weight reduction

[Kidcamaro98]

what can i do to my 98 camaro for weight reduction. I removed the jack and spare tire. I will remove the back seats and take out my heavy *** stereo when i run. My goal is to hit high 13's this year and these are my mods....

Custom turbo kit with a T70
Auburn Posi differential
Richmond 3.73 gears
Pacesetter headers
Magnaflow catback exhaust
HP tuners

Right now i have my turbo running 5 psi....i will start running after i get my dyno tune in the very near future but how can i prepare my car for weight reduction before that

Also it depends on when i can sell my 18" rims. When i sell them i will be getting #60 injectors and going to 15 PSI

[FloydSummerOf68]

Re: weight reduction

Front swaybar and brackets, wiper fluid resevoir, lightweight battery, heatshields under your car, passenger seat, sunvisors, wiperblades, rear seatbelts, front fenderwell linings, etc.....

[12secondv6]

Re: weight reduction

I made a HUGE post a while back.

Here is what I have done:
A arms (lower, mild steel)
A/C compressor
A/C condenser
A/C fan motor
AFPR removed
Air bag drivers side
Air bag passenger side
Air bag bracket passenger side
Air damn (ground down)
Antenna (smoothed over)
Ash tray
Battery (odessy)
Brakes (rear brakes, round metal donut piece for e brake set up)
Bolts (misc throughout entire car)
Bracket (rear seat area under carpet)
Bracket (under steering wheel, black metal piece)
Bumper support front (black honey comb piece, styrofoam, metal bracket)
Bumper support metal frame (saw zalled 4 inches off each mounting point)
Bumper support rear (black honey comb and metal bracket)
Carpet (in favor of light weight version)
Cat back (slp loudmouth in place)
Center console (pending)
Cigarette lighter
Coolant over flow tank (summit racing vs stock)
Cruise control
Cup holder (center console)
Door (inside crash bars, pending)
Door (interior fabric/ cardboard pending)
Door (exterior molding)
Door (inside construction being gutted slowly)
Driver (diet!)
Driveshaft (1 piece aluminum instead of 2 piece steel)
EGR
Floor mats
Fog lights
Gas (run little as possible
Glove box (cover still there but inside removed)
Headers
Heads (ported)
Heat shields (under car except for around fuel lines)
Hood (brackets with adjustable height points)
Hood (fiberglass ram air)
Hood (nostrils drilled out and opened up)
Hood shock (1 removed)
Inner fender wells
Insulation (firewall and floor)
Intake (cold air vs stock)
Intake (ported upper and lower manifold)
K member (mild steel drag version)
Misc. junk in the car like keys, garage remote, change, owner's manual, etc.
Nose - massaged underneath of it, cut portions of it away
Panel (under steering wheel)
Panhard rod (upper brace
Parking brake (lines and handle)
Power steering (lines, pump, fluid, bracket)
Seat belts (passenger and rear)
Seat (drivers removed in favor of sparco evo)
Seat (passenger)
Seat (both rear)
Shocks (Hal's)
Side mirror
Spare tire, jack and wrench
Stereo (head unit)
Stereo (all speakers)
Stereo (misc wiring)
Strobes (front and rear, removed)
Sound deadening (under carpet, under molding, everywhere)
Sun visors
Sway bar (front and brackets)
Tires (front, 165 80)
Tires (rear, 26 X 10.5 ET streets)
Torque arm mount (poly vs rubber)
Torque converter (smaller)
Transmission mount (poly vs rubber)
Trunk (drivers side black plastic piece vent thing)
T top flap in hatch
T top holders
Valvetrain (titanium retainers, aluminum roller rockers etc)
Vibration dampener (on tq arm)
Washer fluid pump
Washer fluid resevior
Wheel (front, drag lite 15 X 3.5's)
Wheel (rear, salad shooter camaro 16 X 8's)
Wiper arms
Wiper motor
Wiring (misc)

[CANTONRACER]

Re: weight reduction

My car is going to be pretty radical...but as I get older I have started to like certain things...such as a/c and having a nice sound system.

I am actually thinking of putting the **** back on the car...I can cruise around in comfort listening to killer tunes or sit in traffic baking hearing my loud *** valve train...

But everyone has different tastes....what changed my mind was my Lightning...4700 lbs, pump gas, great a/c, nice sound system, full creature comforts and it run mid 12's@with a low 12 second mph.

I could easily make the power levels my truck makes and have a 10 second car.

[Ace]

Re: weight reduction

what can i do to my 98 camaro for weight reduction. I removed the jack and spare tire. I will remove the back seats and take out my heavy *** stereo when i run. My goal is to hit high 13's this year and these are my mods....

Custom turbo kit with a T70
Auburn Posi differential
Richmond 3.73 gears
Pacesetter headers
Magnaflow catback exhaust
HP tuners

Right now i have my turbo running 5 psi....i will start running after i get my dyno tune in the very near future but how can i prepare my car for weight reduction before that

Also it depends on when i can sell my 18" rims. When i sell them i will be getting #60 injectors and going to 15 PSI

Dude with thoes mods you could put a fat chick in the passenger seat and run high 13s! just turn the boost upto 7 psi and youll have it.

[slow6]

Re: weight reduction

I've been thinking of ripping all my $chit out

[Ace]

Re: weight reduction

what can i do to my 98 camaro for weight reduction. I removed the jack and spare tire. I will remove the back seats and take out my heavy *** stereo when i run. My goal is to hit high 13's this year and these are my mods....

Custom turbo kit with a T70
Auburn Posi differential
Richmond 3.73 gears
Pacesetter headers
Magnaflow catback exhaust
HP tuners

Right now i have my turbo running 5 psi....i will start running after i get my dyno tune in the very near future but how can i prepare my car for weight reduction before that

Also it depends on when i can sell my 18" rims. When i sell them i will be getting #60 injectors and going to 15 PSI

Oh and once you crank that sucker up to 15 psi youll do a 1/4 mile in about 20 hours give or take an hour. Thats the time it will take to replace your engine when it blows up from over boost.

[UDLOSE98]

Re: weight reduction

15 psi isnt exactly over boost. with the injectors, fuel pump and a good tune you can, pretty safely, run 15 psi. The transmission however may be another story.

[slow6]

Re: weight reduction

15 psi isnt exactly over boost. with the injectors, fuel pump and a good tune you can, pretty safely, run 15 psi. The transmission however may be another story.

I guess it depends on the size of the turbo. CFM more important than PSI. Thats kinda a big turbo

[Ace]

Re: weight reduction

15 psi isnt exactly over boost. with the injectors, fuel pump and a good tune you can, pretty safely, run 15 psi. The transmission however may be another story.

So true. Actually 5 psi is probibly pushing the limits of the tranny. But look on the bright side, the cluch will explode before the tranny goes.

[Kidcamaro98]

Re: weight reduction

i have a A4....anyways im gonna settle with a dyno tuned 10 psi....and about the 20 hours comment cause the motor....im having a brand new motor dropped in this week....actually i will be getting my car back tomarrow with it...2000 motor in my 98