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Hey I’m new to the forum & had a couple questions.
Long story short my motor is in the machine shop getting cleaned & was looking at some weight savings on the front end. I saw Strange has a front kit for the C5 and was wondering how it does street wise???
The Vette isn’t my daily but do drive it to the track & some times cruise on the weekend. Just trying to shave some ET down some in the 1/8th & figured I had the motor out why not lol.
Mods:
LS1 w/ BTR 218/224 weekend warrior cam on E85
2500 ProTorque Converter
3.15 Rear End
Nitto 300 TW Radials
Fastest ET I’ve managed to get: 1.69 60ft, 7.72 @ 89
Can't answer the question about the strange kit, but if it's not a street car and you're simply looking to dump weight, here are some ideas to delete/replace with aftermarket
air bag removal (get an aftermarket wheel too)
air injection removal
long tubes and factory exhaust removal, build under body exhaust with x pipe muffler. Get super trick and run titanium
AC removal
carpet removal
seat replacement
trunk floor covers removal
hood liner removal (carbon hood??)
lithium battery
washer fluid reservoir/pump/lines removal
manual brake conversion/ EBCM removal
gut the dash and HVAC
theres probably 300lbs to be cut from the car without making it look like you tried too hard. Won't be cheap, but 75-100lbs of that list is free if you can manage with deleting creature comforts and OEM safety devices
Thanks for the replies so far I forgot to add I have a Borla exhaust with headers & added aftermarket seats. Also shocks wise I have BC Coils but I'm debating on getting some QA1's next year if I've hit the limit of the BC's. I noticed my brakes dragging when I go to spin the wheel & I'm at the point of needing brakes also and was curious on the strange brake kit & how they handle along with if it's easy to hook up along with if the gains from the brakes are worth the time? (I saw the stock mounting points have to be cut)
I've seen some go quicker 60's but idk if I need to get my converter restalled to a higher stall or if I can find weight to take away to help with transfer without sacrificing to much streetability is my goal more or less lol
Weight reduction
