After this month I will be done with all my cosmetic changes to my GT500.
Before I start slapping on Crazy amounts of horsepower I want to slim down the weight of my car first. Starting with the rotating parts first then to the others without going crazy in areas such as the rear seat deletes and removing sway bars. (If I wanted 2 seats I would be in a Z06.)
Here is a comprehensive list of what I have come up with so far. Totaling over 500 lbs+ in weight reduction!! 300 lbs+ is about all that is $$ feasable. The 3k for a short block alone is a bit much for my budget along with some of the other carbonfiber pieces.. 2k for 13 lbs savings is a bit extreme, but this is a WHAT IF I WAS Made of $$ list/or what is possible if $$ was no object.
1) Aluminum Driveshaft or Carbon Fiber Driveshaft ( -30lbs+) **Carbonfiber one from MMR weighs 1/2 the amount of Alum. one and doesn't require a driveshaft loop
2) Crankshaft Balancer Pully {mines an 07} (-12 lbs)
3) Tubular K-Member (-20lbs)
4) Tubular A-Arms (-11.2lbs)
5) Braille Light Weight Battery (-17lbs) (-21lbs to -15lbs depending on the battery)
6) Alum. Short Block (-100lbs)
7) 2-Piece brake rotors Front/Rear (~-40lbs) {STRANGE} Using 2-piece other will ~12 lbs
8) Forged Wheels (~18lbs+depending on wheels and size)
9) Lightweight Seats Driver/pass (-57lbs)
10) Ford Racing Shorty headers (-9 lbs)
11) X-pipe NO CATS (-??lbs)
12) Lower Control Arms (-6lbs)
13) SLP Loud Mouth Exhaust or Magnaflow with Muffler delete (-22lbs)
--no mufflers--
14) Remover Rear Axles Dampers (-10lbs)
15) Carbonfiber Trunk @ $2,000[OEM weight??? - 8 lbs] (-??lbs)
16) Carbonfiber doors: 10 lbs each @ $4,000 (-??lbs) Need OEM weight
17) Carbonfiber fenders @ $890 each(-13 lbs for left + right fendors)
18) Panhard bar (-?? lbs)
19) Removed Rear Sub Box for Shaker 1000 (-56lbs)
20) Coil-over Front/rear suspension kit (-50lbs+) ***based on 50lbs Eibach Coilover kit weight compared to OEM suspension weight
21) Remove Strut Tower Brace (-4.5lbs)
=487.5lbs
Other Areas: (Lose handling/braking/passenger room) Drag Racing
1) Rear set Delete (-20lbs-30lbs) Anyone have exact numbers? alot of conflicting info on weights here.
2) Front Sway Bar Delete (-17lbs)
3) Radiator Support Brace Delete (-11lbs)
4) Drag Racing Brakes (-76.3 lbs)
5) Remove AC (-60lbs)
6) Delete Windshield Res. (-10lbs)
7) CARBON Fiber Seats 8lbs each (-another 34lbs!!) Put these down here, since they don't look very confortable for long hauls.
8) Shorty Antenna (-.001 lbs)
9) Remove all stereo wiring/subs/radio/speakers (-30lbs)
OVER 650 lbs+!!!!! if your going All out race... Watch out Z06's.... U just lost your edge.
I'm sure Im missing some areas. Thanks Kyl for your list as well, I added in alot of yours that I was missing. Feel free to chime in some others or correct anything I may of mistyped.
Stock GT500 Parts Weights:
Shaker 1000 Sub Assembly with Amplifier/brackets____________56 lbs
Hood__________________________________________________34 lbs
Battery________________________________________________36 lbs
Headers________________________________________________24 lbs
Rear Sway Bar__________________________________________19lbs
5.4L Iron Short Block_____________________________________230lbs
Stock Supercharger_______________________________________36lbs
OEM Shock_______________________________________________4lbs
OEM Spring ______________________________________________6lbs
OEM Wheels (Each)______________________________________36 lbs Front
______________________________________________________37 lbs Rear
Wheels + Tires__________________________________________58 lbs Front
______________________________________________________60 lbs Rear
Upper Strut Brace________________________________________4.5lbs
Stock Intake+filter_______________________________________7.0lbs
Stock Panhard Bar+Brace__________________________________9.5lbs
Before I start slapping on Crazy amounts of horsepower I want to slim down the weight of my car first. Starting with the rotating parts first then to the others without going crazy in areas such as the rear seat deletes and removing sway bars. (If I wanted 2 seats I would be in a Z06.)
