bumper, front reinforcement and brackets
21..!Bumper, rear reinforcement and brackets
34..!Carpet & Sound deadening
50..!Catback
15..!Cats
9...!Center console
....!Coating, under carpet
4...!Crossmember brace
....!Cruise control
10..!Dash
20..!Door panels
11..!EGR, air pump, & harware
....!Emblems
....!Fan, 1
....!Fan shroud
5...!Floormats
3...!Foglights and brackets
....FRA mod
....!Gas, Extra
2.5.!Glovebox
1...!Grill insert
4...!Hatch cover
2...!Hatch shocks
....!Headlights
....!Headliner
3...!Head unit
....!Head unit/AC console trim piece
8...!Heat sheilding
9...!Heater core
1...!Hood shocks
3...!Horn
3...!Inner fenderwells, plastic
....!Liscense plate brackets
....!Liscense plate(s)
....!Misc. junk in the car like keys, garage remote, change, owner's manual, etc.
1...!Owner's manual
3...!Panels, under steering wheel
5....Panhard rod brace, upper
....!Parking brake
....!Power brake booster
....!Parking brake handle
....!Power seat motor
11..!Power steering pump, pulley, idler pulley
....!Power window motors
1...!Rear view mirror
9...!Seatbelts (rears and passenger's)
34..!Seat, passenger's
19..!Seats, rear
3...!Sheetmetal, extra double walled
....!Shifter ****
5...!Side impact bars
35..!Spare tire and jack
7...!Speaker panels, hatch
5...!Speaker panels, rear passenger's
15..!Speakers
35..!Spoiler (Weight measured on a Pontiac)
....!Spring isolators
2...!Sun visors
14..!Swaybar and brackets, front
....!Taillight(s)
2...!T-Top holders
....!Under car tow points
1...!Washer fluid pump
9...!Windshield washer fluid
2...!Windshield wiper reservoir
3...!Wiper arms
3...!Wiper motor
....!Wiring, Excess

Wallet mods....
3...Airlid, aftermarket
3...Chromoly LCAs
3/9.Carbon fiber driveshaft
14..Chromoly A-arms
30.5Chromoly K-member
....Draglite wheels
....Drag slicks or street slicks
....Drilled axles
24..Dry cell battery
10..Electric water pump
....Fiberglass door skins
30..Fiberglass hood
....Fuel cell
18..'99+ fuel tank for '98 cars
....Headers
....Lexan glass
....Lightweight clothing
35..Lightweight brakes, front
....Lightweight brakes, rear
10..Lightweight flywheel
13..Lightweight springs and shocks
....Lightweight steering column
6...Lightweight steering wheel
10..Manual rack and pinion steering
....Plastic fuel tank, late model
....Powerglide, TH350, or M4 transmission
17/29.Racing seat
....Shortbelt mod
....Skinny front tires
15..Spool
20..TQ converter, small
....Underdrive pulleys

And finally....
Wash car inside, out, and underneath
Potty break
Go on a diet yourself!

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What does it weigh

 

Back when I was running a Production class in WERA, I replaced most of the non-critical bolts with aluminium. I never did it because because of cost, but you could also replace alot critical bolts with titanium. Back when I was racing it cost alot but I think the price has come down, not to Ace Hardware levels but maybe feasable. BTW, I lost about 5 lbs or so just replaceing the misc. bolts with aluminium, this was on a 400 lb. FZR 400.

[ November 13, 2001: Message edited by: Judd ]</p>

 

BIGBOS, my car weighs about 3045 with me in it. I weigh 175 in race form. As I said, I've not done anywhere near all of these things to my car. <img src="images/icons/shocked.gif" border="0">

Lighweight bolts and washers, I'll add that to the list. Where do you get these titanium and aluminum pieces and about what do they cost?

 

Better not put those aluminum bolts on a steel surface. The metal will corrode. Unless you have some crazy anti-faying plating job on there.

 

Ever heard of anti-sieze, if I'm not mistaken we already got a bunch of steel bolts going into aluminium parts. Forgot where I got them. If you pick up American Roadracer, the place was in the back with all the ads. This was about 10 years ago but I read through one a while back and seem to remember seeing the ad.

[ November 13, 2001: Message edited by: Judd ]</p>

 

Hey guys, I did the rear bumper in my 93 Z28 and it came in right around 13#s. I looked at the rear bumper of my 2001, and it looks exactly the same. Are you _sure_ the rear bumper is 31#s?

 

Anybody know what PAIN's car weighs?

 

[quote]Originally posted by Terry Burger:
<strong>Hey guys, I did the rear bumper in my 93 Z28 and it came in right around 13#s. I looked at the rear bumper of my 2001, and it looks exactly the same. Are you _sure_ the rear bumper is 31#s?</strong><hr></blockquote>

I didn't actually weigh it so I just went off what I'd been told (the front I actually did weigh.) I still have it so I'll weigh it and get us a REAL number.

Thanks for the good question. <img src="images/icons/smile.gif" border="0">

 

[quote]
20..Dry cell battery in right rear
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As long as we're fixing this, no way. The dynabatt is about 18# lighter than stock. If you mount that battery in the front of the car you'll use up another 1-2# making a hold down, for a savings of 16-17#.

If you also have to add 8' of thick wire to get that battery in the trunk, figure another 4-5# for the wire, and I doubt the dynabatt would even start a car from the trunk. Maybe change this to dynabatt in stock location with custom hold down : 17#.

The rear spring isolators are about 3# for both.

 

While we're on the subject, I had my water pump apart (I'm putting together the Burger Electric Water Pump) and threw it on the scale, it came in right around 14#s with pulley/thermo. I don't see how replacing it with anything can save 18#. I think that item should be removed until you can verify it, I suspect JPR EWP will save 3-4#s over stock.

Also I think the carpet/insulation comes in closer to 30# than 40#, can anyone verify?

Also how about adding skinnies to the list?

 

pic of !spoiler

 

My front bumper came in at 18#s with bolts; fog lights another 2#s.

I noticed there is a lot of extra water in the cooling system, maybe it wouldn't be so bad to drain the coolant reservoir a bit.

I also put some skinnies on, which saved about 20# each.

Now if I could just get over this strep throat so I could get to the track. =/ Maybe wed.

 

Skinny's are already on the list under wallet mods.

I agree about the carpet. Mine only weighted 34 lbs.

You have the same idea about the battery thing that I had. But, in my case I was having electrical problems with the small battery (it was an Odysey not a Dyna-batt) so I decided that I could use the extra weight of a full weight battery in the rear (traction problems!.)

I'll change it to just say "dry cell battery" since moving it to the rear actually adds weight.

 

[quote]Originally posted by Edge Hawk:
<strong>pic of !spoiler

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im gonna take your keys away lee!!!!

hahahah

<img src="graemlins/burnout.gif" border="0" alt="[Burnout]" />

 

Does getting rid of the stock exhaust manifolds and replacing with headers add or reduce weight?

 

Headers are lighter than manifolds...especially the later model cast iron manifolds.

 

Hey Terry, Black Sunshine/ 00SS weighed his rear bumper at 19 lbs.

 

Stephen..

What do i need to do to remove the AC on my car?

 

[quote]Originally posted by PhantomTA:
<strong>What do i need to do to remove the AC on my car?</strong><hr></blockquote>


the A/C stuff on our cars bolts on (or off as the case may be <img src="images/icons/smile.gif" border="0"> ). If you look under the car you can see the compressor, it runs on a speparate belt from the rest of the accessories. if you look at the rest of the pieces you can pretty much see where it all bolts together/onto the car.

hope that helps.


Ryan