Weight Reduction Pays

[Little G]

Well I took out all the useless padding underneath my carpet last night. I am now $6.38 richer from all the change under there! Gonna run at E-town Wednesday night. Shooting for lower 14s, I might cry real tears if I hit 13s.

[MustangEater8251]

pfft... I pulled the interior in my 94 once...(Had a race with a modded 3.8L and the night before the race I found out he got like 3 more bolt ons since the last time we raced) I found ~$20 in quarters

http://www.porteightyhosting.com/uploads/Image002.jpg

Also I decided it was a good idea to pull the carpet and give it a good cleaning my carpet was a little rough [img]smile.gif[/img]

http://www.porteightyhosting.com/uploads/Image001.jpg

[White95]

LOL I just pulled my seats out and there was a ton of **** under them....I'm only $3.69 richer though

[12secondv6]

Did you also cut out the black plastic sound deadening too?

[1DangerousV6]

yup..lol..i think i found like $2.50 when i pulled my seats out [img]smile.gif[/img]

[AZ3.8Camaro]

Man a 14.2 with minimal mods. That sucks. I need to move to NJ where the temp is below zero, the DA is below zero and track must be downhill.. [img]smile.gif[/img]

There is not a CHANCE IN HELL I can hit a 14.2 NA cam gears, doesn't matter. 14.8ish will be the best I can see.

[12secondv6]

NJ OWNZ!

[Little G]

Originally posted by 12secondv6:
Did you also cut out the black plastic sound deadening too?

We started to get to that, but it was too securely installed. We're planning on saving that for when we pull the airbags 'cause we'll have the dash apart then.

[1DangerousV6]

Little G...do you know approximately how many lbs. you've shaved off?...im curious to know how you guys do it...all the sh*t you remove...you and James both have cars that weigh like 300 lbs. less than mine...with you in them! ...thats crazy [img]smile.gif[/img]

[AaronG]

when i took out my center console, i found like $10, back seats were another 2-3. or just open up your shop vac, thats easy money

[1DangerousV6]

Originally posted by AZ3.8Camaro:
Man a 14.2 with minimal mods. That sucks. I need to move to NJ where the temp is below zero, the DA is below zero and track must be downhill.. [img]smile.gif[/img]

There is not a CHANCE IN HELL I can hit a 14.2 NA cam gears, doesn't matter. 14.8ish will be the best I can see.

exactly man...damn...14.2 on those mods...craziness [img]smile.gif[/img] ...i could do that...if my 3.42s drop me almost a full second lol

[WickEdSix9838]

Originally posted by 1DangerousV6:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by AZ3.8Camaro:
Man a 14.2 with minimal mods. That sucks. I need to move to NJ where the temp is below zero, the DA is below zero and track must be downhill.. [img]smile.gif[/img]

There is not a CHANCE IN HELL I can hit a 14.2 NA cam gears, doesn't matter. 14.8ish will be the best I can see.

exactly man...damn...14.2 on those mods...craziness [img]smile.gif[/img] ...i could do that...if my 3.42s drop me almost a full second lol </font>[/QUOTE]he just puts his power to the ground. Put a 3.73 or 4.10 in your car with a big torque converter, and good suspension and yours would run a lot quicker. I really need to put more gear in mine but i still do a lot of highway driving so ill have to stick w/the 3.73 for now. If i buy a 12 bolt in the near future it will definately have atleast a 4.10 though, maybe a 4.30 or 4.56.

[1DangerousV6]

^^^thats why i dont want to go any higher than 3.42 because i do pretty much all highway driving living in albany

[Little G]

3000rpm @ 80mph, you get used to it. IMO a fair exchange for the added acceleration. Mileage went up ~1mpg. As for weights, my stock race weight was probably around 3400 lbs. And I now have it down to just under 3200. I'll know the exact weight tomorrow night after the track. Thats with !Seats, !Jack, !spare, !carpet padding, !front sway bar, race wheels front and back. And yes Jersey is about perfect race conditions.

[WickEdSix9838]

Originally posted by Little G:
3000rpm @ 80mph, you get used to it. IMO a fair exchange for the added acceleration. Mileage went up ~1mpg. As for weights, my stock race weight was probably around 3400 lbs. And I now have it down to just under 3200. I'll know the exact weight tomorrow night after the track. Thats with !Seats, !Jack, !spare, !carpet padding, !front sway bar, race wheels front and back. And yes Jersey is about perfect race conditions.

has your rear end made any extra noise after numerous 5k dumps? Mine has started to whine on deceleration w/the clutch in....i wanna race this weekend but I'm kinda nervous about going.