Here is a comprehensive list of what I have come up with so far. Totaling over 500 lbs+ in weight reduction!! 300 lbs+ is about all that is $$ feasable. The 3k for a short block alone is a bit much for my budget along with some of the other carbonfiber pieces.. 2k for 13 lbs savings is a bit extreme, but this is a WHAT IF I WAS Made of $$ list/or what is possible if $$ was no object.
1) Aluminum Driveshaft or Carbon Fiber Driveshaft ( -30lbs+) **Carbonfiber one from MMR weighs 1/2 the amount of Alum. one and doesn't require a driveshaft loop
2) Crankshaft Balancer Pully {mines an 07} (-12 lbs)
3) Tubular K-Member (-20lbs)
4) Tubular A-Arms (-11.2lbs)
5) Braille Light Weight Battery (-17lbs) (-21lbs to -15lbs depending on the battery)
6) Alum. Short Block (-100lbs)
7) 2-Piece brake rotors Front/Rear (~-40lbs) {STRANGE} Using 2-piece other will ~12 lbs
8) Forged Wheels (~18lbs+depending on wheels and size)
9) Lightweight Seats Driver/pass (-57lbs)
10) Ford Racing Shorty headers (-9 lbs)
11) X-pipe NO CATS (-??lbs)
12) Lower Control Arms (-6lbs)
13) SLP Loud Mouth Exhaust or Magnaflow with Muffler delete (-22lbs)
--no mufflers--
14) Remover Rear Axles Dampers (-10lbs)
15) Carbonfiber Trunk @ $2,000[OEM weight??? - 8 lbs] (-??lbs)
16) Carbonfiber doors: 10 lbs each @ $4,000 (-??lbs) Need OEM weight
17) Carbonfiber fenders @ $890 each(-13 lbs for left + right fendors)
18) Panhard bar (-?? lbs)
19) Removed Rear Sub Box for Shaker 1000 (-56lbs)
20) Coil-over Front/rear suspension kit (-50lbs+) ***based on 50lbs Eibach Coilover kit weight compared to OEM suspension weight
21) Remove Strut Tower Brace (-4.5lbs)
=487.5lbs
Other Areas: (Lose handling/braking/passenger room) Drag Racing
1) Rear set Delete (-20lbs-30lbs) Anyone have exact numbers? alot of conflicting info on weights here.
2) Front Sway Bar Delete (-17lbs)
3) Radiator Support Brace Delete (-11lbs)
4) Drag Racing Brakes (-76.3 lbs)
5) Remove AC (-60lbs)
6) Delete Windshield Res. (-10lbs)
7) CARBON Fiber Seats 8lbs each (-another 34lbs!!) Put these down here, since they don't look very confortable for long hauls.
8) Shorty Antenna (-.001 lbs)
9) Remove all stereo wiring/subs/radio/speakers (-30lbs)
OVER 650 lbs+!!!!! if your going All out race... Watch out Z06's.... U just lost your edge.
I'm sure Im missing some areas. Thanks Kyl for your list as well, I added in alot of yours that I was missing. Feel free to chime in some others or correct anything I may of mistyped.
Stock GT500 Parts Weights:
Shaker 1000 Sub Assembly with Amplifier/brackets____________56 lbs
Hood__________________________________________________34 lbs
Battery________________________________________________36 lbs
Headers________________________________________________24 lbs
Rear Sway Bar__________________________________________19lbs
5.4L Iron Short Block_____________________________________230lbs
Stock Supercharger_______________________________________36lbs
OEM Shock_______________________________________________4lbs
OEM Spring ______________________________________________6lbs
OEM Wheels (Each)______________________________________36 lbs Front
______________________________________________________37 lbs Rear
Wheels + Tires__________________________________________58 lbs Front
______________________________________________________60 lbs Rear
Upper Strut Brace________________________________________4.5lbs
Stock Intake+filter_______________________________________7.0lbs
Stock Panhard Bar+Brace__________________________________9.5lbs
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