cut some weight?

[TheCaptain]

Originally Posted by MisterCamaro69

ZR1 has gobs of titanium.

And carbon fibre!

[UsedTaHaveA68]

Originally Posted by TheCaptain

And carbon fibre!

And magnesium!

Ok, not gobs. But some. For the engine cradle.

[tmo1113]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

one big thing I got to thinking about and I dont know whether the Camaro has it or not. is the sound deadening foam/stuff that is put into the frame tubes? might be able to remove it for some weight savings

Yes it does check this out.

[djsnoflake]

OK how about in all honesty, losing some weight if you are kinda big? I went from 320 lbs to 220. And someone on here said 100 lbs = 10 HP. So my car gained 10 HP before I even bought it

[Matrix]

Originally Posted by jordan 572

how could you lighten up the maro

Take a dump before you go for a spin

[Xanthos]

Originally Posted by cam2fst4u

it would be better than ripping the interior out right?

Absolutely not. I'd strip the interior to the bone before I did anything that would damage the drivetrain.
- Xanthos

[tmo1113]

Originally Posted by XanthosV6

This is such a bad idea. Your fuel pump is designed to operate with gas in the tank. Running with the tank always low can cause it to fail prematurely.
- Xanthos

He said FULL tank, now I'm assuming your talking about the fuel pump that's pretty much the only thing that will fail prematurely, which usally kick's in with less then 1/4 tank of gas so in theory you could leave less gas in the car (did this many of times at the track) and still not "hurt" your car.

[Xanthos]

Originally Posted by tmo1113

He said FULL tank, now I'm assuming your talking about the fuel pump that's pretty much the only thing that will fail prematurely, which usally kick's in with less then 1/4 tank of gas so in theory you could leave less gas in the car (did this many of times at the track) and still not "hurt" your car.

Actually, he said "only keep a couple gallons in it." Assuming couple means two - that's 1/10 of the tank. Even with 3 its still less than 1/6. Running maybe a half tank when you go to the track is fine, but only a couple gallons?

I think not.
- Xanthos

[CamaroSpike23]

Originally Posted by tmo1113

Yes it does check this out.

I thought it did....now...how to get it out for weight savings?

Originally Posted by djsnoflake

OK how about in all honesty, losing some weight if you are kinda big? I went from 320 lbs to 220. And someone on here said 100 lbs = 10 HP. So my car gained 10 HP before I even bought it

I like your logic. tho I dont consider it 100lbs = 10hp, its more of a 100lbs =1/10sec.

lt1 bolton record fbody only had around 346hp.... weighed around 2900 lbs... so thats 800 lbs from stock... so +80 hp.....making the car to have 426hp.... awesome. lol

[Gentry78]

Originally Posted by UsedTaHaveA68

The Camaro comes with an aluminum radiator. And the block is already aluminum. Not sure you'll find a material to make a lighter block than that.

no, but you could have the block and tranny cnc'd that will shave off a lil weight and take off any sharp edges that will make the them stronger