[The Novice]

Hey guys im looking to do a little weight reduction, while keeping my car a Street car, i dont want to rip out the back seats and the carpet and headliner and all, but just wondering what i could do to lose some weight.

Found some Racing seats for $100 for both. Dunno if its worth it. Also wondering what else i could do, thought about moving the batt. to the back. And want to get out the Heater shit, but dont i have to take off the dash? really just wondering how much Weight Racing seats really save, if its worth the price and so on. Thanks for the help guys! - Joe.

[TKOTLARZ]

taking out your front seats i dont think is gonna be that much of a wieght difference..maybe a few pounds...and your headliner and carpet isnt gonna do shit to be honest. lol ...u look into a k-member kit? fiberglass hood? taking out the backseats helps

[Squints]

if you're talking about an aluminum or plastic seat that doesn't do anything except give you a place to plant your ass and back, then you'd be saving some weight. but as far as comfort for every day driving, i wouldn't do it. but that's just me. i had a Corbeau high back bucket in mine when i bought it and the first thing i did was give that thing to the first person who said they'd take it. it was horrible sitting in that thing. but it didn't weigh more than ten lbs.

i'm sure there are others here who can give you more of an opinion on different seats. that cobeau seat is the only one i have had experience with... and i hated it.

[ReverendDexter]

Going to racing seats isn't a weight-reduction thing (though they certainly are lighter than most stock buckets) - it's a safety thing.

Nothing worse than cheap "race" buckets.

[The Novice]

Yeah ok thanks guys, i want to do some reduction but i dunno how. i was thinking of maybe a K-member and A-arms, but is it worth it? I would consider it but is it a bitch to do? I hear ya have to pull the motor out?

So far i have just done the Fiberglass hood, took out the A/C and took out the spare,lol. but i want to do more, just dunno what i can do. Also anyone ever hear about pulling the heater unit from the pass side? I hear the whole thing is like 27-30 lbs? but i dunno if i have to Pull the Dash entirely, or how hard it is. Any one know? Thanks guys for the help! Really appreciate it. - Joe.

[93mustank]

My h-vac weighed 23 lbs

[93hatch]

dont get them unless theyre nicer than yours dude, whole point of weight reduction stuff is cuz most of its free to do

[The Novice]

yeah well my Driver seat is beat up, the guy must have weighted as much as your Profile pic,lol....btw dare i ask where you got that? Do ya just google Fat ass? lol.

Anyways, about the H-vac do you guys think its worth the trouble to take it all out? Is it true you have to pull the entire dash? Or is it not really that bad? Thanks for the input!

[93mustank]

Not really that bad.........

[The Novice]

Ok thanks for the help, Do you know of any online guides? Or is there anything i have to be careful of? Like anything tangled in there i cant take out b/c it could F up my car or anything? And when ya did it i take it you have to take out the entire dash correct? Im hoping not, but it wouldnt surprise me.

[BlackedOut04GT]

Well if you think about it, the whole point of weight reduction is to shed off as much weight as you can. I pound here and there can add up to 20lbs off the car. The key is power to weight, so less weight means going faster. Maybe not feelable faster but it's less weight the motor has to get moving.

[93mustank]

Whole dash needs to come out.........

[The Novice]

Originally Posted by 93hatch dont get them unless theyre nicer than yours dude, whole point of weight reduction stuff is cuz most of its free to do

Yeah i hear ya there, i was just wondering b/c i can pick them both up for $80. Its Cheap and my seat blows, but pointless if they weight more than the original Tweed seats with crappy lumbars.

[89LX347]

seats are fur sure worth it! the stockers weigh a ton. and the cheap plastic ones from jegs dont weigh anything at all. i just bought some kirkeys and they dont weigh that much either, and IMO they look the best.

[The Novice]

Originally Posted by 89LX347 seats are fur sure worth it! the stockers weigh a ton. and the cheap plastic ones from jegs dont weigh anything at all. i just bought some kirkeys and they dont weigh that much either, and IMO they look the best.

