Fox Body Weight Reduction / Diet

[svo1990mustang]

Damn I was thinking of going 2-2.5 gallons, 7 gallons, holy shit!

[Slope]

Damn I was thinking of going 2-2.5 gallons, 7 gallons, holy shit!

You need to up your game Darryl.

...and the nozzles for that matter.

[TurboFox]

Im running 24.5 GPH at the moment...garden hose lol

[tulowd]

From another board: actual weights of Fox/SN95 components removed.

Actual Weights:

Stock 302 Shortblock with crank, rods pistons but no cam, no timing chain, no timing, no timing cover and no oil pan was 184.85 pounds.

Stock 302 Bare Block w/ Main Caps, 125.70 [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]LBS[/COLOR][/COLOR]

World Class T5 out of 85 SVO, not FULL of fluid but I think it still has some in it 71.55 LBS

Passenger Seat out of 85 SVO, cloth style, with seat track & manual lumber inflators, 44.25 LBS

SVO (might be same or similar to other 79-86 bumper reinforcement?), Steel Bumper Reinforcement, 30.70 LBS

79-90 Fender, no moldings or anything, 13.70 pounds

Front Bumper Mount Shock deals with bolts, 10.75 pounds

Steeda Drag Front Sway Bar for 79-93, has the bushing mounts but no endlinks, 13.30 pounds

Trick Flow Twisted Wedge Head fully assembled with Crane Energizer 1.6 Roller Rockers, no port work, 33.65 pounds, 30.05 pounds bare

E5 Head fully assembled with stock rockers, no port work, 53.85 pounds

Crane Energizer 1.6 RR's with Poly Locks, 7.05 pounds

Stock 87-93 Hood with latch and not much paint, 41.05 pounds

85 SVO Leather E Brake Handle, no hardware, 2.05 pounds

Weighed the center arm rest, 6.90 pounds, the 87-93 center console without the armrest and missing the ash tray door & shifter bezel is 5.45 pounds, 12.35 total with arm rest. Thats including the power mirror switch, ac bezel and radio frame.

SVO Steering Wheel, no leather wrap on the wheel itself, 5.55 pounds

Griffin Circle Track Aluminum Raditor, part number 1-26272-X, 15.45 Pounds

Stock HO Intake, nothing in it but a couple of sensors and the TB studs, 33.15 LB's

Edelbrock Performer 5.0 Intake, bare, 38.90 LB's

Smog Pump with the first part of line to the valve thing, no other piping, 8.45 LB's

Horns, 1.35 LB's

Windshield Wipers, 1.30 LB's

Wiper Arms under cowl panel, 1.85 LB's

Wiper Motor, 3.95 LB's

Cruise Control Canister thing up in the fendor, 2.50 LB's

AC Compressor w/ Small AC Bracket, 18.00 LB's

Cargo Cover, 4.90 LB's

94-95 Factory Strut Tower Brace, no hardware, 7.20 LB's

Factory 92-95 Mini Starter, 7.80 LB's

Harwood 3 Inch Pin On Cowl Hood, 15.70 LBS

Cobra R SVO Bolton Hood, no latch, unknown brand, 29.75 LBS

Insulation in hatch (not including attached to carpet) on 87-93 hatcback car, right at 10 LBS

PA Super Comp C4 w/ SFI Bellhousing, no fluid, 116.8 LBS

Continental 3800 Stall Converter, 30.75 LBS

Some stuff from a 95 GT:

Spare, 19.85 LBS

Jack, 5.75 LBS

Insulation in trunk, 1.70 LBS

Lug Wrench, 1.65 LBS

T56 out of a 93 Z28, probably similar weight to one for a Mustang Im sure, no bellhousing, no fluid, no clutch fork, 119.20 LBS

97 Cobra Wheel 17x8, 22.45 LBS

Weld Pro Star 15x8, 5 Lug, 14.05 LBS

Stock T5 Bellhousing, 10.85 LBS

FMS Aluminum Driveshaft, 13.70 LBS

Stock H Pipe w/ 4 Converters, 33.65 LBS

Offroad H Pipe, 17.35 LBS Front fog light bar, with lights - 20lbs A/C compressor - 17lbs 10 hole wheel with 235/60/15 SLX5000 tire - 46lbs MM Strut Brace - 8 lbs __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________


At the track you can take out passenger Seat

Weight Transfer
-Remove Front Sway bar
-Relocate Battery


list of what stuff weighs after its taken off __________________
Racing is an Addiction cured only by Poverty

[onDjuice]

Weight lost is great. But the car becomes a tin can.
So my old 89 black coupe. 2780lbs on a MTO scale in caledon hills. Glass hood, tfs heads,electric fan,tubular front end,welds,
aluminium ds, rci seats,carpet insulation out, all of the black tar on floors removed,battery in trunk,armrest delete,light steering wheel, all engine brackets were lightened, pulleys, I'm sure im missing stuff to. Best pass on the motor 12.01@115mph.

[Tailites]

Weight lost is great. But the car becomes a tin can.
So my old 89 black coupe. 2780lbs on a MTO scale in caledon hills. Glass hood, tfs heads,electric fan,tubular front end,welds,
aluminium ds, rci seats,carpet insulation out, all of the black tar on floors removed,battery in trunk,armrest delete,light steering wheel, all engine brackets were lightened, pulleys, I'm sure im missing stuff to. Best pass on the motor 12.01@115mph.

decent...what motor?

[onDjuice]

^^^ 5.0 with 260k on the bottom..

[Tailites]

^^^ 5.0 with 260k on the bottom..

the loose stock stuff always run better...

[tulowd]

looking for ideas and specifics on losing weight on a Foxbody. Appreciate the tin can comment - there must be other reductions/replacements someone has done like tubular swaybar; lighter brakes, etc etc.
All relevant comments welcome, thx

"Adding Lightness" is what Colin Chapman said; Audi and McLaren currently use this as their mantra....rotating mass is even more important.

Going to make the lighter 9"/10 " wide Enkei RPF01 wheels (16/17 lbs respectively, vs 25/26 currently) a greater priority for a 36 lb rotating mass savings.

[TurboFox]

You can save about 5lbs per corner if you pony up the dough for some 2 piece rotors with aluminum centers..