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That looks to be in worse shape then my beater

 

Still working on gutting it, after the pohtos were taken I removed passenger seatbelts, driver side armrest and the speakers. My car is on a diet. Any comments?

 

deadbird- except your camaro has a bunch of heavy junk in it! heh heh

 

That poor poor camaro.

 

riiiight....maybe i posted on the wrong board...ummm for me it's form follows function, i'm not really worried how clean my car looks, when i get new wheels they will be the lightest i can find/afford, regardless of looks. So my point is: this is my car. It's faster now without all sorts of things that weigh it down. This is my style- it's not flashy, it's purposeful.

 

You go with your bad self!!! Lighten that big boy, and have fun!

 

Its ghetto / *******, theres a difference in making a fast lightweight functional car, and using lame methods of removing weight in order to attempt to have a fast car, when the end result is a spun bearing or trans fragging short of most cars sitting around in junkyards.

 

Z28*****-

HEY. How are my methods lame and not functional?
So far I have removed all seats, hood, heator core, blower motor and all related items. removed entire a/c system. removed a/c and heater controls, all sepakers and radio. removed front bumper supports and related plastics, half of the grille, low beams, smog tubes, hood latch, winshield wiper motor. removed side marker lights, inner fender plastics, antenna, wheel center caps, muffler and most of the pipe (exaust exits next to the cat) rad. hose support, 70% of the sound insulation. Also spare tire, jack, rear curtan, armrests, ashtray, cig. lighter, 3rd brake light, seat belts (except mine), sun visors, misc. wires, but the point is this is just the beginning. I do more every day.

"when the end result is a spun bearing or trans fragging" WTF?

Okay bro I have no clue what you are saying. That's what happens when your car gets lighter? uh oh. LESS WEIGHT=LESS STRESS ON COMPONENTS.

"theres a difference in making a fast lightweight functional car, and using lame methods of removing weight in order to attempt to have a fast car"

So tell me then, what is the "CORRECT" way to remove weight? heh heh heh hahaha

check your self dude

-AYDIN

 

Man you guys are to hard on people!

 

read the statement smart guy, "end result is a spun bearing or trans fragging short of most cars sitting around in junkyards"

as in after you blow it up and it goes to the junkyard, it will blend right in with all the other picked half to death cars, sad im working on reassembling a car right now that someone got bright with your mentality and hacked it up about the same. Sucks having to undo someones halfass attempt at a fast car.

 

why not just go buy a go cart?

 

Your concept is certainly.... unique.

Is it still street legal?

Also, to save weight, you could drop a 4-banger in there.

Also, not having a hood is a bit extreme. Perhaps a fiberglass hood? The one on my car weighs next to nothing.

Be sure to post a 1/4 time.

 

"read the statement smart guy"

Oh I read the statement. You never answered my questions though. Smart guy.
This is MY car, so i'll do what i like, and what is functionally proficient. Weight reduction is a proven performance adder. and equally, pounds are pounds. So if it is alum. heads over iron to lose weight, or removing what in my eyes is junk accessories, i'm still getting the advantage i'm looking for. there is no wrong way to reduce pounds off your car. Period. My ways cost nothing though.

"as in after you blow it up and it goes to the junkyard, it will blend right in with all the other picked half to death cars" GOOD, when this car gets wrecked it'll be gone forever. Unless someone inexperienced like yourself digs it out of the trash heap and tries to fix it. lol hve fun!


"sad im working on reassembling a car right now that someone got bright with your mentality and hacked it up about the same." Yah that does suck. For you!
So why'd you start that challange? Don't complain about how difficult is is, just because you took on a project too difficult for you. Check things out first before you start.

"Sucks having to undo someones halfass attempt at a fast car." I dont do things halfass, this is before i start spending $$$ on my toy. JUST FIXING UP THE FOUNDATION FOR A REALLY FAST CAR. BTW, my daily driver is a 1980's yamaha motorcycle.

It's all about the power to weight ratio.

