Dropping weight for track, what else....

[chad05gt]

front swaybar and endlinks, jack, spare,....

what else can easily be removed for a day/night at the track that I am forgetting?

 

[stkjock]

floor matts
keep the gas around 1/4 tank
rear seat (not sure how easy)

 

[chad05gt]

FWIW

My girlfriends dad just bought a wrecked srt8, straightened it out, cut off exhaust resonators, stripped pretty good ie ALL of trunk back seat speakers, carpet, insulation... Weight last night w/ 1/4 tank is 4007lbs at local truck stop.

Last weekend bone stock with radials 13.63, 2.3 60ft at 106mph
This week, about 300lbs lighter, Diablo canned 93 tune, and 20" Nitto drag radials.... Ill let ya'll know

I've added 4.56 gears, elec. water pump, line-lock, and battery in trunk just this week.

Ill post video next week

floormats, dammit! Thanks... keep 'em comming!!

 

[Charlie Sheen]

Front passenger seat.

 

[Dex]

the shaker is easy to pull out

loose some weight

There is a belt to bypass your powersteering and will shave .2-.3 off your ET. its sold on the same site as the spydershaft

 

[chad05gt]

I have Spydershaft, do the ps bypass already (oreiley belt), what shaker do you speak of??

 

[Dex]

the stereo stuff in the back. subs, amps...

 

[chad05gt]

I was thinking hood, which I dont have... I have 500 not 1000... still worth the weight??

 

[chad05gt]

Hypothetically...

hypothetically... what do bumpers (not covers ) weigh??

Hypothetically...

 

[officespace56]

The back seat is only attached by a couple of clips. Really easy to take out.

 

[chad05gt]

checklist thus far...

passenger seat, back seat, mats, jack, spare tire, front sway bar, end links, ps pulley bypass,

what kind of weight is this about?

thanks for the help...

any more??

 

[2kanchoo]

passenger seat, back seat, mats, jack, spare tire, front sway bar, end links, ps pulley bypass,

what kind of weight is this about?

thanks for the help...

any more??

I'd guess a good 100 pounds. Going with a 1/4 tank instead of a full tank would prob save a 100 pounds too. Mounting the battery in the trunk would help a lot too.

 

[don_w]

Bogarts FTW!!

 

[2kanchoo]

Bogarts FTW!!

Yea those would prob save a good 100 pounds. Also getting a light weight racing seat. Other than that I guess you'd have to get carbon fiber hood and body panels.

 

[Virgin_Mustang]

Where can I get the front fenders as carbon fiber ? Seibon doesn't make them.

 

[08GOGT]

Roush makes CF fenders but they are very $$$$

 

[DarkFireGT]

floor matts
keep the gas around 1/4 tank
rear seat (not sure how easy)

Floor mats? seriously? The couple of lbs you save isn't worth getting your carpet filthy. My matts are always trashed after a night at the track.

 

[thump_rrr]

I'm sorry but I laugh when I see people missing 1/2 the interior to gain 1/10th of a second at most.

 

[don_w]

I'm sorry but I laugh when I see people missing 1/2 the interior to gain 1/10th of a second at most.

+1... My interior is 100% intact.

 

[FOCBoss]

I'm sorry but I laugh when I see people missing 1/2 the interior to gain 1/10th of a second at most.

Every bit counts instead of pulling and building a motor or adding f/i