I have a 1964 Plymouth I race in NSS/A and looking to lose some weight. I'm thinking about some front end parts, IE upper & lower control arms modified K frame maybe even some fiberglass doors from Sled city. I already have fiberglass bumpers, decklid, hood & finders Car weighs 3155 with me (I weight 235) in it already. Anyone using aftermarket control arms?
The factory upper arms only weigh about #7. I was able to knock about #18 off the K-frame. Replace the steering column shaft with tubing #5, strut rods #3 with tubing. 1/8" Lexan (except windshield) no regulators with straps to move the windows saved #85. The master cylinder bracket under the dash was tied to the cage dash bar so co the master cylinder reinforcement plate could be left off. Carbon fiber bumper brackets #2 total for all. No undercoating anywhere, even the insides of the 1/4 panels. The stock dash cluster was removed and the gauges were mounted in 1/8" aluminum w/ stock bezel, All dash switch have been replaced with lighter replacements (stock heavy knobs have been retained). My "stock seats" are#18 each with the floor brackets. Honestly your cars as light as anyone that I know of with a B-Body that still retains stock stuff. You're 200 lighter than me empty 2920-3120. I'm all steel except the hood. My scoop is heavy #15. I also run a heavy fan (#12), fire system (#20) and 2 batterys (#45 each), heavy bat cable #7,mega block + #75,also a lot of cage tubing (25 pieces). My old school American wheels weigh a ton also. The rears with slicks, no tubes are #52 each. So you can see there are a lot of little areas that can help. I would bet by removing steel bumpers, 2nd battery, mega block and adding your wheels that mine could be down to 2950 even with steel doors, fenders, and deck lid.
Good luck Doug
