FURYIOUS lightening

[cbodybob]

No need for any hinges on a Glass lift off hood
& lift off trunk lid, dzues fastened

glass doors

glass bumpers & alum. brackets, alum bolts

Lexan, instead of glass all around

alum. or carbon-fiber driveshaft
alum center sections &/or cover etc.
both/all pricey, but will drop some good weight

lightweight aluminum or forged wheels even better
no steelies at all 'on any real racecar'
also can be pricey but well worth it getting rid of rotating mass
it will improve your ets/mph too

Hell it's already caged
gut the steel out of the car, floorplans, tubbs, tunnel, firewall
& replace with aluminum 40% of the weight in equal thickness
& welded in floor seat mounts, also 2x3" frame sections,
no more frame connectors & to get the stiffness back in

seats are heavy, get a real racing seat

battery relocated in the pass side trunk
where it does you some good
it transfers that much weight to the rear, is like dbl'd value,
what you removed off the front/added to the rear

a good lightweight fuel cell, alum. fittings,
hard lines instead of hoses

lightweight fasteners, where ever you can
all can add up in cost & weight too, you'd be surprised
what some hardware weighs

sounds like it's pretty well gutted already,
to be that light, with 'one of them tanks'

it's all about the power to weight ratio
a ton of it can be done in the garage at home in a couple of weekends
maybe quicker with some experienced help/ers
replace anything that's steel with aluminum
or fiberglass even where applicable

good luck have fun & go fast
how fast ?
depends on how much work & how much you want to spend ?
some of it is just sweat equity

Most of that’s been done. I think outside the box. You guys will learn that as you get to know me. Most of what you mentioned above has been done to it. Tin trans tunnel is something I’m considering & lite weight brakes. I’d love to do an engine set back. I came real close to moving the rear up 1/2 inch. Wish I had, but this car is so unconventional. Putting a LS swapped Fox on the trailer with a big ole Disco Fury….priceless

 

[cbodybob]

No need for any hinges on a Glass lift off hood
& lift off trunk lid, dzues fastened

glass doors

glass bumpers & alum. brackets, alum bolts

Lexan, instead of glass all around

alum. or carbon-fiber driveshaft
alum center sections &/or cover etc.
both/all pricey, but will drop some good weight

lightweight aluminum or forged wheels even better
no steelies at all 'on any real racecar'
also can be pricey but well worth it getting rid of rotating mass
it will improve your ets/mph too

Hell it's already caged
gut the steel out of the car, floorplans, tubbs, tunnel, firewall
& replace with aluminum 40% of the weight in equal thickness
& welded in floor seat mounts, also 2x3" frame sections,
no more frame connectors & to get the stiffness back in

seats are heavy, get a real racing seat

battery relocated in the pass side trunk
where it does you some good
it transfers that much weight to the rear, is like dbl'd value,
what you removed off the front/added to the rear

a good lightweight fuel cell, alum. fittings,
hard lines instead of hoses

lightweight fasteners, where ever you can
all can add up in cost & weight too, you'd be surprised
what some hardware weighs

sounds like it's pretty well gutted already,
to be that light, with 'one of them tanks'

it's all about the power to weight ratio
a ton of it can be done in the garage at home in a couple of weekends
maybe quicker with some experienced help/ers
replace anything that's steel with aluminum
or fiberglass even where applicable

good luck have fun & go fast
how fast ?
depends on how much work & how much you want to spend ?
some of it is just sweat equity

Also as far as the frame connectors I like the way Chris Birdsong does his. I think he’s on to something.

 

[Badvert65]

Hey Bob, I lightened my K frame also. All the holes I could reach were dimpled.
Went from 43 pounds down to 34 pounds. I took 3 pounds of dirt and gravel out of the K frame, the rest is hole saw.

 

[cbodybob]

Hey Bob, I lightened my K frame also. All the holes I could reach were dimpled.
Went from 43 pounds down to 34 pounds. I took 3 pounds of dirt and gravel out of the K frame, the rest is hole saw.
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Hum….I like it. Does it flex

 

[Badvert65]

Not that I can tell. It is primarily a drag car that (rarely) sees street duty.

 

[biomedtechguy]

At 6'3" 270# I could get a little skinny guy or girl to drive the 1320 but where is the fun in that?
Good job on the weight reduction, and I am thrilled with my QA1 K-member and complete front suspension (SPC UCAs)

 

[cbodybob]

At 6'3" 270# I could get a little skinny guy or girl to drive the 1320 but where is the fun in that?
Good job on the weight reduction, and I am thrilled with my QA1 K-member and complete front suspension (SPC UCAs)

Yea I’m 6’4 @250 I could use some weight reduction on myself

 

[biomedtechguy]

Yea I’m 6’4 @250 I could use some weight reduction on myself

Great job on the car, especially if most of that weight reduction isn't obvious from the "outside" view.
If I had a time machine, I could go to my "fighting weight" of 195 but that was the 80s, and I worked on a beer truck, dug trenches to bury PVC pipes for cable, worked offshore as a deck hand, and was doing martial arts 5 nights a week.
It's funny, out of all those physical jobs, the beer delivery was the best exercise. I pushed myself, hard, and it was great aerobic and multiple reps of lifting from 15 to 80 pounds.
Oh well..the best I've done in the last 15 years was 225, so I guess that would be a reasonable goal.

