tricks to a lighter car

sn95gt19 · 11-08-2002, 10:28 PM

i have a 95gt with all the goodies, now all i need is to make it somewhat lightweight, but at the same time i want to keep the stock appearance, just wondering what kind of little things i could do to drop a couple pounds.
ALREADY REMOVED
SPARE
EGR(AIR PUMP+ACCESSORIES)
ALL VACUUM LINES AND CANS IN FENDER

let me know what kind of little things you guys do to drop a little weight
thanks

LayanRubr · 11-09-2002, 02:37 AM

Use the bathroom

Jk, well try a trunkmount battery if you already havent for disposition and a light battery. If you wanna go crazy also jack your back and passanger seats out.

MEDIK418 · 11-09-2002, 02:42 AM

1. Half inch drill

2. Half inch drill bit

3. Two cases beer

Drink beer, use drill till happy.

88workcar · 11-09-2002, 05:43 AM

1. fiberglass hood and hatch, stock hight for sleeper
2. remove tar paper under carpet throughout entire car
3. remove all emissions stuff
4. alum. drive shaft
5. alum rear control arms ( steeda's are fine as it gets)
6. tubular k member
7. tubular control arms
8. coil over front kit
9. remove vibration damper from rear end housing
10. remove bumpers, or use alum mounts
11. composite valve covers
12. drag lite rims, skinnys up front
13. alum seats with covers
14. remove quad shocks and brackets
15. light weight starter
16. alum radiator
17. alum heads
18. a diet for the driver, I need too, 190#
there's more I lost on it though

jim_howard_pdx · 11-09-2002, 12:21 PM

88 work car got this right from top to bottom.

I like carbon hoods, doors, fenders, trunk lids. Lighter than aluminum or fiberglass and better for bodyworking and resisting warpage over time.

You need to know your rule book.

If you plan to autocross, road race, or drag, there are very specific weights and methodology that you must follow.

Look at my fender flairs on my street rod in my avatar. These put me in an "unlimited" class for slalom racing. Then I had to go against super charged and turbo charged engines, and against frankenstein cars that had space frames and optimized geometries. So I went from winning a bunch of races, to being down at the bottom of the pack. Geoffrey Brabham passed me in his Sprite powered by Mazda Rotary engine like I was standing completely still.

I built and ran a 500 horsepower Cleveland engine just to be competitive, and can you imagine what those headers in an early mustang looked like? It was not a pretty sight.

KNOW YOUR RULES for the class where you want to compete.

LayanRubr · 11-09-2002, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MEDIK418
1. Half inch drill

2. Half inch drill bit

3. Two cases beer

Drink beer, use drill till happy.

Hehe, for some reason that is pretty true. Mystically my 87 has a cheeseholed to heck under its hood. Meaning the whole engine area. We also dont know why, or why the thing is grounded to heck. I'll see if I can get some pics up.

sn95gt19 · 11-09-2002, 03:31 PM

I THINK IM RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO DO

THINGS I ALREADY DID

trunk mount battery
fiberglass hood
aluminum heads/valve covers
aluminum driveshaft
aluminum upper and lower control arms
removed quad shocks and brackets
removed spare tire and jack
all trunk panels
back seat/brackets
all canisters inside the fenders
fuel cell
removed weight from rearend
IM ONLY 20 AND 160LBS SO MY WEIGHT ISNT A PROB

ordered tubular k member/a-arms/coilovers

thinking about removing front bumper(behind cover)
also rear bumper, dont know if its a good idea though.

JIM HOWARD
i dont race in any class, i go to street car races at the track and sometimes on the street

88workcar · 11-11-2002, 07:49 PM

Fiberglass trunk lid
Alum fly wheel
light starter
lexan front and rear glass replacement
light weight brackets for alt
remove all power steering parts
coil over kit
secound skin on inside of car (rear section)
manual brakes, and lightweight calipers
a chrome moly cage

I hope all this helps, what is your current weight

JaxTheDJ · 11-11-2002, 07:56 PM

Dont forget to throw the fat chick out of the car before ya race.....hehe

ultraflo · 11-11-2002, 11:12 PM

Remove all unused wiring and etc. from the factory harnesses...

or do it the easy, Painless, way

Spaghetti Menders also sells a complete harness setup that is lighter and more efficient... for around $1500, so I'm told. Just tell them what accessories you use and they make you a custom harness.

I'm doing it the hard way, and have the entire interior stripped out of my car, again, going through all of the wiring... should be done in a couple months, lol. It's crazy how many wires are routed through our 'stangs that aren't even being used for anything...

