I'm looking to shed a little weight before I take my car to the track in october. I'm considering removing the AC and maybe the power steering.I haven't decided on that one yet. How much does the back seat weigh? The AC? Any other advice would be great. The car is already a manual with no power accesories.

Thanks
Bill

 

There's a lot you can remove to make the car lighter. First question though is how streetable do you want it. My race car got down to 3050 with me in it and a rollbar installed.

Other stuff to remove are the bumpers, carpeting and underlay. Since you don't have power options you have a good start on a light car. When I replaced my power option doors with manual ones I saved 35 pounds per door. Get rid of the steel hood and put on a fiberglass one. I used a factory 82 fiberglass hood.

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87 IROC-Z Pro ET Bracket Race Car and knocking on the SuperPro ET class
383 stroker (carbed) with double hump cast iron heads and pump gas

Best results before the engine blew up
Best ET on a time slip: 11.857
Best corrected ET: 11.163
Best MPH on a time slip: 117.87
Best corrected MPH: 126.10
Best 60 foot: 1.662

Racing at 3500 feet elevation but most race days it's over 5000 feet density altitude!

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