Weight Reduction

[GTRacerX]

How much weight reduction "mods" can you do to the 5.0 without doing anything crazy i.e. removing seats or carpet? Just trying to shed some weight. Free horsepower in a way I suppose...

[jrhagen]

How much weight reduction "mods" can you do to the 5.0 without doing anything crazy i.e. removing seats or carpet? Just trying to shed some weight. Free horsepower in a way I suppose...

I don't know about you, but I could drop 20-30 lbs by just exercising.

[Luke]

I don't know about you, but I could drop 20-30 lbs by just exercising.

:word:

Wheels/tires will drop a lot of weight if you went to a race wheel, not sure that's what you want though. I read a post a while back that had a break down of a shit ton of weight reduction stuff for these cars (old parts compared to new). I'll see if I can find it for you.

[White_lightning]

A treadmill works wonders :)

[JDMLOL]

How much weight reduction "mods" can you do to the 5.0 without doing anything crazy i.e. removing seats or carpet? Just trying to shed some weight. Free horsepower in a way I suppose...

Ive read about other people on other forums doing that. If you daily the car they say it gets old quick because it sounds like you're in a tin can. With the rear seats, spare, carpet and insulation removed plus an aluminum ds I want to say one guy trimmed 80 or 100lbs on an 05-09. He said after a week or so he went back to putting it all back in.

[BLK2012GT]

Not worth it to me. I like comfort.

[46Tbird]

Most people drive around with a couple hundred pounds of shit in the trunk. A free and easy way to reduce weight is to just keep all that crap out of your car in the first place.

[re-rx7]

Remove spare is all do these days.

[46Tbird]

Brembo GTs don't have a spare. :headbang:

[DirtyD]

Brembo GTs don't have a spare. :headbang:
Remove the tire mobility kit! :lol:

[46Tbird]

I do. :headbang:

[Dan12GT]

Not worth it if you ask me. You would have to remove a lot to make any real difference and you would probably lose a lot of comfort / function of the vehicle. Your best bet is to start with reducing rotating mass like lighter wheels / drive shaft.

[46Tbird]

There was some dude out at Ennis the night we all went and he had his poor car all torn apart in the parking lot. I think it may have been a sixer trying to set a record.

[GTRacerX]

Yea I figured lighter wheels, aluminum driveshaft, a spare tire. Any other secrets? I weigh about 160 so I don't think me losing weight is an option lol.

[downtime!]

The rear seat only weighs about 10 pounds total, and the trade off road noise in a daily is not worth it. IMHO, the best option is a blower, more power to overcome the weight!

[JDMLOL]

Just noticed the keyword "without" anything extreme in your op. Yeah. Either way, removing items doesn't save a ton. Spare, light wheels, ds. What? Maybe 80lbs?

[Phuck Phace]

I have a Laguna Seca rear seat delete for sale. Saves a about a pound or two.

[Luke]

Couldn't find the thread I was talking about earlier. It had a list of all the stock stuff vs aftermarket stuff and the weight savings.
Basic rundown was:
Wheels/tires
No cats/aftermarket exhaust (mufflers way a ton)
Remove axle weights
Remove front sway bar
Tubular radiator support
Remove spare (or tire mobility kit ;))
Alum. driveshaft
Battery (don't remember exactly what it was but some aftermarket battery that is quite a bit lighter. Odyssey maybe?)
Suspension parts (not a big loss but it adds up)

[GTRacerX]

So without going extreme I could probably shave off around 100lbs. Just trying to get a better horsepower to weight ratio. I haven't decided if I wanna do full bolt ons or go all the way with a TT Kit...

[Pepperinyoureye]

I need to weigh my car and see what I've shaved off.

[Doug1227]

I usually take the spare tire and jack out and have about 1/4 of a tank of gas. Nothing else.

[GTRacerX]

I need to weigh my car and see what I've shaved off.

Where would you even go to weigh your car?

[Luke]

A truck stop, or if you're at Crandall they have scales

[46Tbird]

metal recycling yard can do it too

[downtime!]

For reference, my car with 15" DR's (275/60's on 15x10 RaceStars), the stock 19" fronts, full interior, and Pypes Pype Bomb muffler deletes weighed 3755 at MIR with a half tank of gas and me in it.

[Luke]

For reference, my car with 15" DR's (275/60's on 15x10 RaceStars), the stock 19" fronts, full interior, and Pypes Pype Bomb muffler deletes weighed 3755 at MIR with a half tank of gas and me in it.

I know a lady never tells, but what do you weigh!?

[downtime!]

I know a lady never tells, but what do you weigh!?LOL! I go about 230 these days, was about 30 pounds heavier on that day.