....another thing, remove the heater core and all related components, ducting, etc.

....swap from an airbag to a tilt column if you have, what, a 90-93... I have an 89 tilt for my 93. Quite a few wires routed through the car just for the airbag setup too.

Not a real 'fun' way of lightening your car, but it's a necessary evil (wiring). And you're not going to lose a substantial amount either, obviously. Makes for a sanitary engine compartment and under dash area, that's for sure!

sn95gt19 · 11-11-2002, 11:29 PM

88 work car: i have no idea what my current weight is, all i know is that it could be lighter

jwboner · 11-12-2002, 10:29 PM

I don't remember if I saw anything about removing gas tank for a little 8 gal fuel cell.

USMC302 · 11-13-2002, 01:08 PM

Drop front sway bar. and again trim fingernails, toenails, get haircut, shave, clean colon, and don't eat that week you plan on racing duh!

11-08-2002, 10:28 PM	#1
sn95gt19 motors done......woohooo Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 799	tricks to a lighter car i have a 95gt with all the goodies, now all i need is to make it somewhat lightweight, but at the same time i want to keep the stock appearance, just wondering what kind of little things i could do to drop a couple pounds. ALREADY REMOVED SPARE EGR(AIR PUMP+ACCESSORIES) ALL VACUUM LINES AND CANS IN FENDER let me know what kind of little things you guys do to drop a little weight thanks __________________ 95gt lazer red (98 cobra clone) Rice Haters Club Member #116

11-09-2002, 02:37 AM	#2
LayanRubr Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Aggieland, Texas Posts: 297	Use the bathroom Jk, well try a trunkmount battery if you already havent for disposition and a light battery. If you wanna go crazy also jack your back and passanger seats out. __________________ 87 Mustang 5.0 (308) Notchback - The Blue Baron Rice Hater's Club member #20

11-09-2002, 02:42 AM	#3
MEDIK418 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Posts: 780	1. Half inch drill 2. Half inch drill bit 3. Two cases beer Drink beer, use drill till happy. __________________ 1986 four-eyed LX coupe, 358 Cleveland, Tremec TKO600/centerforce clutch, dish cut Probe forged pistons, comp cams hyd.roller cam, .579/.588@224/230, Edel.performer, 670 holley street avenger, CPR custom built long tubes, ported and polished 4bbl heads, manley valves, beehive springs, MSD peo-billet dist/MSD6AL, fluidamper, 5 lug conv. with 17x8 bullits there's more but it's still not finished yet. Oh, and the oldest boy is turning his 89 GT into a FFR cobra this next summer.

11-09-2002, 05:43 AM	#4
88workcar Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Pierre Part, La. U.S.A. Posts: 1,850	1. fiberglass hood and hatch, stock hight for sleeper 2. remove tar paper under carpet throughout entire car 3. remove all emissions stuff 4. alum. drive shaft 5. alum rear control arms ( steeda's are fine as it gets) 6. tubular k member 7. tubular control arms 8. coil over front kit 9. remove vibration damper from rear end housing 10. remove bumpers, or use alum mounts 11. composite valve covers 12. drag lite rims, skinnys up front 13. alum seats with covers 14. remove quad shocks and brackets 15. light weight starter 16. alum radiator 17. alum heads 18. a diet for the driver, I need too, 190# there's more I lost on it though __________________ 88workcar 1988 Mustang LX 342. 417rwhp @ 6800. 28 X 10 ET Drag, 4.30s, 10.69 @ 126.43 1.42 60ft. 11.13 @ 127.7 on BFGs 1.72 60ft Rice Hater # 42 To be old and wise, You must first be young and stupid I'm somewhere in tthe middle.

11-09-2002, 12:21 PM	#5
jim_howard_pdx Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 247	88 work car got this right from top to bottom. I like carbon hoods, doors, fenders, trunk lids. Lighter than aluminum or fiberglass and better for bodyworking and resisting warpage over time. You need to know your rule book. If you plan to autocross, road race, or drag, there are very specific weights and methodology that you must follow. Look at my fender flairs on my street rod in my avatar. These put me in an "unlimited" class for slalom racing. Then I had to go against super charged and turbo charged engines, and against frankenstein cars that had space frames and optimized geometries. So I went from winning a bunch of races, to being down at the bottom of the pack. Geoffrey Brabham passed me in his Sprite powered by Mazda Rotary engine like I was standing completely still. I built and ran a 500 horsepower Cleveland engine just to be competitive, and can you imagine what those headers in an early mustang looked like? It was not a pretty sight. KNOW YOUR RULES for the class where you want to compete. __________________ 1966 Customized for daily street and highway domination. 358 Windsor running 425 HP C-4 Auto and 3.25 Posi

