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Old 04-01-2010, 07:19 PM
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What are some of the common weight reduction items on our cars besides the spare tire?
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back seat delete, how far you want to go with it? full race/street strip/ weekend car
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Old 04-01-2010, 07:25 PM
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Its eventually going to be a street strip car. Right now its more of a weekend car cause its my DD for school.
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Old 04-01-2010, 07:30 PM
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try changing out all the power options to manual, get lighter seats, gut the trunk. it will still be comfy but heading towards your goal too
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dont foret the k member and coil overs!
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Old 04-01-2010, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by school boy
dont foret the k member and coil overs!
+1 tubular k member and a-arms.

dogbone if you have one.

seats
battery relocation for better weight transfer etc etc, it really depends how far you wanna go with it.

http://www.dragtimes.com/Ford-Mustan...lip-17313.html <---

went 11.9s on an internaly stock besides aluminum IMRC cobra. Yeah its a 4v but shoot him an e-mail and ask him some questions, i did a while back and he was cool and answered my questions. No Headwork or cams any porting of any kind stock longblock.

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