WEIGHT REDUCTION

[speednut]

Is there anyway for serious weight reduction on these trucks?

 

[newmexicoviper]

Get ride of the factory 20inch spare thats worth almost 80#'s.

 

[nycstev]

Is there anyway for serious weight reduction on these trucks?

CF Drive shaft, CF leafsprings, Stinkers axle, Swap out Control arms, Replace trailer hitch, Dont forget jack and owners manual!

 

[mosrt10]

remove the seat,hood,bed,frame.

 

[Prof]

Serious...like 1500 lbs...no.

Maybe a thousand, but you still weight half a ton more than a Z06.

 

[includemeout]

remove the seat,hood,bed,frame.

Take the whole truck apart and send the parts to AeroChem in El Mirage Ca.

They do chemical milling (with acid. no not LSD). Just tell them how much metal to remove, repaint and wala Wieght Reduction

 

[Ram From Hell]

Is there anyway for serious weight reduction on these trucks?

How about transplanting the drivetrain into an S-10 rolling chassis?

 

[Annu Kumar]

How about transplanting the drivetrain into an S-10 rolling chassis?

hey Bone Has A Fred Flinstone Mod

 

[Django]

Rip out your drivetrain and put it in a Hillman Minx...... or a Sunbeam Alpine.

D

 

[belgiumbarry]

can we fill our chassis with Helium ? :dontknow:

 

[Django]

can we fill our chassis with Helium ? :dontknow:

Sure, you can syphon some out of Mikey's loafers..........

D

 

[belgiumbarry]

Sure, you can syphon some out of Mikey's loafers..........

D

ok for me if it is still corrosive protective....and not tooo explosive....:rock:

 

[Trainman]

I weighed the following items...Front wheels and tires are 88 lbs each, tailgate is 60 lbs, and a hard shell cover is about 120 lbs. I purchased some 20X8.5 wheels with 245-45-20 tires and save about 60 lbs off the front. I weighed the truck with 1/4 tank, no spare or jack,stock wheels and tires plus the hard shell cover on the bed and it weighed 5000 lbs without me. I ran in August with 240 lbs less than normal and gained nothing!!! So don't worry about too much weight reduction.

 

[speednut]

ok I was hoping for some new space age wonder frame with above mentioned mods to reduce 800#s knock 1 second off my et.

 

[speednut]

weighted truck other day with 3/4 tank and me in it weighted 5365

 

[mysrt10]

carbon fiber hood

i was looking into these hoods. i'm going to call on tuseday and try to find out more.

http://www.grounddynamics.com/merchant/mainpage.htm

 

[Alberta-SRT]

Really light SRT

This guy has done all the things mentioned, spare, passenger seat, jack and more.
Doesn't look very comfortable to drive though

 

[SrtBrad]

I weighed the following items...Front wheels and tires are 88 lbs each, tailgate is 60 lbs, and a hard shell cover is about 120 lbs. I purchased some 20X8.5 wheels with 245-45-20 tires and save about 60 lbs off the front. I weighed the truck with 1/4 tank, no spare or jack,stock wheels and tires plus the hard shell cover on the bed and it weighed 5000 lbs without me. I ran in August with 240 lbs less than normal and gained nothing!!! So don't worry about too much weight reduction.

I can say I witnessed the weight reduction and can say it didn't do anything for Jerry.

Jerry you want to join me this Wednesday in Sacramento?

 

[Prof]

This guy has done all the things mentioned, spare, passenger seat, jack and more.
Doesn't look very comfortable to drive though

He still has cats, needs boomers shifter, and needs to get rid of those rear calipers so he can run 15 inch slicks...got a lot of work to do, not to mention the body replacement!

 

[includemeout]

He still has cats, needs boomers shifter, and needs to get rid of those rear calipers so he can run 15 inch slicks...got a lot of work to do, not to mention the body replacement!

Ah hell, just make a Viper motorcycle out of it.......the ultimate wieght loss