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Old 05-12-2015, 12:02 AM   #28 (permalink)
oil pan 4
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I have finely decided on some weight reduction mods for the Camaro.
1 a fabricated tubular front cross member, it also makes room for funky engine, oil pan and exhaust combos.
2 I would like to replace the back glass with lexan because I am in an extreme hail threat area. It should have been busted out by the last 2 hail storms.
3 fiber glass hood. Its lighter and gives more room under the hood.
4 A moser made ford 9 inch, with disc brakes and aluminum 3rd member. It replaces hulking GM cast iron diff and drum brakes with stamped, fabricated steel and cast aluminum.
5 fabricated rear control arms. My old stamped GM iron is pretty rusty, as if they were equipped with rust at the factory. These fabricated units are stronger, lighter and relatively cheap.
6 Replace the old 2 core copper/brass radiator with aluminum.

What I am not doing,
Fabricated front lower control arms. They cost around $550 and they only save about "5 pounds" according to the manufacture and some of them use a funky looking ball joint setup.

Already done.
I replaced the lead acid with LiFePO4 a long time ago.
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