tbirdscwd

So when i was picking up my last slip from the track yesterday, I figured I'd stop by the scale and see how heavy the 2004 is. Surprisingly it was a lot lighter than I thought. It weighed in at 3175lbs. There is no weight reduction except removing the spare and jack. I'm sure the new Draglite wheels are helping a bit too. The rest of the car is still all there with all the factory stuff.

Anyone else have their car weighed?

2000AZ5.0GT

In race trim, when it was built to go around corners, mine was reduced to about 3100lbs max with me in it, lol. It was super light.

Havn't seen your *** on here in a long time man

2kStangGT08

Mine was 3450lbs, all factory equipment.

teej281

Damn 2000AZ, i'd love for my vert to weigh that much. Im sure with my car in the current state weighs a lot more than that. Probably around 3600 or so. lol

tbirdscwd

Yeah, I just started back up. It's like a true smoker...they never quit for good! I was super sad to see you're thinking of selling the stang. I hope you can come up with some cash soon and get that trans fixed. i would hate to see you let it go for that cheap. I'm currently thinking of ways to scrape cash together in case the the trans doesn't work out. It would be a shame to see that car go to some dumba$$ HS kid.

Wanna shed some light on how I could shed some weight off my bucket? I'd like to see this baby around 3,000lbs. If you could get a vert down to 3,100 it sounds reasonable. The normal stuff will be coming out like rear seat, spare, jack, blocks behind the wheels, but what else can I scrap that won't make me look all fast and furious without an interior at the track?

2000AZ5.0GT

It's actually being towed this morning to get the transmission rebuilt

Selling a handmade, solid top classical guitar imported from Spain FTW.

And if you want to get rid of weight, start looking at getting rid of crap you don't need. When it was in race trim, there was no AC, no top (literally, the top was removed, all the hydraulics, etc), no stereo, and all the foam insulation was removed.

If you don't mind alot of sound, I would get rid of the insulation under the carpets. You can keep the carpet, just put it back down after you remove all the insulation. You kind of have to burn some stuff off, literally.

tbirdscwd

Nice........ guitar < 10-11sec mustang!!!!!! Good choice my friend!!!
For a few pounds I think I'll keep my insulation. Looking at a battery relocation which wont reduce weight, but will get it off the front end. Looks like most of your weight loss was probly not having that whole "roof" thing on your car lol

I'm gonna try to figure out a better alternative to my stock front seats too. The driver seat weighs so damn much with all the power crap!!

teej281

If youre at 3175 now, just removal of the back seat and the spare stuff and dont forget the wishbone on the rear end of the vehicle. quad shocks, upr k member and all that stuff would get you down there.

99BlackPonyGT

dry ice ...let it sit on there for awhile, then take a hammer and smack the stuff and it shatters and comes right off

teej281

I like 99BPGT's way...more constructive destruction. lol although burning stuff is fun too.