Great runs, makes me want to try and improve on my bolt on times this winter!

 

What did you do to get to 3300 lbs w/driver? I am weighing my car after work today and pretty sure I am not going to reach those numbers. Back in late 2000 I weighed my car and it was 3480 without me and a 1/2 tank of gas. Since then I have deleted the A/C, front sway bar, spare tire, and jack as well as replaced the stock wheels with Bogart D-10's. However I added weight with a Strange 12 bolt and a Spohn steel DS. Since the car is starting to become more of a weekend warrior I don't think I'll miss anything too bad if I remove it. So what other things have you replaced/removed?

Nice times BTW!

 

thx again guys... i am very happy with how the car is running and frank i will def give credit in my sig... check out my sig on ls1tech.com ur in there

the car weighed in at 3356lbs with me in it.... i have stripped the trunk bare (kept rear speaker) removed rear seats and belts (kept carpet), have prostar skinnies, !swaybar, !cruise, and i have the rksports sportsback.... a/c, egr, air are all still int he car, but will be coming out this winter

the car is consistant as hell also, which is good for my bracket racing series at NED

much thx to Frank Cahill at CPT Transmissions, Yank Converters, John P. (1slowformula), Shon Herron of Herron Performance..... and all my buddies who helped me out with the car over the few years i've had her.... 11.80 is in my sights

 

Where did you weigh your car? Do you have cloth seats? How much of a difference did that RK sportsback make? I weighed my car and it still topped in at 3400 even without me in it. It's a little frustrating to see cars like yours that aren't that much different in weight saving mods and still be 300 lbs less. lol. Even if I ripped out all of the trunk trim and the rear seats that can't be but 40-50 lbs max. I'm gonna start looking around under the seats for some lead deposits or something. lol.

 

if im not mistaken firehawks are a lil heavier then camaros from the factory... so ur already starting behind lol... i just take every lil thing i can out that i can do without... stripped trunk, quarter tank of gas, mats out, rear seats, etc etc.... i honestly have no idea how much the sportsback helps but it always seems like im lighter then everyone else and the sportsback is the only real different thing my car has then everyone else...

i dn what to say man... just loose as much things as u can personally do without in the car

 

I'm not too stressed about it. I'm actually going to the track tonight so I need to do a little thrashing when I get home from work to remove a couple of more items. I weighed almost 100 lbs less since the last time so I will be interested to see how the car does. Thanks for the info.

 

Good luck tonight! as long as ur safe, the car dosent break, and u have fun.... its always a good night at the track

 

Ditto on all the above. Good luck bro!

 

yes ..awesome I recall working hard to get my butt a sub 8 in the 8th. I hit a 8:02 and later that night a 8:03. Buddies were all set to yank seats and stuff to get me my 7 second time. I left it as it was came back a week later ran a 7:86 with my new qtp cutout. I was so freaked out i didn't believe it was my time, or the clocks were wrong. Back it up with a hot lapped 7.9. Damn humid hell weather here ...gotta wait til fall again. Not gonna stand outside waiting to race in 90 plus heat with high 80% humidity