shaving weight
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shaving weight
Anybody have any idea the approximate weight of the stock seats in the 1LZ Optioned C6 -I'm replacing them with Corbeau seats
Also the weight of the stock hood, I'm replacing that with a real carbon fiber vented supercharger hood
Any other suggestions for shaving weight would help-a billet aluminum flywheel sounds good although I've heard not exactly street friendly-Thanks to all 
Also the weight of the stock hood, I'm replacing that with a real carbon fiber vented supercharger hood
Any other suggestions for shaving weight would help-a billet aluminum flywheel sounds good although I've heard not exactly street friendly-Thanks to all
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There are a number of ways to drop quite a few pounds...
There are many ways to remove weight from the car, and the above is probably the most popular ways to do this and still acheive where you are wanting to go with the car and stay very street friendly.
Of course there are further ways to do this by removing radio, speakers, carpet, A/C, trim panels, glass, side impact, air bags...but at that point you are not street friendly, and in some cases not street legal by removing a lot of the factory safety items.
- LG Pro Headers. Approx 28 lb savings
- Borla Sport or B&B Bullet. Approx 8-10 lb savings
- ForgeLine ZX3R wheels. Approx 10-12 lb savings (set)
- LW racing seat with fixed mount. Approx 38-45 lb savings
- 14" BBK, StopTech. Approx 10-12 lb savings each corner
- LG Coil overs. Approx 9 lb savings unsprung each corner
- Carbon hood. Approx 30 lb savings
- Non runflat tires Approx 3-5 lb savings each
- LW clutch Approx 25-32 lbs
There are many ways to remove weight from the car, and the above is probably the most popular ways to do this and still acheive where you are wanting to go with the car and stay very street friendly.
Of course there are further ways to do this by removing radio, speakers, carpet, A/C, trim panels, glass, side impact, air bags...but at that point you are not street friendly, and in some cases not street legal by removing a lot of the factory safety items.
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WOW... sounds like easy to shave off 250lbs 
There are a number of ways to drop quite a few pounds...
There are many ways to remove weight from the car, and the above is probably the most popular ways to do this and still acheive where you are wanting to go with the car and stay very street friendly.
Of course there are further ways to do this by removing radio, speakers, carpet, A/C, trim panels, glass, side impact, air bags...but at that point you are not street friendly, and in some cases not street legal by removing a lot of the factory safety items.
- LG Pro Headers. Approx 28 lb savings
- Borla Sport or B&B Bullet. Approx 8-10 lb savings
- ForgeLine ZX3R wheels. Approx 10-12 lb savings (set)
- LW racing seat with fixed mount. Approx 38-45 lb savings
- 14" BBK, StopTech. Approx 10-12 lb savings each corner
- LG Coil overs. Approx 9 lb savings unsprung each corner
- Carbon hood. Approx 30 lb savings
- Non runflat tires Approx 3-5 lb savings each
- LW clutch Approx 25-32 lbs
There are many ways to remove weight from the car, and the above is probably the most popular ways to do this and still acheive where you are wanting to go with the car and stay very street friendly.
Of course there are further ways to do this by removing radio, speakers, carpet, A/C, trim panels, glass, side impact, air bags...but at that point you are not street friendly, and in some cases not street legal by removing a lot of the factory safety items.
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One of the reasons why you see and feel a noticeable increase with the lighter brakes, wheels, and clutches.
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All C6/Z06 driver's seats are powered but even among those there will be two different weights, one with multiple power adjustments (lumber etc.) plus side airbags and one that is just basic power fore and aft so I'm not quite sure which one that 60-66 pound weight mentioned above applies to.
Passenger seats on the base packages have no power at all saving even more weight.
That just gave me an idea...any chance that the lighter/non power base passenger seat fits on the driver's side at all (obviously the reclining machanism would then be on the wrong side)?
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It's been said already but a full exhaust with headers will shave 30-40 lbs. I lost 10 lbs per tire when I went to PS2s. So two easy mods you are going to do already and you can knock off 70 lbs.
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There are a number of ways to drop quite a few pounds...
There are many ways to remove weight from the car, and the above is probably the most popular ways to do this and still acheive where you are wanting to go with the car and stay very street friendly.
Of course there are further ways to do this by removing radio, speakers, carpet, A/C, trim panels, glass, side impact, air bags...but at that point you are not street friendly, and in some cases not street legal by removing a lot of the factory safety items.
- LG Pro Headers. Approx 28 lb savings
- Borla Sport or B&B Bullet. Approx 8-10 lb savings
- ForgeLine ZX3R wheels. Approx 10-12 lb savings (set)
- LW racing seat with fixed mount. Approx 38-45 lb savings
- 14" BBK, StopTech. Approx 10-12 lb savings each corner
- LG Coil overs. Approx 9 lb savings unsprung each corner
- Carbon hood. Approx 30 lb savings
- Non runflat tires Approx 3-5 lb savings each
- LW clutch Approx 25-32 lbs
There are many ways to remove weight from the car, and the above is probably the most popular ways to do this and still acheive where you are wanting to go with the car and stay very street friendly.
Of course there are further ways to do this by removing radio, speakers, carpet, A/C, trim panels, glass, side impact, air bags...but at that point you are not street friendly, and in some cases not street legal by removing a lot of the factory safety items.
Does your company sell them? Thanks
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A stock Z51 rotor is roughly 27 lbs each, the StopTech 14" two piece assembly is going to weigh in at 18 lbs. Saving about 9lbs each. The most extreme case is going to be with the C6Z in that their rotors are roughly 30lbs each...saving 12lbs on each rotor alone.
With the base model cars either the 4 piston or 6 piston caliper is going to weigh a little more but nothing much than a couple pounds.
Systems can be had with either 4 or 6 piston caliper models.
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No, it's a company that makes a series of small, lightweight batteries (although they might make some 'close to full size' versions as well) that can save some weight off the nose of a C6 (or the rear of a C6 Z06).
I wouldn't sit in the car with the radio on and the starter button in 'accessory mode' for too long if I had one of the small ones in there though.
I wouldn't sit in the car with the radio on and the starter button in 'accessory mode' for too long if I had one of the small ones in there though.