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Old 01-22-2006, 02:54 PM
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how can i reduce weight esily and still keep it 100% user friendly
 
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Old 01-22-2006, 02:57 PM
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Well the stuff is there for a reason, you have to decide what you can live without.

You can remove swaybar, spare tire and jack, rear seats, audio equipment, all A/C stuff, and some other stuff.
 
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Old 01-22-2006, 05:11 PM
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you can convert to a coil over suspension with all tubular arms and tubular K-member. That'd be good for probably 80-150lbs. You could install a twin turbo V6 and yank the V8. Outside of that, no matter what if you reduce the weight you'll have to comprimise on utility.
 
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Old 01-23-2006, 03:56 PM
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lol
im too heavy :banana:
 
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Old 01-25-2006, 07:43 PM
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Go on a diet.(if your fat).
 
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Old 01-25-2006, 08:07 PM
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Try the search button
 
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Old 01-27-2006, 04:28 AM
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well there is one more way to lose some weight in the car, but you can only do it on foxbody mustangs (and i wasn't sure what year your car was). you can remove the rear seat and build a delete kit like i did. saved me 60-70lbs
 
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Old 01-27-2006, 08:52 AM
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what are you talking about? You can do the same thing on SN95's and save about the same amount of weight depending on how far you take it.

I built a twin hatch cover for the rear seat bottom area so I can use one side to mount my amp and the other side to hold tools and paperwork and whatnot. The seat back portion is set up with an aluminum panel that's quick removable.
 
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Old 01-27-2006, 11:09 AM
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what a dumbass question hahahahahaahaha
 
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Old 01-27-2006, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by 89stang
well there is one more way to lose some weight in the car, but you can only do it on foxbody mustangs (and i wasn't sure what year your car was). you can remove the rear seat and build a delete kit like i did. saved me 60-70lbs

there is no way it saved you 60-70 pounds... and like r3dn3ck said you can do it on newer cars also.
 
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Old 01-27-2006, 12:22 PM
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No... but taking out the back seat and all its bracketry and putting in 6lbs of hatch covers and a 3lb amp saved me about 40lbs or so in the back seat area. The braket itself weighed more than the back seat. Removing the back seat belts was worth another 6-8lbs. The back head rest is another few. My sub weighs about 10lbs and is squarely over the rear axle.

I'm slapping a cage in soon and a 9" rear and a 5.4L so I'll be back at just about stock weight but a helluva lot louder inside.
 
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Old 01-27-2006, 07:40 PM
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well i didn't mean to p*$$ anyone off i've never seen them on the newer styles. i didn't take in to consideration that i also changed to a raceweight hood as well so that would probably make up the difference of me saving that much weight.
 
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