Project: PBR-Built Z/28

[bri2203]

congrats! how much weight did you lose?

[nascarnate326]

how much weight

[prorac1]

See, im not the only one Joel. Inquiring minds want to know, lol. Eric L

[WMCCjames]

Haha...I'm doing the reverse procedure as we speak!!

[prorac1]

Yeah, thats kinda what I did when I bought the 97 SS, lol. He had the AC removed, the sway bar out, the spare and jack out, some weight removed....................and I put it all back in, lol. Its still fast, just a little more comfortable. IIRC I weigh 3620# with me in it with almost a full tank of gas. Its kinda portly but acceptable. Im guessing Joels car will weigh around 3300# when done, thats my guess. I always thought it would be cool to take an LT1 or LS1 f body and GUT IT. No nothing, and see if I could get it below 2900#. Throw in a bolt on LT1 or LS1 and you would have an 11sec car that would be a bracket race king. Eric L

[nascarnate326]

Ytake an LT1 or LS1 f body and GUT IT. No nothing,

Ive been thinking about ditching my hatch...thats at least 50 lbs.

[prorac1]

Suranwrap and duct tape FTW, lol. If you want to be fancy you could make one of those GHEY ISCA, corvette wannabe, looking hatches with cardboard, and of course suran wrap and duct tape, lol. Eric L

[JoeliusZ28]

Is that your AC system? Did you ever think of a price for it?

Nada, was actually thinking about keeping it in case I want to reinstall it. But it would probably bring a decent price on ebay so make me an offer.

too bad we couldnt remove the heater box assembly too. its impossible to do it with the engine in the car unless you want to take the dash off

Yea, I'll get to that eventually.

I dont know about you Joel. But for me to sweat my ass off in a car it had better be 3200# or less with driver. Are you weighing this stuff as it comes off? Any guess as to current weight reduction? Oh, and do you have subframe connectors? Eric L

Thats the goal. But I hadn't used the AC in over 2 years so im not really going to miss it i dont think.

[ThreeHonks]

I have a little block off plate I cnc'd to cover up where the ac hoses plug into the heater box if you want it. its polished aluminum

[MunsterZ28]

too bad we couldnt remove the heater box assembly too. its impossible to do it with the engine in the car unless you want to take the dash off

remove the heat? now thats a bad idea considering you ever get caught in the rain. or weird weather and need defrost. trust me it sucks

[JoeliusZ28]

I have a little block off plate I cnc'd to cover up where the ac hoses plug into the heater box if you want it. its polished aluminum

sure id be interested!

I totally didnt see the additional page of comments here. Im not sure how much weight it removed but it was not as much as I'd hoped. The only thing with any significant weight to it was the compressor. I'll see what i can do about weighing it, i dont really have a scale around. But having the system out of the way is probably more of a benefit to me than the weight reduction.

[1BADAIR]

remove the heat? now thats a bad idea considering you ever get caught in the rain. or weird weather and need defrost. trust me it sucks

defrost uses the A/C

[JoeliusZ28]

^yes it does.

I might lose a tad more weight yet if i re-arrange my pulley system and relocate the alt down below. Not sure what I am going to do with that yet.

Does anyone know if an LS1 alt is lighter? This LT1 alt is a behemoth.

[prorac1]

IIRC the alternator I run on the Valiant is a LS1 style and its a little bit lighter, but not a lot. But it all adds up. I would also look into a manual rack so that all you have to run is an alternator. Eric L

[kammi10]

IIRC the alternator I run on the Valiant is a LS1 style and its a little bit lighter, but not a lot. But it all adds up. I would also look into a manual rack so that all you have to run is an alternator. Eric L

he wont ditch the power steering..i'd bet on it