Sleep Deprived

You can start by cutting down on unsprung weight with lightweight wheels. Also, you can drop nearly 100lbs off the car by pulling the rear seats and replacing the fronts with racing seats. This would be pretty cheap way to lose 100lbs since you can get pretty good money for your front seats (leather?)...wouldn't end up costing you too much.

157dB

Braille battery FTW. 13Lbs
Half the weight of the stock OEM battery...

socalwrench

Just FYI, the stock hood is already aluminum. Carbon Fiber may only save you 5 lbs.

Are the tubular suspension pieces that much lighter than the rectangular ones?

S281 E

I saved close to 60lbs by replacing the K-member and A-arms. The stock pieces were heavy. Seats are definitely a good start. I ended up going with the Saleen S7 seats (VERY Expensive) but you could do a pair of sparco's and actually make money on the transaction.

CarbonCreation

It was my understanding the factory S197 hoods are all made of aluminum. CF would save some weight compared to alum.

Shadow7874

I suppose it really depends on your budget. If you have the money you could rebuild everything lighter then it is now. Dry Carbon parts, deletes, etc...

157dB

Yea, but then you have to add the weight
of the hood pins needed for a CF hood.

I still say the Braile Battery is a good 15-20 Lb saver.
Pop it into the trunk for better front/rear weight distribution...

Shadow7874

If its in the trunk then your adding ~10 feet of wire. And if you using 4 gauge or 1/0 then that will add up a bit.

S281 E

Are all the new GTs have aluminum hoods?

157dB

Not if you dump the 30 Lb Ford MotorCraft for a 12Lb Braille battery...
The added weight of the battery cable (only need one, the positive) seems trivial.
Weight savings and better weight distribution in one might swoop...

OEM, YES.
Saleen, ??