Saving weight with coil overs
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TT350
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Jest looking for reliable ways to save weight aluminum rear prop shaft flex fab rear springs fiber glass hood est. any help would be appreciated my V8 twin turbo awd s-10 is a 3850 lb pig with my 230 lb fat ass!!!
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dgoodhue
BuSTeD 4.3
No way is it 130 to 150 lbs, I have no clue how Dunstan claimed 130lbs. I measure Dan's stock suspension and it weighted 115lbs. The PEP front coilovers weight 40lbs so it was a weight saving of 75lbs. My JSD coilovers weight 44lbs minus the upper control arm bushings, spacers, sway bar bolts. So I would expect a weight saving of around 70lbs.
TT350
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Christian Dionne
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Most never count the weight of the torsion bar crossmember. I haven't got mine out of it yet, but will weigh it for everyone soon
i think that if you remove the torsion bar crossmember, you will probably need something to take its place. i know back in the day there was a tubular version you could get from dunstan. i belive waller was one of the few to actually get one. mabe he could post a pic for us.
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Christian Dionne
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Well, unless your making tons of power and going Autocrossing every week, I don't see the need for it. 2wd trucks don't have it, so that's fine with me. Maybe I'll get around to weighing it soon, should give me the lightest Syclone out there
jwaller
Evil Genius/SyTy Guru
don't waste your time with an alum driveshaft get the carbon fiber one from me ... just as strong and no more than $50 more.
and yes I do have a tubular cross member from dustan. that crossmember saved an additional 8-10lbs as the stock one isn't very heavy what it does allow is the chance to weld in the new one as the stock one is rivited and bolted in. allows for a good bit of frame flex.
... just as strong and no more than $50 more.and yes I do have a tubular cross member from dustan. that crossmember saved an additional 8-10lbs as the stock one isn't very heavy what it does allow is the chance to weld in the new one as the stock one is rivited and bolted in. allows for a good bit of frame flex.