Wanna see drastic weight loss?
This guy cut "speed holes" in the unibody of his car in an attempt to
lighten the thing...
"hole sawed a lot of holes in rear trunk/frame rail area (wore out 4 hole
saws and one new drill)
gutted trunk floor and removed fuel cell, floor replaced with 20 thousands
thick aluminum"
oh my.
""Tony Cellana"" <acellan1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:00c001c2ae9d$b0266540$bf5f2241@a.tampabay.rr.com...
>
> Toss the bed. I don't think 3200 is doable unless you start throwing the
> interior and sheet metal away.
>
> My 99 RC R/T weighs in at 3760 with me or about 3600 without me. This is
> with a rollpan, no sways, 1/8th tank, light weight rims, ET Streets and
> 165x15 tires, no tailgate, no spare, no tonneau, no jack, no speaker
> enclosures.
>
> TonyC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Hedlin <ghedlin@theramp.net>
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Date: Saturday, December 28, 2002 12:00 AM
> Subject: DML: A question of curriosity
>
>
> >
> >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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