Weight Reduction
Nov 3, 2008 | 07:14 PM
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Weight Reduction
The following parts i have removed or replaced:
Removed:
Sway bar
spare and winch
jack and tools
tow hooks
tray under intake box
Replaced:
Rear bumper with rollpan
Manifolds with LT's
Dumbo mirrors with sport mirrors
What else can be removed or replaced with lightweight parts! Im talking reasonable here too!
Removed:
Sway bar
spare and winch
jack and tools
tow hooks
tray under intake box
Replaced:
Rear bumper with rollpan
Manifolds with LT's
Dumbo mirrors with sport mirrors
What else can be removed or replaced with lightweight parts! Im talking reasonable here too!
Last edited by regency; Nov 3, 2008 at 07:34 PM.
Nov 3, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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i know i can remove the pass. seat and jump seat that would be about 65-70#, tailgate 60#. I have a box i made to relocate the battery and all the wiring which isnt but like 6' needed. How about a glass hood ? how much do they weigh?
some smaller wheels and tires up front
some smaller wheels and tires up front
Nov 3, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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how bout your exhaust, you have alot of tail pipe? my emergency brakes never worked so i took off every thing that had to do with them. stock front wheels with a somewhat small tire.
Nov 3, 2008 | 08:35 PM
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exhaust just duals into a magnaflow with built in x-pipe with tips right out the back of the muffler. looking down between the bed and cab you can see the small muffler so not alot of pipe. Im about to resize and rebuild the exhaust dual 3" with a real X-pipe into a single 3" in dual 3" out if i can find one, or 3" y-pipe into 4" cutout back to 3" into muffler
my exhaust at the moment has a long straight pipe on the pass. side and alot of crush bends welded together on the driver side. My exhaust is a POS system at the moment
my exhaust at the moment has a long straight pipe on the pass. side and alot of crush bends welded together on the driver side. My exhaust is a POS system at the moment
Nov 3, 2008 | 08:38 PM
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exhaust just duals into a magnaflow with built in x-pipe with tips right out the back of the muffler. looking down between the bed and cab you can see the small muffler so not alot of pipe. Im about to resize and rebuild the exhaust dual 3" with a real X-pipe into a single 3" in dual 3" out if i can find one, or 3" y-pipe into 4" cutout back to 3" into muffler
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Nov 4, 2008 | 08:15 AM
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3in Y pipe... Plenty of flow and less pipe/weight, I just ran dual cutouts at the header collectors. Don't forget to take out the spare and winch... The overload springs take a lot of weight out as well... And then you could do like me and swipe everything off the frame you don't need. (Brackets etc)
My ECSB has seen 3920 on the scales
My ECSB has seen 3920 on the scales
how in the hell did you get to 3920??