11-09-2002, 03:31 PM	#7
sn95gt19 motors done......woohooo Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 799	I THINK IM RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO DO THINGS I ALREADY DID trunk mount battery fiberglass hood aluminum heads/valve covers aluminum driveshaft aluminum upper and lower control arms removed quad shocks and brackets removed spare tire and jack all trunk panels back seat/brackets all canisters inside the fenders fuel cell removed weight from rearend IM ONLY 20 AND 160LBS SO MY WEIGHT ISNT A PROB ordered tubular k member/a-arms/coilovers thinking about removing front bumper(behind cover) also rear bumper, dont know if its a good idea though. JIM HOWARD i dont race in any class, i go to street car races at the track and sometimes on the street __________________ 95gt lazer red (98 cobra clone) Rice Haters Club Member #116

11-11-2002, 07:49 PM	#8
88workcar Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Pierre Part, La. U.S.A. Posts: 1,850	Fiberglass trunk lid Alum fly wheel light starter lexan front and rear glass replacement light weight brackets for alt remove all power steering parts coil over kit secound skin on inside of car (rear section) manual brakes, and lightweight calipers a chrome moly cage I hope all this helps, what is your current weight __________________ 88workcar 1988 Mustang LX 342. 417rwhp @ 6800. 28 X 10 ET Drag, 4.30s, 10.69 @ 126.43 1.42 60ft. 11.13 @ 127.7 on BFGs 1.72 60ft Rice Hater # 42 To be old and wise, You must first be young and stupid I'm somewhere in tthe middle.

11-11-2002, 07:56 PM	#9
JaxTheDJ Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Jacksonville,Fla. Posts: 134	Dont forget to throw the fat chick out of the car before ya race.....hehe __________________ Jack 1989 Mustang LX: Converted to Carb.650 AED Holley DP,Weiand Stealth Intake,Edelbrock Performer RPM Aluminum Heads,Hooker Super Comps, Ground Pounder Uppers and Lowers,Moroso Drag Springs,NEW COMP Xtreme Energy Cam and 1.6 RR. ,a few other goodies.*** New 1/4 times-12.50 1987 SC GT ( fast as hell) 2001 Powerstroke Tow Vehicle 1989 Coupe. Sometimes when you cry,no one sees your tears.......... Sometimes when you are happy,no one sees your smile......... But,FART just ONE time..........

11-11-2002, 11:12 PM	#10
ultraflo NX dealer-man Join Date: Sep 1998 Location: Peoria, Illinois Posts: 977	Remove all unused wiring and etc. from the factory harnesses... or do it the easy, Painless, way Spaghetti Menders also sells a complete harness setup that is lighter and more efficient... for around $1500, so I'm told. Just tell them what accessories you use and they make you a custom harness. I'm doing it the hard way, and have the entire interior stripped out of my car, again, going through all of the wiring... should be done in a couple months, lol. It's crazy how many wires are routed through our 'stangs that aren't even being used for anything... ....another thing, remove the heater core and all related components, ducting, etc. ....swap from an airbag to a tilt column if you have, what, a 90-93... I have an 89 tilt for my 93. Quite a few wires routed through the car just for the airbag setup too. Not a real 'fun' way of lightening your car, but it's a necessary evil (wiring). And you're not going to lose a substantial amount either, obviously. Makes for a sanitary engine compartment and under dash area, that's for sure! __________________ RLS Racing! 93 LX 9.20 @ 147mph 03 Mach 1 12.39 @ 116mph

11-11-2002, 11:29 PM	#11
sn95gt19 motors done......woohooo Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 799	88 work car: i have no idea what my current weight is, all i know is that it could be lighter __________________ 95gt lazer red (98 cobra clone) Rice Haters Club Member #116

11-12-2002, 10:29 PM	#12
jwboner Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Under the hood Posts: 164	I don't remember if I saw anything about removing gas tank for a little 8 gal fuel cell. __________________ 65 fastback 347 DFI injected w/vic jr, TFS heads, MSD, cable clutch TKO, 3.70 9", tc subframe conns, custom traction bars, griffen alum radiator, armored fuel cell, and torq thrust D's Retrofitted Prelude seats. Vintage Air underdash kit. Fiberglass here and there too More on the way all the time.

11-13-2002, 01:08 PM	#13
USMC302 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Gallatin, Tn Posts: 1,326	Drop front sway bar. and again trim fingernails, toenails, get haircut, shave, clean colon, and don't eat that week you plan on racing duh! __________________

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