3rdBird

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Since I started on the Jenny Craig weight loss plan, I've lost another 48 lbs.

After seeing some of the hot rods at Infineon, I decided to take the nose off Firebird and start removing the entire radiator support and tie the front of the frame together with some square tubing.

I enden up removing a total of 48 lbs off of the front end of my car. Thats not including any nuts & bolts that held all that together. The factory bumper weights 27 lbs by itself.

I weighed everything that came off with my No2 scale.

I'll post pics later..

UnderCover89TBI

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nice post them pics up

TraviZ

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when does the lexan get installed?

3rdBird

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Just a couple of loose ends left, like securing the nosecone support to the frame, the re-route wiring. I rounded up all the nuts & bolts that held everything together & weighed them & they ended up weighing 1.3lbs. Just about 50 lbs all together.

UnderCover89TBI

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On a daily driver or street vehicle I guess you couldnt do that could ya? and hey you aint working hard enough those dont look like mechanics hands!

3rdBird

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Haha, dont look at my hands, I only wrench when I have to. Check out my grey hair and you'll see I'm more of a stressed out business owner, than a technician.

UnderCover89TBI

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That's the way it supposed to be. You wrench when the guys cant figure it out. Or when your that busy. I know how it works.

3rdBird

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I'm selling my red T/A hood & my red Formula hood. I just weighed my hood & found out it weighs 58 lbs.

Got a new Harwood 3" cowl lift off that only weighs 15lbs. Should be here in a week.

3rdBird

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UnderCover89TBI

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ehhh i dont like cowl hoods...

EvilCartman

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So.... what's the car weigh now a days?

3rdBird

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Its cool, I'm not a big fan but its not too far off from a Formula hood.

currect weight is about 2900 + me, so about 3500 haha

vindeezl

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Sell me yours, lift off or bolt on? Want an IROC hood?

EvilCartman

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My car weighs 288 lbs more Guess there's a lot more I can take out lol.

UnderCover89TBI

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its bolt on and its steel. I was jus joking with Marc. Why would I say i dont like cowl hoods then have one? lol..sorry for misunderstanding.

3rdBird

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It took me a minute but I saw you have one too! haha

The front bumper alone weighs 27 lbs. the nosecone to radiator support weighed like 15 lbs. The headlight buckets were about 3lbs each, and the freaking nuts & bolts weighed 1.2 lbs.

These numbers may be off by a little, but overall weight removed was 49 lbs.
We tied the front frame together w/ a 7lb peice of 2'' sqaure tube. The upper radiator support is a 3lb peice of 1'' angle iron. We'll probably replace the iron angle iron with aluminum angle, since the hood will be held down by Dzus fasteners instead of hood pins.

The tricky thing is securing the pop up headlight covers so it still looks stock. For that we used 1/2" aluminum flat stock and riveted it to the fenders & radiator support.

The Aerospace brakes shaved aboout 40lbs of the front end too!

Did i mention the hood weighs 58 lbs!

UnderCover89TBI

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I read that every 100 lbs is worth nearly a tenth. So therefore you might be .05 faster..not too shabby.

3rdBird

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Heres the headlights, with adjustments to make it just right.

3rdBird

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Hers the hood just laying on the car. Gotta use some noodle power for the Dzus fasteners.

UnderCover89TBI

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dude that shop is way to clean ya gotta do some work to make money man! haha jk. Nice hood. you going to have to do any work to it or is it good to go?

3rdBird

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Thanks, the shop gets cleaned, swept & mopped every morning.

We still have to install the Dzus fasteners. Thats going to be tricky to be the pins lined up just right with the support brackets. Its a lift off hood.

3rdBird

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We're close to being done, we have the supports drilled & riveted in, now we just need to drill & trim the hood. Hope we dont f#ck it up haha

TraviZ

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Yes its a very clean garage
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