wondering if u drag guys are still runnign your sway bars in your cars. i got a teg & trying to get weight out

 

yes

 

No

 

going testing sunday. this will be on the list of items to try

 

after all they are just for turning & with running 12+ springs it not like the cars are swaying & tilting right?
arturbo u arnt runnig front or rear.

what about t1 ?

 

None here...

 

Mine didnt even come with a swaybar so no.

 

cool. i took the rear out today cause we started the sump system & it was in the way of what i wanted to do. tomorrow the front is gone as well.


tony. what were some tricks u did to get the last bit of weight out to make 2400?
or are u above a little.

ive took everything i could think of so far.
thinking about taking the engine harness of & main harness & striping them down 2 the minimal, cause i dont know where else to get the weight.
i last weighted in at 2524.

 

I'm at 2450 with me in it, but i'm about 200lbs. Art's car has ballast to get it up to 2400lbs, but he's like 75lbs.

As far as what was done, nothing special. If it's not needed, it's not on the car. Carbon sunroof plug, carbon hood, that's about it. Still has a stock steel hatch, no steel has been cut. Really just unbolting everything that's not needed. Oh, i did switch to rear drum brakes, they were 8lbs lighter. 8lbs here, 6lbs there, it all adds up in the end.

 

hmmm ,drums were lighter? wierd fured alot more metal was inviled with drums.

ive done about the same crap. havent done the hatch eighter cause the glass has the weight.

im happy with thw sway bar idea 4 now cause thats part of my 8lbs for the week. thanks for the info.
while im at it are the m&h 25 tall slicks better on the 60ft than the 24.5 mt just for the size or is it minimal

 

I still have disks on the rear..

With me in my car, 1/2 tank of gas, 40lbs of ballast I am around 2405-2425lbs, depending on where the track is and how off the scales are. I weight in at 144lbs with 15% body fat...lol

 

i remeber in my school days i was 130 now in trying to stay below 175, sucks getting old, then u get married.

 

none hear as well, i just removed about everything i could without cutting. i did alot of spot weld removal for the seat belts and any and every bolt you can take out if you dont need it. those bolts are heavy when you get up there. all the seat brakets are gone, rear hatch, hood replaced with carbon/fiberglass..stuff like that.

note: you dont have to use all the bolts to hold your rear bumper together nor you hood, fenders, doors, brakets, lights ect ect.

clean with me in it im at 2350lb and i wieght 200

 

damn took the front sway bar out today, 17lbs is alot for the little piece.

 

exactly why i took it out.

 

none here. my car was a pig last season just over 2700lbs.. hehe it will be a bit lighter this year or next when ever i get it done haha

 

i got about another 50-75 lbs 2 take out & ill be happy

 

ive never tried to remove them, but some of the guys i bracket race with, say that one of the sway bars (front or rear i dont remember which)effects the roll out of their cars , These guys are running rear wheel drive race cars, which are totally different suspension styles that what we run... but if removing the sway bars slows the reaction of a rwd vehicle, what would it do to us fwd guys?

 

on our 9sec 2nd gen rx7 we didint have any