weight reduction

jrh_1980 · April 15th, 2008, 12:43 PM

on a stock 89LX body, and chassis what can be done fairly cost effectively to lighten it up. aside from removing the seats. I still have a front sway bar think i am gonna jerk that out... gonna go with draglite wheels... by the way if anyone has some 4 lug front draglites they wanna sell shoot me a pm.

93hatch · April 15th, 2008, 01:14 PM

entire ac system, power steering (manual steering rack), get some racing seats off summit, carpet, fiberglass hood, aluminum heads, tubular front k member

1slo5.0 · April 15th, 2008, 01:17 PM

Mustang weight information

ryans88gt · April 15th, 2008, 01:48 PM

Smog pump would be the first on my list...

Iwannagofast · April 15th, 2008, 02:08 PM

take out all old carpet....put down dynamat instead of all that insulation.....then just the carpet on top of that....get a new carpet because that old one will be heavy with dust

1982matthew · April 15th, 2008, 02:20 PM

+1 on smog pump and if you don't want a/c can that stuff.

jrh_1980 · April 15th, 2008, 02:35 PM

a lot of good info here. No ac already, how hard is it to convert to manual rack steering? tubular k member is expensive. I was looking at the granatelli k member kit in jegs. i think i want to convert to coil over suspension. no smog pump either. 4" fiberglass hood will be here tomorrow hopefully. whats the story on the dynamat stuff.

Iwannagofast · April 15th, 2008, 02:39 PM

i have had a lil experience with it because i did some subwoofer competitions and i had it put on the roof of my toyota because the subs were firing straight up and that would bounce the sound back down to keep the db's up some more.....but its a lot lighter than all of your insulation and it still keeps a lot of the sound out....you can get it at audio stores but thats probly not the cheapest place to find it

1slo5.0 · April 15th, 2008, 02:52 PM

Summit sells Dynamat.

April 15th, 2008, 12:43 PM	#1
jrh_1980 Regular 89 Mustang LX 7.90@90mph 8th Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Macomb, Illinois Posts: 151 iTrader: 1 reviews	weight reduction on a stock 89LX body, and chassis what can be done fairly cost effectively to lighten it up. aside from removing the seats. I still have a front sway bar think i am gonna jerk that out... gonna go with draglite wheels... by the way if anyone has some 4 lug front draglites they wanna sell shoot me a pm.

April 15th, 2008, 01:14 PM	#2
93hatch Banned 1992 Lx 11.39@119.24 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Az Posts: 11,644 iTrader: 0 reviews	entire ac system, power steering (manual steering rack), get some racing seats off summit, carpet, fiberglass hood, aluminum heads, tubular front k member __________________ [QUOTE=93mustank;2577445]We speed tested my right arm for quickness in shifts... So he could design the cam for proper shift recovery.[/QUOTE]

April 15th, 2008, 01:17 PM	#3
1slo5.0 MM Ninjas! 1990 Mustang LX 9.36@143 mph Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Posts: 11,375 iTrader: 1 reviews	Mustang weight information __________________ My daily driver has 16 cylinders and 4400hp @ 1000 rpm.... ***1988 Mustang GT - Stock....almost

April 15th, 2008, 01:48 PM	#4
ryans88gt MM Fanatic Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bloomington, IL Posts: 4,737 iTrader: 0 reviews	Smog pump would be the first on my list... __________________ 88 GT CHI headed 351w 10.8 @ 125 - still figuring it out. 03 Cobra 2.3 whipple 10.7 @ 129 - sold it 04 Mach 1 12.7 @ 109 mostly stock - sold it 89 LX procharged 302 515 hp 497 ftlbs 10.7 @130 mph - sold it

April 15th, 2008, 02:52 PM	#9
1slo5.0 MM Ninjas! 1990 Mustang LX 9.36@143 mph Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Posts: 11,375 iTrader: 1 reviews	Summit sells Dynamat. __________________ My daily driver has 16 cylinders and 4400hp @ 1000 rpm.... ***1988 Mustang GT - Stock....almost

April 15th, 2008, 02:20 PM	#6
1982matthew Regular 1993 GT 13.2@105 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nazareth, Pa Posts: 192 iTrader: 0 reviews	+1 on smog pump and if you don't want a/c can that stuff.

April 15th, 2008, 02:35 PM	#7
jrh_1980 Regular 89 Mustang LX 7.90@90mph 8th Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Macomb, Illinois Posts: 151 iTrader: 1 reviews	a lot of good info here. No ac already, how hard is it to convert to manual rack steering? tubular k member is expensive. I was looking at the granatelli k member kit in jegs. i think i want to convert to coil over suspension. no smog pump either. 4" fiberglass hood will be here tomorrow hopefully. whats the story on the dynamat stuff.

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