As for looks, it's all personal preference. I think that the step sides look nice, and have tossed around the idea of trading my fleetside for one, but in the end I do like my fleetside better...looks wider and the lines seem to flow better.

 

i remember someone telling me that they had a stepside and fleet on a scale and the fleet was actually lighter. i cant remember who told me that though.

in most cases i like fleet more, but for some reason i could not see my truck as a fleetside.

 

When they start makin Ti & C/F parts for our trucks, if they look, perform, & the cost is somewhat acceptable, I might snag some. Ya, I know, cost - they're not for the common folk - $$$.
When u shave 200# off, lemme know what u did. Cause I love to do same, esp. if it's off the nose.

That's cause they are wider. I thought I said the lines flow better earlier. If not, well, I meant to. I musta been tired. I should point out, certain colors look better in a step. Some colors just go w/. a vehicle's lines.

 

[QUOTE=fastnblu;4391711]When they start makin Ti & C/F parts for our trucks, if they look, perform, & the cost is somewhat acceptable, I might snag some. Ya, I know, cost - they're not for the common folk - $$$.
When u shave 200# off, lemme know what u did. Cause I love to do same, esp. if it's off the nose. [QUOTE=fastnblu;4391711]



Well put it like this i started off with a 395lb 660 raptor and after i was done got it down to 265lbs race ready! If i can knock that much off a four wheeler im sure i can find a few hundred pounds on a 4 thousand pound truck.

And yeah off the nose is where most of the weight will need to come from. The stock bumper, braces and brackets weigh a ton! For starters no spare, or jack, the inner fenders can come out, sway bar, roll pan, fuel cell which drops weight and you can put it in the bed over the axle where you need the weight. And there are many other ideas i got floating around.

 

How much did it cost u to shed 130# off your bike, if u don't mind? Do u have any idea? I'm sure if u do, it wasn't cheap.

Stock bumpers are heavy for sure. But bumper braces/ brkts removal kinda scares me. Lotta shitty drivers might make me leave some weight in my truck.

How does a fuel cell shed wtg? If you're running less gas, ya, but the beauty of a cell, would be u could manipulate wtg. distribution thru cell placement. A definite +.
On 2nd thought, a 10G cell vs a 26G tank. Don't know how much it'd trim.

Put your beast on scale 1st, so that way u know your startin pt. & where you're headed weightwise.

 

Well i do all my frame work. The bare frame was 45lbs stock, after i got done cutting i got it to 26lbs. So that just cost a few sawsall blades and grinding wheels. The rest of the weight was uneeded crap like front brakes, stock wheeles and tires and stuff like that. When you add a drag axle and other common stuff that you need for drag racing, you drop alot more weight. But to get lighter than anyone else you have to start buying the titanuim and carbon fiber. Just my Ti wheelie bar was $1100. And i only saved around 8lbs vs a chromoly bar.

My thoughts on the fuel cell is going from a 26gal to say a 10gal. Gas weights 8lbs a gal so thats 128lbs you shed and you got the remaining weight where you need it.

 

Only us as end users can determine if 8# for $1100 is worth it. These hi end parts just aren't out here for our trucks.
Fuel cell vs stock tank. I know less gas = less wtg. So a stock tank can be used, but w/. less gas. Only apples - apples advantage would be if a cell that would (could) contain 10G would have less metal. Then compare gauge of both. That may be minimal. I see the greatest benefit in puttin that cell centered or over axle for wtg. distribution. Our stock tank shifts all the wtg. to 1 side, the worst side, the driver's. Why? Cause our butt is already on that side.
So, anywhere in back, centered or to the right, or 1 cell on each side behind/ over axle would help our traction woes. Good luck.

Are u lettin the wife drive it? Or only w/. supervision?

 

I agree you will get more benefit from having the weight over the axle. But im going to chop away at a truck... As soon as i get one! as my sig says both my babies are gone and im shopping now for a new project but im already thinking of what i need to do to put my soon to be RCSB on a diet when i get it. I should have one this time in from offshore. I got my eye on several! But yeah geting one under 4k shouldnt be a problem..

 

Offshore?!? What do u mean by that?

I've seen your sig before, & thought, man, this guy has (likes) some fast trucks. Then, after a few responses on this thread, I saw that the wifey totalled your latest. I don't member seeing that before. Your attitude will get u where u need to be. Perservere brother.

Oh ya, what yr ya lookin for? The '99-02, or '03-07?

 

Im in the oilfeild. Work for Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling.. And yeah its sad i loved my RST truck. I ordered it back in 05. A guy run a redlight, but my wife was ok so thats what matters. I sold my single cab a few years ago. Most people dont know but it was the fastest LS1 truck in the country at one time. I was running 11.1s, 6 or 7 yrs ago. Then Parish came along and started running 10s. Then someone offered me alot for it and i let it go. Kick myself in the *** for it too!

Im looking for a 99-06 RCSB. 4.8 and up motor. I would prefer a 03-05 so i dont have to put a new front clip on it.