Waht are the first cuple of things you can do for basic weight reduction?

 

taske the spare and and jack out, also rear seat comes out prety easy too.

 

If you're talking about just for use at the track, the front passenger seat is only held in by 4 bolts. I took mine out in a couple min.

 

but how much do each weigh? Is it really that big of a deal when racing in a quarter mile?

 

I say it is... but only if your at that point where your close to the next second,(like you run 14.1's and what to get in the 13's) Which if your gonna take out your back seat, spare and jack, and passanger seat. I'd take a extra few min and pull that front right headlight.

 

its like a tenth of a sec for every hundred pounds removed right?

 

i always pull the sparea nd jack its like a 3 mins job to do. the back seat is more like 10-15 mins ot pull it. but together they are close to 80pounds or so.

 

You can remove the "dogbone" from the rear diff that is 5lbs. I lost 12lbs by switching to and SLP catted X-pipe, and i lost another 5lbs by removing the rear wing. I have little pieces here and there from My car, like the tether mounts for child seats inder the rear deck they weighed 1lb total. Without removing the jack, spare or rear seat I have shaved 35 lbs so far. Also the type of wheels and tires you run can make a big difference. a set of 10 inch slicks on Weld Ultra Lite wheels will likley weigh 10 lbs less each than a set of 245's on stock 17in. wheels. Also reducing rotating weight has a much larger effect on lowering ET's. You can save 20lbs by switching to a lightweight Battery Like the Dyna Batt.

 

i bet a fiberglass one weights the same or more, the hood on my f150 was glass and it weighted 20 pounds more lol. it looked sweet though.

 

Doesnt v6 and v8 already have a fiberglass hood from factory.

 

No they are steel. The thin fiberglass hoods held on with hood pins are light but the full braced ones that have all the latches are about the same weight.

Losing weight always cost either and inconvience or $$$. My nitrous bottle weighs 14.4lbs empty. I found a Carbon fiber one for +$500 and only weighs 4lbs, Its amazing how much some people pay to lose weight, I can see it making a difference on a indy car, But its hard to lose enough to make a difference on the street.

Like Mike Sweeny above said. Concentrate on unsprung weight.

 

Well its a composite fiberglass. It is not steel.

 

Did any one think to take the sway bars out?

 

they dont take off much weight you pull the front one more for weight transfer then weight savings. i would leave the stocker on as it helps to keep the rear end from twisting to much.