Weight Reduction
Sence Im trying to make the TA as fast as I can I decided to take as much weight off of it as I can my car isnt really a daily driver anymore so Im taking just about everything off of the car heres what I got to so far and at the end of the page I will have a list of the weights of everything that I pulled, the Tubular K member and A arms seen here was just one of the things I did heres some more
ABS Delete,
I took the ABS out of the car and added a line lock and a valve so that I can cut back the rear brakes if I want to
A/C Delete
Pic of some of the parts I pulled off and the delete pully
HVAC box
this one I was really deciding on if I wanted to pull it out but sence I dont drive it in the winter I went ahead and did it knowing I needed to take the weight off the car
Air Bag Delete
you can see the passanger air bag on the floor with all the heater parts above that I pulled out I went with a Grant steering wheel for the driver side
Battery Shut Off
Weights as of so far
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Stock A Arms Upper each- 4.5 lbs
tubular Spohn chrome MolyA arms- 3.75 lbs
= 1.5 lbs both sides
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Stock lower A Arms- 13
Spohn Lowers Mild Steel- 9.5
= 7 lbs both sides
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Stock K member- 54 lbs
PA racing K Mild Steel- 22
= 32 lbs
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AC condencer- 8.5
AC dryer and hose- 2.5
A/C compresser- 16.5
= 27.5 for A/C delete not including the evaparator in the HVAC box
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ABS- 12.5
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Upper Dash insulator Pad- 3.5
Heater Box- 18 lbs
Heater core- 2 lbs
Heater Duct- 8 lbs
= 31.5 lbs
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Passanger Air bag- 10 lbs
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Driver Air Bag and steering wheel- 10 lbs
Grant steering wheel- 2.5 lbs
= 7.5 lbs
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cruise control- 3 lbs
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Stock seats 100 lbs
kirkey race seats 60 lbs
= 40 lbs
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stock wheels 55 lbs each= 220 lbs
centerline telstars fronts 30 lbs rear 40 lbs= 140 lbs
total= 80 lbs
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Total so far 242.5 lbs