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Mr 5 0 · 01-23-2002, 02:47 PM

StreetStang:

3150 is about right for a '93 GT.

Unfortunately, it's fairly difficult to drop much weight from your Mustang without gutting the car or otherwise changing it's 'personality'.

You can remove the rear seat (about 40 pounds) and the A/C (about 50 pounds if you take out everything). A fiberglass hood will save some pounds and of course aluminum wheels and aluminum heads help, too. Doing all these would come close to the 150 pounds you're seeking to lose but do you want to never be able to carry a passenger in the back seat, ride around with no A/C all summer and pay to have a fiberglass hood finished and painted to match your car?

Lots of people do so you won't be alone but with 100 pounds being worth about 1/10 reduction in your quarter-mile et, you have to seriously question the trade-offs in comfort and cash outlay to get to 3000 pounds.

01-23-2002, 02:47 PM	#3
Mr 5 0 Conservative Individualist Join Date: May 1997 Location: Wherever I need to be Posts: 7,487	Weight Watchers StreetStang: 3150 is about right for a '93 GT. Unfortunately, it's fairly difficult to drop much weight from your Mustang without gutting the car or otherwise changing it's 'personality'. You can remove the rear seat (about 40 pounds) and the A/C (about 50 pounds if you take out everything). A fiberglass hood will save some pounds and of course aluminum wheels and aluminum heads help, too. Doing all these would come close to the 150 pounds you're seeking to lose but do you want to never be able to carry a passenger in the back seat, ride around with no A/C all summer and pay to have a fiberglass hood finished and painted to match your car? Lots of people do so you won't be alone but with 100 pounds being worth about 1/10 reduction in your quarter-mile et, you have to seriously question the trade-offs in comfort and cash outlay to get to 3000 pounds.