 

[cbodybob]

Great job on the car, especially if most of that weight reduction isn't obvious from the "outside" view.
If I had a time machine, I could go to my "fighting weight" of 195 but that was the 80s, and I worked on a beer truck, dug trenches to bury PVC pipes for cable, worked offshore as a deck hand, and was doing martial arts 5 nights a week.
It's funny, out of all those physical jobs, the beer delivery was the best exercise. I pushed myself, hard, and it was great aerobic and multiple reps of lifting from 15 to 80 pounds.
Oh well..the best I've done in the last 15 years was 225, so I guess that would be a reasonable goal.

I’d be happy at 225

 

[dvw]

I've been working hard to get to 190lbs. 12-15 miles every day on the stationary bike. But I like beer and desert. Getting close 6.0@195
Doug

 

[cbodybob]

I've been working hard to get to 190lbs. 12-15 miles every day on the stationary bike. But I like beer and desert. Getting close 6.0@195
Doug

You’ll get there. Keep at it

 

[Gunner1]

LOL at 75 i'm just happy to fit in the car.

 

[biomedtechguy]

LOL at 75 i'm just happy to fit in the car.

At 75? I'll be happy to still be sucking air.
May God bless us all to race and enjoy our cars for many years more!

 

[dvw]

I'm still a kid. Only 67
Doug

 

[70bigblockdodge]

You guys making me feel young at 55, why does everything ache so bad? 10-15 more years I'll really be crippled up.

 

[biomedtechguy]

You guys making me feel young at 55, why does everything ache so bad? 10-15 more years I'll really be crippled up.

In 2010 I was still climbing up and down ladders, a lot, "doing pirouettes" and crawling on 2x4 attic floors and under houses, and hanging flat panel TVs on wall mounts I installed, usually by myself...
The years of fun and work have really come back for repayment, and I am paying the price. The turning point for me was 2011 when I was exercising in my home gym on a regular basis, on a sit up machine and felt a sharp pain in my belly button area. I figured it was just from the sit-ups, but the next morning I knew I had an umbilical hernia.. I've been putting off having the surgery to fix it, but now 11 years later I'm going to have to make the time and just do what I can to try to keep my business going for the appx 2 week recovery.

 

[cbodybob]

Prostate cancer surgery at 53, 3 weeks out of work followed by 6 months of bladder issues. Got through that finally & at 55 torn meniscus in my knee. They wanted 5 weeks to recover plus rehab. Told the doc I didn’t have time. Hobbling along ever since. When it gets bad I get a cortisone shot. I’m sure surgery is in my future. 5 damn weeks ! 60 in a few months & busy as ever & loving it. No couch potato here. When they lay me to rest they’ll say this boy right here lived

 

[biomedtechguy]

When they lay me to rest they’ll say this boy right here lived

Today is Mardi Gras in south Louisiana, known as "Tuesday" most other places. At 60, I think back on past Mardi Gras days, who I was with, what we did, what I can remember (because, well, it's a heavy duty party). So one of the 3 friends I've seen laid to rest in the last 4 years is a guy I'd always text or call Mardi Gras morning...
The 3 of them passing really changed my outlook and actions regarding what little time I have outside of work, that "I'll go to (car event for example) next year" or "I'll build that stroker RB soon" is all an illusion.
Although I could drop dead mid sentence, I have used the experience of my friends deaths to push me to make the time to enjoy life events when I can, and know that my wife's endless list of "gotta do's" sometimes just has to wait.
Going by my best friend's house this morning, about 18 minutes away. It's funny that we were about 10 minutes apart when we lived at home with our parents and now 40+ years later we are 45 minutes away from our teenage homes, yet only 18 minutes away from our own homes. He picked up a really nice 67 Barracuda convertible for his wife, Super Commando 273 4bbl, auto...
He was the guy who stepped up and rode with me to Ohio to get my 89 Chrysler (Mitsu) Conquest TSi, to St. Charles MO to get my 70 Roadrunner, and he's had the 67 Barracuda home for weeks now and I have yet to see it in person. I am the guy who hooked him up with the seller of the 70 Roadrunner 383 4 speed N96 car he bought back in 1979!
Yeah, I need more days or times like I'm about to have today.
God bless us all.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

The years of fun and work have really come back for repayment, and I am paying the price. The turning point for me was 2011

Not exercising, but changing wheels and tires on my semi-trailer. 2008 Pulled the outboard wheel behind my back like I have done dozens of times before, felt a tear and a bad burning, I knew what happened. January 2020 I made the commitment to have hernia surgery (slid in right before pandemic went haywire). Off for a month and it was rough going back after a month throwing chains and rolling the rag back on the trailer. Glad I finally did it, no more popping the gut back in (really grossed my wife out), it was not staying in anymore at all.

When they lay me to rest they’ll say this boy right here lived

I'm with you Bob when I'm done with this body they will look and say" What the hell did he do to it".

 

[biomedtechguy]

My buddy I visited today is THE or was the, BEST motorcycle rider I know. Back in the late 70s, early 80s, he would ride his Yamaha RD Daytona 400 2 stroke street bike down to the local New Orleans street race area, hoist it up on the rear wheel and ride that bad bitch all the way through the quarter mile. At the finish line he'd drop the front down and the speedometer read from the front wheel, that needle would jump to about 90 mph. I mention that because like many of us 60-ish guys who have all worked and/or played hard, and now we still may but it hurts, my friend lost his left leg below the knee from a bad motorcycle wreck, just too hot into a turn and a fence post in a bad spot. I'm proud of him for working on his cars, even though, like us and maybe worse, he gets through it.
Here's his latest project that just needs dyno tuning. A 2JZ powered Chrysler Conquest TSi. (He's the one who got me interested in them, and went to Ohio to get the 89 TSi I had and drove back) This is going to be a low to mid 500 HP blast to drive, yet reliable enough to be a daily driver.
He did ALL the work in his garage.