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Old 11-25-2004, 09:06 AM   #5
foff667
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colonal on ls1 tech listed the weights of pretty much every part on an fbody...might be something to check out...but you start with the free stuff, padding, !a/c, !emissions crap, !airbags...**** like that, then work on stuff that costs money ie slicks on lightweight rims out back, skinnies up front, tubular kmember, tubular aarms, lightweight battery & relocate to trunk, remove the rear seats, replace the front seats with lightweight models, replace stock steering wheel with lightweight wheel, aluminum drums if it has drum brakes out back, aluminum driveshaft or chromoly, most aftermarket lca's weigh less then stock, aluminum radiator, headers always shed weight over manifolds but with a turbo setup you might not have that option i guess...shorten the exhaust system as best you can...ive seen turbo setups dump in front & behind the front tire ~3-4 feet of thin gauge metal after the turbo basically weigh weighs very little compared to the stock exhaust, catback or before.! speakers, !radio, lightweight carpet is available now, tim would say go as far as wherever there are 3 screws keep in one which in 99% of the place would be more then enough even in my opinion, fuel cell instead of the stock gas tank, or at least a later plastic tank...thats about all i can think of.
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