GTO needs to be lighter
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How much do the stock wheels weigh? That unsprung weight can go a long ways.
good question, have these would be nice though! (and cramming 285s in rear):
http://shop.sportruck.com/bcodd/cast/magneato.htm
I'll email them and see if there's a weight savings there.
http://shop.sportruck.com/bcodd/cast/magneato.htm
I'll email them and see if there's a weight savings there.
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:cool wheels.
:cheers:
:cheers:
Yeah, you could park with all of the "ricer" cars and have a pile of interior parts laying in your pit area. Then you could install your plastic roll bar (for looks of course), your chrome fire extinguisher (mounted to your plastic roll bar), and you would be set. 
Just kidding.
Don't forget that those rear seats are sitting right over the rear tires. The loss of a few pounds may hurt traction more than the half of a tenth you may cut from the weight savings. Someone needs to be the "lab rat" and test it out.
Just kidding.
Don't forget that those rear seats are sitting right over the rear tires. The loss of a few pounds may hurt traction more than the half of a tenth you may cut from the weight savings. Someone needs to be the "lab rat" and test it out.
If I had the money to afford a GTO I would probably leave it how it is. Now if I was going for the lightest GTO I would follow this list below!MoanAirOh said:
-2 Cobra carbon backed race seats
-Carbon Fiber hood
-Carbon Fiber Trunk
-Carbon fiber bumpers and fenders
-Kosei K1 Racing ultra light wheels
-Pull up the carpet and start scraping out the sound deadening material.
I guarantee you with all of that you would drop weight like you were on the Atkins diet!
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Like Troy stated... The best way to go, is to reduce unsprung weight. This would include all turning parts of the drive train. I'm not sure exactly what the ratio is, but it's some thing like ... one pound of unsprung weight = 6 pounds load weight.
So if you could remove 10 lbs from the wheels (2.5 lbs per wheel) that would be the equivalent of taking 60 lbs out of the car or body. For the $$ carbon fiber for weight reduction is very costly. There are carbon fiber hoods for Vettes that cost about $900 and only remove about 12 lbs.
So if you look at the unsprung weight ratio... that would be like losing 2 pounds off the tires, or flywheel, lighter torque converter (for the automatics). Lot more benifits starting with unsprung. What is the weight of the rear seat... or the front seat??? Some one needs to pull these out and get an acurate number.
This guessing stuff is for Ricers... not GTO's.
So if you could remove 10 lbs from the wheels (2.5 lbs per wheel) that would be the equivalent of taking 60 lbs out of the car or body. For the $$ carbon fiber for weight reduction is very costly. There are carbon fiber hoods for Vettes that cost about $900 and only remove about 12 lbs.
So if you look at the unsprung weight ratio... that would be like losing 2 pounds off the tires, or flywheel, lighter torque converter (for the automatics). Lot more benifits starting with unsprung. What is the weight of the rear seat... or the front seat??? Some one needs to pull these out and get an acurate number.
This guessing stuff is for Ricers... not GTO's.
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