I am going thru the process of replacing the steel for all fiberglass parts on a 72 as we speak. I found this on line, it helped me jump on board with switching to fiberglass.
Thats a great article! Something I try to do is always keep as little gas as nescessary in the car when I run it at the track, usually a 1/4 tank at most. Going to lightweight brakes front and back (and getting rid of the heavy stock 87 fifth ave front discs and rear 11" drums) is something I have thought of for a while now...but its definitely expensive, and it seems drag brakes really aren't the best idea for a street/strip car like my own
I figure at this point that even if the car doesn't pick up E/T im putting less stress on the drivetrain by lightening this pig up...thats gotta be worth reliability atleast lol
I ended up actually remembering about that page yesterday and taking a look at it...Looks like I can save about 60lbs in bumpers alone which is HUGE.
Would be interesting to see how much I can save by pulling out my heater box, hoses, heater core and controls for a non a/c setup...Don't want to bother if its not going to net me atleast 25lbs, but if its more than that im thinking im going to remove it.