Well i was looking into getting lighter seats, but i need them to be at least somewhat confortable, i would go buckets but i have to drive the car around and want something my ass wont go numb in.

I found some race seats, kinda like E3Sean's style. but dunno if they are lighter or not. Do ya know how much the GT seats with lumbars actually weight? Thanks for the input guys!

Also for the Aftermarket K-member do you have to fully pull the motor? Or can you do it partially at all, and is it worth it, i hear some people say its not worth it. and it doesnt respond as well. Any thoughts?

[Notcho]

How much faster are you trying to go? Stripping the car down to a shell wont gain you that much speed... try an ET calculator for the weight of your car, then take off some weight and try it again.

You wont gain a huge amount of ET. Plus if you have to drive this empty can every day, it will get old after a while. Idk, maybe its just me but unless you already have some serious engine/drivetrain mods your gain wont be worth all the trouble lol.

My cousin has been racing his '80 chevy truck... he was using it for a daily driver and had it running a 13.50. Then, he decided to strip all the glass (running lexan) stripped the bumpers, gas tank, dash, speedo, heater box, swapped bench seat for racing bucket, power steering pump delete, windshield wipers, carpet, headliner, tailgate, all the wiring and lights, (probably forgetting some things) but you name it... and without changing anything to the driveline or engine, actually could never get faster than a 13.60... if I had to guess, the engine had so many passes on it that it became "tired." But he did remove a shitton of weight... And now the truck is COMPLETELY useless. lol...

[The Novice]

Yeah your prob. right, the problem is its more of a street car, and its not even done yet, but i was hoping to make some decent power, but with still being in school i have to think whats worth the money, it has a crappy, but still a cam in it ( E-cam ) and some Aftermarket heads. They arnt the best but i dont see the point in changing them for $1500 just to get 25 HP at the moment, especially with my budget. So i was just trying to figure out what all i can do to make it a little faster... Figured since weight reduction is free why not. But i know what ya mean, and im not going to extremes but i dunno what Other mods i could do to may car that wont cost me 1K+ to do, and thats worth it. I was thinking of a Anderson Power pipe perhaps, but u dunno if they actually ad some HP or are just BS. But i dunno what else i can do, kinda stinks though....

[89LX347]

Originally Posted by The Novice Well i was looking into getting lighter seats, but i need them to be at least somewhat confortable, i would go buckets but i have to drive the car around and want something my ass wont go numb in. I found some race seats, kinda like E3Sean's style. but dunno if they are lighter or not. Do ya know how much the GT seats with lumbars actually weight? Thanks for the input guys! Also for the Aftermarket K-member do you have to fully pull the motor? Or can you do it partially at all, and is it worth it, i hear some people say its not worth it. and it doesnt respond as well. Any thoughts?

my kirkeys are super comfortable, no lie.
on the k member question. no you do not, just jack the motor up in the air.ha what do they mean by it "doesnt respond as well"? thats funny. mine took quite a while to install (a full day) but it was by myself and the bolts are stubbors and i did a arms and coilovers too. if you do this i HIGHLY recommend soaking the nuts and bolts in wd-40 the night before. it is worth it.

[flyin ryan]

If your going to drive the car allot then why f' with your seats? there is tons of weight to be loss on other areas of the car.. same goes for the carpet.. Just remove the 6-7lbs worth of sound deadener in the hatch area under the carpet.. I'd suggest a tubular k member/a arms and manual rack conversion, it'll save you allot of weight. Allot more then any type of seats and no carpet would save plus it would be weight off the front of the car where you want it off. Relocate the battery to the back. Get a march or knock off brand from ebay and you'll be able to run just three pulleys with the manual rack conversion... CLeaner and easier to work on in the engine bay.

Install of the k member is cake, just unbolt motor mounts and h or x pipe and raise the motor an 1" up and you'll be fine. No need to pull the motor from the car and I've had four different k members in three different cars... all of them street driven and raced and never had a problem with the tubular k members. Also four different brands as well

Remove the front swaybar and there's another 20 or possibly 30lbs right there.

[ryans88gt]

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