I'm all over that set-up! How often do you drive it and is it reliable? Need a battery-tender on it often? Thanks in advance!
[Z06] Z06 Weight Reduction?
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Team Owner
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From: Pensacola FL
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Seats, light wt batter and get rid of the speakers. Over 100# savings here
Light wt wheels and tires saves more then 50#s
air condenser and any related parts for the AC
and dont forget to get on the scale yourself. Cut out the Big Macs
One of the funnest pictures is several 250 lb guys talking about wt savings on their vettes.
Light wt wheels and tires saves more then 50#s
air condenser and any related parts for the AC
and dont forget to get on the scale yourself. Cut out the Big Macs
One of the funnest pictures is several 250 lb guys talking about wt savings on their vettes.
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From: Vancouver Washington
It's my track car so it doesn't get driven that often and during the winter may only get started every couple of weeks. So far it's always been totally reliable. I've never had a Tender on it before, but I just bought one to try this winter.
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THE STOCK SEATS ARE LIGHTWEIGHT!
I replaced my stock seats with a set of carvaggio race seats and this is what I got.
Stock seats without the base weigh 20lbs!!!
Caravaggio seats without the base 18.5lbs
The cheap and easy way to reduce seat weight, is to ditch the drivers side power seat assembly...
I think with some good investigating you can get the car under 3000lbs with relatively low costs. I would start with a good set of LT headers & x-pipe, battery, removal of the power seat assembly.
From what Ive seen the stock front wheels = 19.2lbs, rear = 21 which is damm light..
I must say, GM did one hell of a job with this car, when I saw that the seats weighed 20lbs I was shocked..
I replaced my stock seats with a set of carvaggio race seats and this is what I got.
Stock seats without the base weigh 20lbs!!!
Caravaggio seats without the base 18.5lbs
The cheap and easy way to reduce seat weight, is to ditch the drivers side power seat assembly...
I think with some good investigating you can get the car under 3000lbs with relatively low costs. I would start with a good set of LT headers & x-pipe, battery, removal of the power seat assembly.
From what Ive seen the stock front wheels = 19.2lbs, rear = 21 which is damm light..
I must say, GM did one hell of a job with this car, when I saw that the seats weighed 20lbs I was shocked..
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THE STOCK SEATS ARE LIGHTWEIGHT!
I replaced my stock seats with a set of carvaggio race seats and this is what I got.
Stock seats without the base weigh 20lbs!!!
Caravaggio seats without the base 18.5lbs
The cheap and easy way to reduce seat weight, is to ditch the drivers side power seat assembly...
I think with some good investigating you can get the car under 3000lbs with relatively low costs. I would start with a good set of LT headers & x-pipe, battery, removal of the power seat assembly.
From what Ive seen the stock front wheels = 19.2lbs, rear = 21 which is damm light..
I must say, GM did one hell of a job with this car, when I saw that the seats weighed 20lbs I was shocked..
I replaced my stock seats with a set of carvaggio race seats and this is what I got.
Stock seats without the base weigh 20lbs!!!
Caravaggio seats without the base 18.5lbs
The cheap and easy way to reduce seat weight, is to ditch the drivers side power seat assembly...
I think with some good investigating you can get the car under 3000lbs with relatively low costs. I would start with a good set of LT headers & x-pipe, battery, removal of the power seat assembly.
From what Ive seen the stock front wheels = 19.2lbs, rear = 21 which is damm light..
I must say, GM did one hell of a job with this car, when I saw that the seats weighed 20lbs I was shocked..
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From: Raleigh / Rolesville NC
Most good after market 18" one piece wheels are in the 22-24 lbs range. Good aftermaket three piece wheels ~ 18 lbs
and after market repo 18" wheels in the 30 lb range plus tires
add 3-4 lbs per wheel for 19" wheels.
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Burning Brakes
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I'm not so sute you can just remove your BCM, but what do I know. MAybe someone else can chime in.
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It's quite simple... there is no easy weight reduction to be had while still keeping the car a nice street car. GM did a great job keeping weight to a minimum as it was a top priority with the car.
*The seats are very light
*The wheels/tires are some of the lightest you can get
*There is very little sound deadening
Etc.
FWIW I'm going the other way now that my car is a waxer again... I'm doing a full eDead insulation and ensolite foam over that to quiet things down. It'll add around 60lbs to the car total, but it will be much quieter inside until I hit the loud pedal.
I'll leave the loud/light BS for the Panoz track car.
*The seats are very light
*The wheels/tires are some of the lightest you can get
*There is very little sound deadening
Etc.
FWIW I'm going the other way now that my car is a waxer again... I'm doing a full eDead insulation and ensolite foam over that to quiet things down. It'll add around 60lbs to the car total, but it will be much quieter inside until I hit the loud pedal.
I'll leave the loud/light BS for the Panoz track car.
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From: DP(oh you know where) IL
St. Jude Donor '06
I don't race my car, but I'm always thinking about at least maintaining the same weight as oem...the car, not me 
I get a kick out of people who love their Z06 performance, but continue to add more and more weight to their car with larger tires/wheels/sound systems/googaws & widgets...
I get a kick out of people who love their Z06 performance, but continue to add more and more weight to their car with larger tires/wheels/sound systems/googaws & widgets...
Instructor
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From: Irvine CA
Don't know if I agree with you here, you can easily have it streetable & lighter. "Easier" is up for debate 
Even starting with z06 & stock weight of 3020 with no gas....
-30lbs headers, x-pipe
-25lbs battery
-15lbs Corsa race/ti exhaust
-10lbs empty/remove the washer tank & fluid
-20lbs fixed headlights
-30lbs streetable seats
-10-15bs CF hood
??? alloy calipers
With the above you can have a z06 thats in the ballpark of 2850 lbs thats very streetable.
-M
Even starting with z06 & stock weight of 3020 with no gas....-30lbs headers, x-pipe
-25lbs battery
-15lbs Corsa race/ti exhaust
-10lbs empty/remove the washer tank & fluid
-20lbs fixed headlights
-30lbs streetable seats
-10-15bs CF hood
??? alloy calipers
With the above you can have a z06 thats in the ballpark of 2850 lbs thats very streetable.
-M
It's quite simple... there is no easy weight reduction to be had while still keeping the car a nice street car. GM did a great job keeping weight to a minimum as it was a top priority with the car.
*The seats are very light
*The wheels/tires are some of the lightest you can get
*There is very little sound deadening
Etc.
FWIW I'm going the other way now that my car is a waxer again... I'm doing a full eDead insulation and ensolite foam over that to quiet things down. It'll add around 60lbs to the car total, but it will be much quieter inside until I hit the loud pedal.
I'll leave the loud/light BS for the Panoz track car.
*The seats are very light
*The wheels/tires are some of the lightest you can get
*There is very little sound deadening
Etc.
FWIW I'm going the other way now that my car is a waxer again... I'm doing a full eDead insulation and ensolite foam over that to quiet things down. It'll add around 60lbs to the car total, but it will be much quieter inside until I hit the loud pedal.
I'll leave the loud/light BS for the Panoz track car.
