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i saw someones b13 on here and he really didnt have any back metal where the rear speakers are and around. how would it effect the handling? good or bad? could i still use my rear strut tower bar.
Well it cant be good thats for sure. Leave the structure of the body alone. Most I would do body wise is remove the spare tire well.. but then again I hear stories of people loosing the ass end due to not enough weight on the rear tires. How light do you want it? Whats your target #? What are you going to use it for?
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Thats possible without going that crazy. I weighed in at 2340 (turbo) with all the stuff in the front area intact minus cd player & speakers. I can fill you in on the details & pics if you want. Is this going to be a DD or weekend warrior?
Ive done a few more things since then like swap the torino for a fixed back seat, remove wiper motor,added a roll bar.. so I really need to weigh it again soon.
Heres some pics of my car before I finished cleaning it up and before I cut the spare tire well out.Also A pic of under the dash,only thing left is the heater core.My car is very drivable with a welded in rear strut bar,weighing in at a whooping 1987lbs.If you would like more details just PM me.
yeap. im doing that tomorrow. would my rear strut bar still work? did u just drill out the spot welds?
Your strut bar will work just fine bolt in or weld in.And I probally should have drilled the spot welds,but I just took a thin chisel and hammer and ran the chisel under the sheet metal and just "peeled" it up.As for the rest of the car I used a plasma cutter and die grinder with a cut-off wheel.
WOw 1987 pounds. I like that. With about 200 to the wheels NA that thing would make an amazing track day monster.
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i have a question. to everyone that guts their interiors..............do you acually race your cars? if so, keep on rockin. if not why the hell would you do that?
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I do, plus its my project car, and classics looks damn good (if its clean) when they are gutted out...IMO, but I do like clean interiors too, so i'll save my stash that i take out
i guess i just have a differant mind set. i plan on gutting my interior some time............only to add sound deadener but it will also have a t-28 and plenty of other goodies on it. so weight isnt a huge issue for me.
i guess i just have a differant mind set. i plan on gutting my interior some time............only to add sound deadener but it will also have a t-28 and plenty of other goodies on it. so weight isnt a huge issue for me.
Yeah adding sound deadner is a must! lol i hate all that rattle though thats the bad thing about guttin', but yeah for us NA guys, we need that weight reduction to help lol
Classicaddict- with your t28/clean interior, just keep your b13 clean
but it will also have a t-28 and plenty of other goodies on it. so weight isnt a huge issue for me.
