I was wondering where to start if i want o shave some weight out of my car. What can be taken out? is there little things that can add up? Please help.

 

You could remove the rear seats, the spare tire and jack. Just a start, but it's something. Should be a total of around 50 to 60 lbs.

 

to startoff, i removed the back seats, the noise deading stuff under the carpet, the A/C system, the radio and all the speakers, and got a K&N chrome air cleaner, to get rid of all the intake ducting. after the motor swap, i'm planning on removing the carpet to install the cage, and "forgetting" to put it back in.

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1987 Trans Am
"Tired, old 305"
4 barrel, 3.42 rear
700R4 + B&M stage 2 Transpack
Chevy Orange 1980 350 Small Block sitting on the stand waitin' for heads.....

Best 1/4 mile time:
16.075 @ 85.52 MPH

 

remove all the interior panels after you pull up the carpeting insulation and remove that junk too. then take out yer handy dandy dremel tool(i love this thing ) and cut off all those stupid little brackets that hold up the rear seats, seat belts, and the rear armrests. that should be another 50lbs or so, i'll weigh it once i get it all out.

lata
tim

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get rid of the stock front buckets and put poly racing seats in. You'd be surprised at how heavy those stock suckers are.Depending on how hardcore you are, you could pull the washer jug, washer motor, heater, a/c, convert to manual steering, lexan windows, radio and speakers....etc. It all depends how you drive your car and what you can live without. If you don't need it, pull it!

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CrazyRob

Checked your site, that cars gonna haul some serious *** !!

Anyways, how does the dynomax sound on the 305??? Also how much did it cost?? I'm currently pricing out a system for my car and the Dynomax is the only one I haven't heard!

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1991 Firebird Formula
305 TPI
Auto
K&N Filter
Grant GT Steering Wheel
5% Rear tint
Pontiac Windshield Decal
No real mods yet!

Former owner of an 88 2.8 Firebird....RIP

 

If you want to chop about 20 lbs off the nose of your car and help weight transfer, you can take off the front sway bar. I'd only suggest it for drag racing though. Since it's so easy to take off, I just take it off when I get to the track then put it back on before I head home. Also things like a fiberglass hood, aluminum or carbon fiber driveshaaft, aluminum heads, ultra-lite wheels (some wheels are ridiculously heavy), tubular control arms. How much do you want to spend and how serious are you?

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82 Camaro:
350, Erson cam, ported heads, Crane Hi-6 ignition, Accel supercoil, Comp Cams 1.6:1 rocker arms, Turbo 350 tranny with 2500 stall.

 

Thanks dudelovitt. The motor is in and alll tuned up. I can't wait for the snow 2 melt. As for the exhaust, it has a nice deep rumble at idle and it gets pretty loud when you step on it. I got the whole exhaust system plus flowtech headers for $300. The guy had a baby and needed money. The whole system was brand new. He had a bill for about $950 including labour. So considering that's Canadian, it isn't too bad. I scored a HELL of a deal on it!