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01-05-2001, 11:35 PM | #1 |
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Weight and Weight Distribution
Tubular K-member, tubular A-arms, coil-overs, battery -> trunk, bye bye back seats, lighter front seats, sound deadening.
I want to keep AC and such, are there any other options to either remove weight, or move it back? Thanks. |
01-08-2001, 01:18 PM | #2 |
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Removing weight is easy (sort'a). Just pull it off and throw it away
No really. Determine how much you can afford to throw away. DO you want a completely gutted interior, probably not. Remove the stereo and speakers, maybe? When I removed the interior of my car (during rollcage installation) I put each piece on a scale: seats, carpet, sound-deadening, plastic pannels... Most everything came out very small, with the exception of under-the-carpet sound deadening. THAT was like 40#. Lightening the car with new pieces can get expensive. THe k-member and coilovers is a great investment. (I am doing that this winter). ------------------ Darius Rudis Roadracer: Home built t-arm/panhard suspension powered by an S-trimmed motor :-) My Mustang Page |
01-08-2001, 11:50 PM | #3 |
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Its a street car, so I'm going to keep the stereo (hell-ov-a nice stock system) and such, but its getting more and more exotic as time goes by. The Griggs fairy just came today actually, hello 3 link (love that TA dif cover).
At some point (6 months probably) I'll probably go to the Griggs K-member, tubular A-arms, and turn my Tokicos into coil overs (which suposity works well). I'm just trying to figure out what else I can do to work on that hefty weight and nose heavy balance w/o losing too much of the street friendliness. Anyway, thanks. ------------------ AIM: Some97Snake |
01-09-2001, 10:56 PM | #4 |
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You could possibly do new lightweight seats( I did that).
Or remove A/C (still to do). Or fiberglass hood (just did that). Or more Griggs pieces (doing that)... ------------------ Darius Rudis Roadracer: Home built t-arm/panhard suspension powered by an S-trimmed motor :-) My Mustang Page |
01-11-2001, 12:21 PM | #5 |
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I'd hold off to see what the Griggs SLA is like... should be sweet, but it's supposed to have unique LCA's etc.
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