You got nothing compelling to say, and nothing with substance. LATE
-Aydin

 

why not just go buy a go cart? hell ya! but i could'nt drive around town.

it's street legal, but i had to get a shifty smogger to fake passing...The cops around here get a kick out of it and the other benifit to my "no hood" deal is the motor runs about 7-9 deg. cooler...all the little things add up....

 

The one who's made a ghetto attempt at a fast car by hacking out everything his moronic self could find is trying to tell someone about skills working on thirdgens. AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA.

Your car is lame, you asked for comments, i've stripped far nicer camaros than that will ever turn out to be, as i said before, theres a difference in building a nice lightweight car and the moron method of throwing everything in the trash can.

Hell my friend has a car with 95% of the stuff you threw out, i'd be willing to bet she'd smoke that pos with no problem, and she doesnt even have headers.

 

So whats next? Sawzall?

 

***** shut the *** up

 

Priceless.

 

first off z28r1cer why do you have r1cer in your name??? and second, i understand what you are doing seeing how most FAST strip cars dont have speakers ac glass windows rear seats and the list goes on...light body with big motor (even little motor) and right components equals haulin *** if you know anything about cars

Also what other way is there to strip a car for weight purposes????hmmm i cant think of any either probably bc the only way to take the stuff out is to...TAKE THE STUFF OUT...i guess the only complaint would be if youre just dumping it in the trash when you could sell it or give it away SO ENLIGHTEN US tell us all what other way there is to take out extra unneeded weight besides removing it from the car?????...do you make it disappear????im pretty curious as to your answer

And stop posting those stupid "i know someone who has this (blah blah blah BS BS BS) that can beat your car" GOOD FOR THEM and i can name a hundred people/cars that can beat her too

and if they were runnin exact same motor and power and he was running 2 or 3 hundred pounds lighter SHE'D LOSE W/O DOUBT
power to weight ratio LOOK>>>>>>>>>IT>>>>>>>>>UP!

much less COMMON SENSE

"...and im through."

 

Must be another fan of the oh so loved trailer park a/c delete delete.

 

I'd lose the bra and put the hood back on... Throwing out the AC and speakers and stuff is one thing, but put the hood back on it, we're not in Hazard County...

 

GodSpeedGTA knows what's up. Good post.
z28**** is just Slow-minded. "as i said before, theres a difference in building a nice lightweight car and the moron method of throwing everything in the trash can."

SO WHAT IS IT THEN DAMNIT? TELL US!! YOU HAVE EXPLAINED NOTHING!! Could it be: Spend lots of cash swapping heavy parts for light ones? And keeping all the un-nessecary items? OR IS IT, REMOVING THOSE UN-NEEDED ITEMS WHILE UPGRADING TO LIGHTWEIGHT NEEDED ITEMS? IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER?
SUCH AS THE FIBREGLASS WINDOWS, ALUM. HEADS ETC?
Okay buddy. ***I HAVENT EVEN STARTED BUYING PARTS YET***

Geez!!

I HATE Ignorance.

"So whats next? Sawzall?"
if you are refering to removing metal by cutting it away, then yes as long as structural integrity is not affected. The metal surrounding the speaker pods, for example.


What happend to inginuity? Home grown go fast people? Seems like a common speed formula for SOME people is buy,buy,buy.

I really appreciate the type of people that are on this board, so many are creative, and thier machines reflect that. But then there are those close-minded types, with thier "my oppinion is the only one that matters".
I drew a good amount of inspiration from here:

Late night quest for 2,800lbs

Anyway I am enjoying this thread

 

1. After removing the a/c box and probably duct work inside the dash, he's already turned the car into a pile of trash. The factory made something for those of us who want a street car without a/c, its called the a/c delete box, its so important for him to remove weight so the moron has hacked the car up and pulled off center caps that weigh nothing, yet couldnt even remove the heaviest part of the a/c system when he removed it, go figure..

2. Center caps ? you've got to be kidding me. Hell he could lose 4-5 lbs each by having some brains and going to GTA wheels.

