onesweetZ06

Al you must stop !! You are chasing a ghost man, there is nobody for you to catch up too

DaTruth

Al you just want us to stay heavy. I will, trust me. I will be out soon enough guys. Give me a chance to get use to the car. Its like going from a 125cc motorcycle to a Busa.. I am not giving away wins because I cant drive the thing yet..

Jordan Y.

I wish I could drop 55 pounds off the front- most of my weight loss has been from the firewall back. I've dropped a lot of weight removing useless brackets, power seatbelts, emissions systems, sound deadener and padding, but by the time I'm done my car should only be about 350 pounds lighter with the same stock-minus-backseat appearance, well, except for some good race buckets. The car will keep a/c, cruise, power steering, the "tunes", and other things I could probably do without, but it'll still weigh about 2750 pounds (less if I do the back window in lexan or do a few other things that are questionable on a daily driver). I just looked up the curb weight on your car and it's 3591 pounds- >450 pounds is a lot of weight to lose. Just try to stop short of custom fabricating things in aluminum or worse, titanium. Weight reduction is supposed to be cheap speed, but you get addicted, and suddenly you're spending more to lose a few ounces than you would to gain 1 hp.

*Edit* Plumb forgot- how'd you drop the weight? C'mon, you can tell me- I'm just a slow four-cylinder guy. My ultimate goal puts me about two seconds slower in the quarter than you run now, so it probably won't give me a competitive advantage

ZDriver96

Well if any of you are intrested in hearing from the Slower LT1 of the group then read on

Yeah i was wanting to swap out to the lighter K member but im to poor after the engine build up.

Ive dropped about 59lbs off the front.

Added about 27lbs to the center/rear of the car.
Plus the Borla is about 20lbs heavier in the back than stock exhaust.

Headers are about 20 lbs lighter, y pipe is about 35lbs lighter.

Ive got 28 more lbs i can take off the front. before i start yanking insulation and stuff like that which i dont want to do.

so about 114lbs lighter towards the front of the car and 47lbs heavier towards the center/rear of the car.

So 67 pounds was dropped from the total weight and the weight that has been added is towards the back so the weight distribution is more even.

Jordan Y.

Have you relocated the battery to the rear? The kits are pretty cheap, and it's a good 30 pounds off the front getting put in the back. Unless you're using a 16 pound Wal-Mart Racing battery like I am, or a 13.5 pound hawker/odyssey mini-batt.

HybridSS

My battery is relocated. But its a full size battery. I need to get a Hawker/Odysee battery. That will shave another 25 lbs. Switching to a race seat on race day will save another 35 lbs as well.

ZDriver96

yep thats where the 25-28 lbs are gonna be knocked off.. on the hawker battery. leaving it up front.

Killrus

List compiled from ls1tech. Some people are crazy.

Free stuff....
9...!ABS
21.5!AC compressor
8.5.!AC condenser
....!AC fan motor
13.5!Airbag and bracket, passenger's
4...!Airbag, driver's
....!Air dam
1...!Air filter
5...!Amp, Monsoon
4...!Antenna, bracket, and motor if applicable
....!Ashtray & lighter
....!Blinker switch
2...!Bolt lengths, extra
....!Brake pedal pad
23..!Bumper, front reinforcement and brackets
21..!Bumper, rear reinforcement and brackets
34..!Carpet & Sound deadening
50..!Catback
15..!Cats
9...!Center console
....!Coating, under carpet
4...!Crossmember brace
....!Cruise control
10..!Dash
20..!Door panels
11..!EGR, air pump, & harware
....!Emblems
....!Fan, 1
....!Fan shroud
5...!Floormats
3...!Foglights and brackets
....FRA mod
....!Gas, Extra
2.5.!Glovebox
1...!Grill insert
4...!Hatch cover
2...!Hatch shocks
....!Headlights
....!Headliner
3...!Head unit
....!Head unit/AC console trim piece
8...!Heat sheilding
9...!Heater core
1...!Hood shocks
3...!Horn
3...!Inner fenderwells, plastic
....!Liscense plate brackets
....!Liscense plate(s)
....!Misc. junk in the car like keys, garage remote, change, owner's manual, etc.
1...!Owner's manual
3...!Panels, under steering wheel
5....Panhard rod brace, upper
....!Parking brake
....!Power brake booster
....!Parking brake handle
....!Power seat motor
11..!Power steering pump, pulley, idler pulley
....!Power window motors
1...!Rear view mirror
9...!Seatbelts (rears and passenger's)
34..!Seat, passenger's
19..!Seats, rear
3...!Sheetmetal, extra double walled
....!Shifter knob
5...!Side impact bars
35..!Spare tire and jack
7...!Speaker panels, hatch
5...!Speaker panels, rear passenger's
15..!Speakers
35..!Spoiler (Weight measured on a Pontiac)
....!Spring isolators
2...!Sun visors
14..!Swaybar and brackets, front
....!Taillight(s)
2...!T-Top holders
....!Under car tow points
1...!Washer fluid pump
9...!Windshield washer fluid
2...!Windshield wiper reservoir
3...!Wiper arms
3...!Wiper motor
....!Wiring, Excess

Wallet mods....
3...Airlid, aftermarket
3...Chromoly LCAs
3/9.Carbon fiber driveshaft
14..Chromoly A-arms
30.5Chromoly K-member
....Draglite wheels
....Drag slicks or street slicks
....Drilled axles
24..Dry cell battery
10..Electric water pump
....Fiberglass door skins
30..Fiberglass hood
....Fuel cell
18..'99+ fuel tank for '98 cars
....Headers
....Lexan glass
....Lightweight clothing
35..Lightweight brakes, front
....Lightweight brakes, rear
10..Lightweight flywheel
13..Lightweight springs and shocks
....Lightweight steering column
6...Lightweight steering wheel
10..Manual rack and pinion steering
....Plastic fuel tank, late model
....Powerglide, TH350, or M4 transmission
17/29.Racing seat
....Shortbelt mod
....Skinny front tires
15..Spool
20..TQ converter, small
....Underdrive pulleys