Anybody have any ideas for weight reduction in our heavy-*** trucks??

Other than the obvious, remove spare tire, fiberglass hood??

Just curious what you guys had come up with . . . .

 

Tailgate ... rear bumper if your serious about it.

 

What ever happpen to that composite box that gm was suppose to come out with?? I heard it was suppose to be 100-200 lighter.

 

We can start reducing weight in the drive train. Aluminum driveshaft. Light weight wheels if you can find them. The guys on Trucks today were putting in a "carbon fiber Eaton PosiTrac" today. Of course none of this will be cheap.

 

If it were a drag truck only:
-inner fenderwells removed
-guting insides of doors
-lexan windows
-remove carpet
-???

Extreme? Definitely, but I bet that would make a lot of weight.

 

remove jack, tow hooks, trailer hitch (if present), rear seat (if ext cab)

replace rear bumper with fiberglass roll pan

 

I've been trying to think of stuff myself. Unfortunately, a lot of thing like power seats and windows, have me SPOILED.

One thing I wouldn't really mind giving up, would be the AC system. I've always been a windows-down person. The only problem is that it's needed for the defroster.

The driveshaft on my truck is already aluminum, FWIW.