Ideas to lose weight and look stock

[87mark7lsc]

Heres a pic of my engine. The next time I have it out I will take a picture with my camera instead of my phone

[87mark7lsc]

I will definitely be taking the spare tire and jack out next time. I like the manual seat idea, I will have to look in to that. All you would need is the track assembly not the whole seat correct? Its a Signature so that must mean it has the aluminum hood and bumpers

[marquisman]

yea, them power seats weigh a ton

[gadget73]

Signatures are the heaviest model. Lots of noise insulation. If you start pulling panels off you'll find bags of cotton candy looking junk. Toss those to drop a bit of weight, though the car will be louder.

[1980c10]

hey we have the same exact exhaust lol, other than the tail pipe part. I just have turn downs.

[grandpaslincoln]

Thanks guys these are a lot of good ideas, but the big thing for me is keeping as many things original and original looking as possible. I have already removed the smog pump. I want to keep the AC, but I was wondering if the inside of the compressor can be taken apart and hollowed out just keeping the case and the pulley. I never use AC in any of my vehicles anyways. I'm using FRPP 1 5/8 headers, BBK offroad h pipe with SLP Loudmouth 1 mufflers and Mustang LX style tails. This track has horrible traction. At the local 1/4 mile track my Mark VII ran .4 quicker in the 1/8th than I have ever ran at this track.

If you are looking to have it original looking as possible (even though headers and the sound are a dead giveaway) then why not just remove the A/C? Gutting the pump and trying to make it still work with a pulley is pointless. You aren't going to save much on that. Not to be a dick, but what you are saying really doesn't make sense.

[1980c10]

^^^ what he said. If your have time on your hands,and wanna put in the effort. Take all your seats out and pull up the carpet, then start scrapping all the sound deadening off the floors, your might need to get some dry ice to aid in removal. Anywhere you find sound deadening remove it. Then put your carpet back in and your seats back in and no one will ever know. It maybe only be 30 lbs or so but every little bit helps. As the old saying goes '' If you wanna lose a 100 lbs, look in a hundred different places''

[johnunit]

if you've got some money, aluminum waterpump (if you don't have one) and aluminum heads (painted to look stock). There is a lot of gutting to be done in terms of structural stuff that really only matters if you crash. Of course, if you crash...

I think DulceAnAhalf or whatever or here had cut out the reinforcing bar behind his front bumper, for example.

If you have a trunkmuncher, deleting that might be an idea.

If you keep a lot of stuff in the trunk, you'll be amazed at the difference that makes to take it all out. If you're having traction issues though, just move it to the extreme passenger side rear of the trunk.

alloy/aluminum wheels are a good suggestion.

[P72Ford]

Whenever anyone posts about putting the car on a diet, I always mention this.

Google this:

Swiss Cheese Pontiac

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Pal1q8_ZYbM/So8Guf9enJI/AAAAAAAADE8/WRPw5Jh2ZKw/s1600-h/cheese+car+8-21-09+005.jpg

Yes it was real (not just a one car thing). It was a factory idea, which was aimed on continuing Pontiac's performance legacy at that time.

Not good for the integrity of a daily driver, but a really neat idea.

Also note the aluminum exhaust manifolds. They were known for dripping on the track. Finding an intact pair is obviously quite unusual, for that reason.

[mrltd]

if you've got some money, aluminum waterpump (if you don't have one) and aluminum heads (painted to look stock). There is a lot of gutting to be done in terms of structural stuff that really only matters if you crash. Of course, if you crash...

I think DulceAnAhalf or whatever or here had cut out the reinforcing bar behind his front bumper, for example.

If you have a trunkmuncher, deleting that might be an idea.

If you keep a lot of stuff in the trunk, you'll be amazed at the difference that makes to take it all out. If you're having traction issues though, just move it to the extreme passenger side rear of the trunk.

alloy/aluminum wheels are a good suggestion.

If you are running a stock style waterpump/accessories- DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT put an aluminum pump on it. You will just blow gaskets constantly. The iron HD pumps use 2 extra bolts to seal the pump.

[DoctorV8]

What's your exhaust like? I picked up 0.3 going from stock stang headers with 2 1/4 single exhaust, going to 1 5/8 shorty headers and 2 1/2 dual exhaust with free flowing muffs. Which took me from 10.30's to 9.99

Hard to gauge improved power based on ET, since that is more a function of your 60' time. What was the difference in trap speed with real headers?

[1980c10]

Just from the headers and exhaust swap it shaved 0.3 off the et and picked up 5 mph while the 60ft remained the same as before. Same tempurature and nealry the same DA maybe 100ft difference when the runs where made.

[DoctorV8]

Just from the headers and exhaust swap it shaved 0.3 off the et and picked up 5 mph while the 60ft remained the same as before.

Wow, 5mph is a huge gain for headers/exhaust. Are your E7's ported?

[1980c10]

I know, I couldn't believe it when it happend the first pass out. But then it kept repeating and repeating probably 15 passes with the same results. But my old exhaust was truly shitty.

And no the head are not ported

[DuceAnAHalf]

I added an aluminum front bumper, and aluminum bumper supports and cut them down the minimum.

OP, ou could buy my car and run low 8's in the 1/8th. I'll even throw in the voodoo cam so it will make power to 6200 instead of it's 5000 limit