3. No hood, i wont even mention this one.

4. Windshield wiper system, we should all remove this from our street driven cars, that .001 sec at the 1/4 is definetly worth it.

5. Everyone throw out your side marker lights, they'll get you .00005 at the track, definetly a must have mod.

thats enough, the car is certified mobile home park material, the pictures say it all, i dont even have to pick it apart.

And when it comes time to him running her at the track, it doesnt matter if she still has all of her a/c equipment and he threw out his centercaps when her engine weighs a good bit less, and i dont care who's car you can get to beat who's, its when you're the one actually doing the work to the cars that it matters.

 

And to answer your question, it was an old joke from some friends in a chat room, it was "Z28racer" and they changed it due to my full dynamat inside, loud stereo, autometer gauges, pretty much a joke, then i just adopted it, and had it changed on here from Z28racer to what it is now.

 

"After removing the a/c box and probably duct work inside the dash, he's already turned the car into a pile of trash. The factory made something for those of us who want a street car without a/c, its called the a/c delete box, its so important for him to remove weight so the moron has hacked the car up and pulled off center caps that weigh nothing"

-Senseless babble


"yet couldnt even remove the heaviest part of the a/c system when he removed it, go figure.. "

-Yes I do need an A/C Delete pully good eyes

Hey MORON (I thought there was no name calling?)

from my earlier post "when i get new wheels they will be the lightest i can find/afford, regardless of looks."

Don't just skim the posts. Waste of everyone's time.

"No hood, i wont even mention this one."
Oh WHAT YOU DONT LIKE THE LOOKS OF THAT? MAN PLEASE SHUT UP!
Besides the 65+lbs it adds, My motor runs cooler. END OF STORY.

"4. Windshield wiper system, we should all remove this from our street driven cars, that .001 sec at the 1/4 is definetly worth it."

Ok bro this is an easy one.....SINCE I HAVE NO *&^%$#@ HOOD I DONT DRIVE IN THE RAIN...THAT AND I LIVE IN SO. CAL...DURP. HAHAHAHA

"i dont even have to pick it apart. "
OH HAVE SOME MORE FUN I LIKE SHOWING YOU UP.

pick pick pick

and for the last time EVERY LITTLE THING ADDS UP!

-AYDIN

 

 

wait a sec

why haven't you chopped out part of the roof, or taken off the tail lights?

come on, you even half assing being a trailer park guy

what a butchery of a nice car

 

Ok dude he is mad because you ragged out the car(Correct me if im wrong Z)

It is kind of a sore point cause there's not that many of these cars left in good condition

I dont like it either but Im not going to insult you because it makes no sense to fight on a forum your never going to see each other and showing someone up with your "superior inttelect" doesnt mean anything..........so what Im saying is if you want t fight exchange adresses and meat up half way beat each other and the go home home and be done with it

Forgive my punctuation or lack there of it
3 in the morning says it all

 

If he wants to do this to his Camaro then let him be. We may not like it, but none of that calls for name calling and such.

Keep going with the project. Don't let the minions discourage you, though it doesn't look like they are.

 

Correct you are but, if I were want a faster car, I'd start with junking the 305 TBI for a real motor.

Other than the car looking like it's seen better days, I couldn't care what you do to it as your the one who has to drive it like that, not me.

 

Put the hood back on, take off ground fx, passenger door handle, passenger mirror, door moldings, and license plate frame. I bet not having a hood is hurting you some in the aerodynamic department. Don't forget to take out the crashbars :lala:

 

Fill your tires with helium

 

LOL

 

I think the reason everyone is ragging on you is because you might have taken the weight reduction thing a little too far too fast. Yeah a lighter car is better, but there's a balance when you consider form/function. Of course this is all relative, for all I know this might be a weekend cruzer that never sees rain. But if this is driven as often as I'm assuming then I agree this might be a little too much. I have a friend that goes around with no hood on his Nova, but he has a fully built chromed out motor and he samples it all the time. If your car was a full on race car with a built motor then you probably wouldnt be catching as much heat. I would put the hood back on and at least rivet something over the holes in the firewall. If you must run a lighter hood without buying a fiberglass one, cut out most of the metal supports. (leave some so the hood wont flex). I did this with my RS hood and it does make the hood lighter. IMO its better for a street car have a hood that heavier than you want instead of no hood at all. I'd say at that point you've done enough weight reduction until you can spend some $, maybe time to focus on the engine, and traction. But hey thats just my opinion.

