03-18-2009, 04:24 PM | #1 |
Weight reduction on camaro?
any streetable/realistic weight reduction ideas?
for one i would like to know how much weight can be saved by swapping out those 55 gallon drums they are using for mufflers!
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03-18-2009, 04:40 PM | #2 |
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The best weight reduction is removing your friends and/or terrified girlfriend from the car.
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03-18-2009, 04:42 PM | #3 |
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noooo keep the girlfriend.... get rid of the backseats...
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03-18-2009, 04:55 PM | #5 |
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Exactly. Get rid of the passenger seat...and all clothing
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03-18-2009, 05:07 PM | #6 |
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Buy a used vette!
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03-18-2009, 05:09 PM | #7 |
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Vette convertible....
makes things easy... plus then you have the back deck lid.. Boy did we ever get off topic
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03-18-2009, 05:18 PM | #8 |
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I thought about this, I think the obvious would be switching out the seats. Sparco makes very light wieght seats, next would be Carbon fiber hood maybe. But the best and easy way to cut wieght is to buy light weight wheels, the stock wheels on the camaro are well over 30lbs!!!
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03-18-2009, 05:19 PM | #9 |
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Not much, nothing worth the money IMO. If you wanted to shred 200 lbs on the car it would be an empty cab, seat and steering wheel only. Removing back seats will make no noticeable difference and swapping out the hood for a carbon fiber is really expensive and also would make no noticeable difference. The ricers do it because they are dumb; hence the reason the cruze rice.
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That's 112 pounds. Way better than taking your seat out which was discussed in an ealier thread and not supported.
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03-18-2009, 05:29 PM | #12 |
Booooosted.
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You can also make sure you're alone in the car.
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03-18-2009, 05:52 PM | #13 |
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No, not really. In short my point was if you are worried about weight forget the 4 seater Camaro and get a lighter 2 seat Vette with the same engine and a lot less weight.
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03-18-2009, 06:30 PM | #14 |
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Coulnd't agree more. If you're worried about weight and are willing to take out the back seat, why even consider the camaro when used C5 ZO6's can be had for less than the 1SS MSRP.
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