Stock passenger seat w/bracket is less than 40#.
Sam
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Gary
Hedlin
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 9:24 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: A question of curriosity
Well, I was told the general rule is for every 100lbs you can drop, will
drop a tenth off your ET. My personal best is a 17.6 as is (17.3 with
RT
rims). I was planning on removing the hard tonneau, spare tire,
tailgate,
and replace the stock rear bumper with a roll pan. I was also
considering
yanking the passenger seat and subs. I'm estimating that should shave
200-300 lbs. I guess i'm looking for some solid numbers to base my
predictions.
Gary Hedlin
in article aujbgk$jqb$1@bent.twistedbits.net, andy levy at
andylevy@yahoo.com wrote on 12/27/02 11:06 PM:
>
> You're in for a battle to shave off 600 pounds. As I recall, the
front
> bumper assembly is light enough that one person can throw it around
> pretty easily. Rear bumper would be lighter (since it's smaller).
> Losing the tailgate will get you another 75 pounds I'd guess (haven't
> lifted one myself aside from opening/closing it - plenty of people
> install/remove them singlehandedly). Lose the spare, run with 1/4
tank
> of gas, there's lots of little things you can do but 600 pounds is a
> <b>lot</b> to drop.
>
> I know Bob Tom has done some pretty drastic weight saving attempts
> (draining the washer fluid resevior), hopefully he's got some tricks
up
> his sleeve.
>
> Gary Hedlin wrote:
>> I'm trying to shave off a few pounds off my truck for next race
season, and
>> I was wondering how much a stock bumper, and tailgate weighs. Right
now the
>> truck weighs in at 3800 lbs without driver, with my tonneau on, and
an 1/2
>> full tank. I'm shooting for a weigh in weight of 3200 lbs. Anyone
have any
>> ideas of how to do this?
>>
>> Gary Hedlin
>
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