 

Why didnt you just get a Mustang? J/K. I like your weight reduction project, it looks a lot like my car right now, except I have a hood and passenger seat (only cause I needed it to go to florida with my friend). The only thing I would reccomend is putting a hood on it, any weight reduction will be outweighed by really bad aerodynamics, they have fiberglass lift off hoods that arent that heavy. If your worried about underhood heat you could set it up like my car, it has the daytona hood cut out underneath so the heat comes out the opening in front of the cowl, I have 2 fans and even in 100 degree heat in florida I only had to use one.

 

kinda reminds me of that magazine that ripped apart that carolla or something? dont have the link at school...

anyways, dont forget the spoiler and gfx!

 

Yeah where is that thread where they basically had nothing left but the drivers seat and engine???

What are your goals exactly? This appears to me to be a cheap attempt at increasing speed. The car looks awful, I really doubt you gained enough performance to make up for the finger pointing and laughing.

You asked for comments, I doubt you will get any real confidence builders on this one. It is your car and I could give a damn what you do with it, Im not trying to insult you so please dont take this the wrong way, Im just being blunt.

 

Well, if you are going to hillbillie it up, you might as well remove the hatch as you have removed the hood, the hatch weights 2x as much. While you are at it, why not the doors, too?


...and the sad reality is it will still be a high 15/16 second wonder. Much like the import guys at the track who are driving around hacked up gutted shells of cars that still are slow slugs.

 

No matter how much weight you take off that car my almost completely stock fully loaded GTA is still going to kick your *** on the street or the strip.

 

Wanna trade cars? My ugly SC doesn't have those heavy ground effects!!!

It's funny 'cause you are taking off everthing that I have been searching ebay and junkyards for! Mine was ragged out when I got it and I've put tons of work in it and it doesn't look near as good as yours. It was free, so I'm having fun with it, but I sure wish I had some of those parts you have removed!







How much did that weigh? j/k

 

I have 2 problems with the original post:

1) He removes all this stuff in the supposed pursuit of performance, yet posts zero ET's, or anything to show that he has accomplished anything that has improved performance, and to what degree. I can SAY I'm doing something that is functional, but by not testing before and after, I neatly get around having to admit that I just wasted a lot of time and effort, and destroyed a lot of function for very little gain.

2) He asks, almost insists, that he get feedback from other board members, then doesn't like the feedback he gets. He behaves like stripping a car to save weight is a new idea, and he thinks the rest of us are going to be impressed?!?

nidyanazo, I hope you didn't do a lot of work, you could have just parked it in Compton and gotten a similar result!

 

Not if he dropped an L98 into his car hed walk you pal and hed walk my 89 GTA too if mine was bone stock weight matters there is no doubt and he never said he was keeping that 305...

my advice...Take off the bra buy a raceweight hood off of usbody...they weight like 20 lbs...shave the door handles and do the rest of the stripping necessary to keep it street legal but make it lighter and fill all the holes and clean up ratty looking stuff...drop a sweet engine in it 383 or 400 block and then paint it...then you will have your street/drag car that can run low #s at the track

by an ss hood and cut out both sides of the hood and you will still get a cooling effect plus they look good on the TG camaros

 

Ashtrays are the heaviest asset to a camaro...so I've heard.

 

A LOT of people are suddenly thinking the rules don't apply to them here.

No name-calling.
No getting around the word censors with words like "***".
No insulting words, phrases, comments, or anything off-topic.

You've all been warned.

 

My car is the fastest one around!
You got a long way to go before you can catch me!
hee haw!