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Posted by Camara90 (Member # 134) on :
 
Weighed the car today on my brother in laws scales with a 1/2 tank of gas. After looking at things I am most likely moving the battery to the right rear, and considering 12inch 150lb springs in the front with some strange adjustables. This is with me in the car.

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Current setup.
Slow mo on motor 1.6668 60ft
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Reg Speed on motor 1.6668 60ft
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Suspension-

Front-
UPR K-member with 14inch 175lb eibach coil overs
90-10 Lakewoods

Rear-
Maximum Motorsport Full Length Subframes
50-50 Lakewoods
Baseline Street Launch Upper control arm kit
J&M weight Jacker Lower Control arms
Baseline Street Anti Roll
3.73 gears.
26x10 Mickey Thompson 3053s slicks
 
Posted by racsirx (Member # 1710) on :
 
You can easily take out 200-300lbs if you wanted to.
 
Posted by Camara90 (Member # 134) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by racsirx:
You can easily take out 200-300lbs if you wanted to.
Yeah, all I have to do is get out of the car lol. Im 275. What Ideas you have?
 
Posted by hatch (Member # 7277) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Camara90:
quote:
Originally posted by racsirx:
You can easily take out 200-300lbs if you wanted to.
Yeah, all I have to do is get out of the car lol. Im 275. What Ideas you have?
door crash bars.bumper shocks,frontan rear bumpers front sway bar brackets,heater box an any wires that are not being used
 
Posted by Camara90 (Member # 134) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by hatch:
quote:
Originally posted by Camara90:
quote:
Originally posted by racsirx:
You can easily take out 200-300lbs if you wanted to.
Yeah, all I have to do is get out of the car lol. Im 275. What Ideas you have?
door crash bars.bumper shocks,frontan rear bumpers front sway bar brackets,heater box an any wires that are not being used
Man dont think I am willing to go that extreme, still drive the car on the street. Sometimes my kids like to roll with me.
 
Posted by Don (Member # 938) on :
 
Seams heavy my t-top gt was a 100 less with an AOD. Did you switch to a auto?
 
Posted by racsirx (Member # 1710) on :
 
I got my coupe down to 2750lbs with a stock K-member and a 10 point cage by removing everything I didn't need.
 
Posted by Camara90 (Member # 134) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Don:
Seams heavy my t-top gt was a 100 less with an AOD. Did you switch to a auto?
Yeah, It has an C4 in it now.
 
Posted by Notch1320 (Member # 2647) on :
 
The battery move will help a bit. Have you had the car out since your last post concerning the 60' times? Will you have the car out in the near future at Sac? I would love to check it out and see what can be done to lose some weight without "gutting" the car.
 
Posted by Camara90 (Member # 134) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Notch1320:
The battery move will help a bit. Have you had the car out since your last post concerning the 60' times? Will you have the car out in the near future at Sac? I would love to check it out and see what can be done to lose some weight without "gutting" the car.
Going out to Sonoma tonight, only change has been rear springs(still stock, but not as much cut of as the ones before). Next time I head to Sac I will shoot you a PM to see if you will be out there, I would appreciate the help.
 
Posted by Don (Member # 938) on :
 
What converter do you have? Your car is N/A so I hope it has a 9" or 8". Biggest problem with my coupe was the 10" converter.
 
Posted by Camara90 (Member # 134) on :
 
Its a 9 inch Lupo converter.
 
Posted by 93 hatch (Member # 8100) on :
 
I wish mine was 3300 lbs .Try 3520 before my 200 lbs get's in.
 
Posted by Camara90 (Member # 134) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 93 hatch:
I wish mine was 3300 lbs .Try 3520 before my 200 lbs get's in.
You going tonight?
 
Posted by 93 hatch (Member # 8100) on :
 
yep. But my cars not done yet so i will be there with my son in his 91 fox racing high school class. I will be installing the new dart 364 this weekend and should be geting some track time on the 26 th of this month.
 
Posted by rollin5ive0 (Member # 8592) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Camara90:
quote:
Originally posted by hatch:
quote:
Originally posted by Camara90:
quote:
Originally posted by racsirx:
You can easily take out 200-300lbs if you wanted to.
Yeah, all I have to do is get out of the car lol. Im 275. What Ideas you have?
door crash bars.bumper shocks,frontan rear bumpers front sway bar brackets,heater box an any wires that are not being used
Man dont think I am willing to go that extreme, still drive the car on the street. Sometimes my kids like to roll with me.
take the spare tire and jack out and make sure u hit the bathroom squeeze and squirt everylast ounce u can out before a race!!!lol.....
or
im not sure how big a difference it really makes but some lightweight racing seats maybe, although i hear they can be somewhat uncomfortable! [Wink]
 
Posted by 50Reasons (Member # 6452) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 93 hatch:
I wish mine was 3300 lbs .Try 3520 before my 200 lbs get's in.
Yup same here mines 3510 before my 215 lb big ass gets in
 
Posted by FivePTSlow (Member # 7682) on :
 
Take everything and put it in a Coupe! My Coupe(5 speed T5) weighs in @ 2975lbs(without my 175lbs) full interior, all accessories. Heater core, a/c(still works), p/s, factory stereo(premium with amp), p/w, p/l, all smog equipment plus added weight of supercharger setup, and subframes.

Weight saved has come from D&D K Member, Granatelli Tubular A arms, QA1 coil over conversion(front), fiberglass cowl hood(tru fiber 3"), aluminum driveline(aerostar awd conversion), and aluminum heads.

I ran 12.9@107 with this setup on factory h/c/i with 3.27:1 gears, a very tired stock long block, and one legged rear axle(2.0 60' on 26.5x8" circle track slicks).

Dan(Turbo50) has recently built me a new long block with tfs tw 170 heads and f-cam that will be dropped in soon, so we'll see what times it puts down after I rebuild the rear axle. Hoping for mid/low 11's untuned, and cross my fingers 10.999999999999999999999999999999 tuned with 3.73's [Smile] daily driven smog legal
 
Posted by nitrous_bob (Member # 77) on :
 
if your 275, your doing good

my goal is 3k on the car by itself

all the n umbers really look good to me, i might not even move the battery

whats your main concern ? 60 foot? lower ET ? i mean do you feel your off ? or just looking for more
 
Posted by nitrous_bob (Member # 77) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Don:
Seams heavy my t-top gt was a 100 less with an AOD. Did you switch to a auto?
did you actually weigh it ?

my gutted '90 lx aod vert was 3600 with me in it...and im 150

my current '93 notch is about 3100 with me in it, and its LIGHT !!!!

i dont see a aod GT seeing 2900 lbs, no way
 




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