Weight Reduction
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Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 1,048
From: South Lyon, Mi.
I have thought of lightening mine up also, the easiest weight would be to remove the rear tire/jack, rear seat, carpeting, speakers and amp have a lot of weight but you might not want to remove all of this, you can swap out some heavy suspension parts with chrome moly which is lighter. if you really want, replace the front seats with racing seats, the wheels will make a difference, swap the stock heavy rims for some drag-lites and you will kick off a tenth in the quarter mile. If you really want to get serious you ca remove the air conditioning and stuff like that.
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Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,007
From: Folsom, CA, USA
Here's a list I accumulated over the years...
http://www.go-fast.org/z28/dragrace.html#weight
Dave
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1997 LPE 383/n2o Camaro Z28 Convertible
12.39@112.2, 1.76 60' (na) 11.27@124.6, 1.76 60' (n2o)
LT1 Diagnostics, New to Nitrous? Northern California Racing Club
http://www.go-fast.org/z28/dragrace.html#weight
Dave
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1997 LPE 383/n2o Camaro Z28 Convertible
12.39@112.2, 1.76 60' (na) 11.27@124.6, 1.76 60' (n2o)
LT1 Diagnostics, New to Nitrous? Northern California Racing Club
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Joined: Jul 1999
Posts: 185
From: VA
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Loony-Z:
Lol, thanks for clearin that up bro.</font>
Lol, thanks for clearin that up bro.</font>
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Gary
My 97 WS6 T/A Convertible (1 of 463).
13.27 @ 104.25 (1.96)
Best MPH 105.99
292.8 HP 328.5 TQ
M6, FLP LT's, Borla, GM 3.73's, lots of small stuff.
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Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 37
From: Olathe, KS
This year has been operation weight reduction for the Z.
So far...I have removed the following. ABS,Cruise, AC, Airbags, all interior panels (except door), All carpeting, Heat, Swapped radiators, Removed EGR system, bumper supports, draglites, Lift-off hood, rewired the car (no lie...we removed at least 40 lbs of wire), carbon fiber driveshaft (good to 1500hp, and weighs 5.3 lbs), all seats removed...drivers replaced with a sparco evo, and I'm sure theres more I'm forgetting....
But overall we are looking for a weight reduction of about 500lbs.
So far...I have removed the following. ABS,Cruise, AC, Airbags, all interior panels (except door), All carpeting, Heat, Swapped radiators, Removed EGR system, bumper supports, draglites, Lift-off hood, rewired the car (no lie...we removed at least 40 lbs of wire), carbon fiber driveshaft (good to 1500hp, and weighs 5.3 lbs), all seats removed...drivers replaced with a sparco evo, and I'm sure theres more I'm forgetting....
But overall we are looking for a weight reduction of about 500lbs.
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 27
From: Osgood, IN U.S.A.
last winter i removed most of my wiring harness which i didn need because of the carburetor conversion. i also removed the heater core, evaporator core, and all air ducts, oh yeah and heater fan motor. i took out the stock guage cluster and fabricated a sheetmetal piece to replace it with autometer guages. i did use the clear plastic cover that goes over it though. i also pulled out most of my sound deadener. not too much weight there but hey every ouce counts. i weighed the car last week and came up with a really impressive number. 3085 without me. it is a 91 rs, 383 carbureted, 400turbo, stock rear, stock wheels. ive heard of guys taking the crash reinforcement bars out of the doors. hard job i heard, but worth about 65 pounds supposedly. anybody done this? good luck with whatever you do. have any ?????? just speak up.
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brandon
79 Z, 357, pro1 heads, victor jr.intake,
prostars, powerglide, 9" ford w/ 4.86 gear, etc...
best pass to date :10.16@132.72mph
91 rs stroked not sprayed
11.86@115 so far........
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brandon
79 Z, 357, pro1 heads, victor jr.intake,
prostars, powerglide, 9" ford w/ 4.86 gear, etc...
best pass to date :10.16@132.72mph
91 rs stroked not sprayed
11.86@115 so far........
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 373
From: Anywhere but here
Hey, it was either in the new Super Chevy or Hot Rod magazine that they showed how to fabricate some of your own body parts out of fiberglass instead of the stock steel parts, stuff like rocker panels etc. It was really cool, something you should try and find.
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1986 Z28
383 ci Stroker, Dart Sportsmen 2 heads, roller rocker arms, Crower Hot Street Beast cam, edelbrock 750cfm carb and performer rpm intake, Corvette Servos, shift kit and 2600 rpm stall convertor, 3.73 gears and Eaton limited slip posi rearend.
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1986 Z28
383 ci Stroker, Dart Sportsmen 2 heads, roller rocker arms, Crower Hot Street Beast cam, edelbrock 750cfm carb and performer rpm intake, Corvette Servos, shift kit and 2600 rpm stall convertor, 3.73 gears and Eaton limited slip posi rearend.
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Joined: Jun 2002
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by LPEdave:
Here's a list I accumulated over the years...
http://www.go-fast.org/z28/dragrace.html#weight
Dave
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Here's a list I accumulated over the years...
http://www.go-fast.org/z28/dragrace.html#weight
Dave
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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 16
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ksharr:
This year has been operation weight reduction for the Z.
So far...I have removed the following. ABS,Cruise, AC, Airbags, all interior panels (except door), All carpeting, Heat, Swapped radiators, Removed EGR system, bumper supports, draglites, Lift-off hood, rewired the car (no lie...we removed at least 40 lbs of wire), carbon fiber driveshaft (good to 1500hp, and weighs 5.3 lbs), all seats removed...drivers replaced with a sparco evo, and I'm sure theres more I'm forgetting....
But overall we are looking for a weight reduction of about 500lbs.</font>
This year has been operation weight reduction for the Z.
So far...I have removed the following. ABS,Cruise, AC, Airbags, all interior panels (except door), All carpeting, Heat, Swapped radiators, Removed EGR system, bumper supports, draglites, Lift-off hood, rewired the car (no lie...we removed at least 40 lbs of wire), carbon fiber driveshaft (good to 1500hp, and weighs 5.3 lbs), all seats removed...drivers replaced with a sparco evo, and I'm sure theres more I'm forgetting....
But overall we are looking for a weight reduction of about 500lbs.</font>
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Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 37
From: Olathe, KS
Loony.... I'll take a picture of the PILE of wire tonight... it's amazing.... Everything is now hard-wired to a switch panel... and all unnecessary GM Bulls$%^ was removed...
ie...fuse boxes..VATS..ABS...you get the idea.. It took about 2 weeks to complete the wiring delete.
The driveshaft is pretty sweet(the acpt weighs 9.6 if memory serves correct) so you can see why I would wanna go with a 5.3, If ya shoot me an e-mail to kevin_sharratt@colpal.com I will give you the necessary info. ( It's the same company most of the PRO-STOCK guys use)...and quite a bit cheaper than acpt (695 for mine)
ie...fuse boxes..VATS..ABS...you get the idea.. It took about 2 weeks to complete the wiring delete.
The driveshaft is pretty sweet(the acpt weighs 9.6 if memory serves correct) so you can see why I would wanna go with a 5.3, If ya shoot me an e-mail to kevin_sharratt@colpal.com I will give you the necessary info. ( It's the same company most of the PRO-STOCK guys use)...and quite a bit cheaper than acpt (695 for mine)