74 Duster weight loss program

Tyrone, are you running it in Douglas?

I took the rear bumper shocks apart and cut the internal rod off so i could slide the bumper in more for a little better look (but still sticks out on the sides). When I got the bumper in as far as I wanted, I drilled and tapped a couple holes in the shock and put bolts in to hold it in place. I also cut the brace in the rear bumper apart so all that's left is the part where it bolts to the bumper. That brace is heavy--I probably shaved somewhere around 50 lbs just with that.

I also ditched everything that had to do with the heater, removed the outer brackets for the front bumper, took out the wipers and wiper motor (not for a street car), and swapped the power steering out for manual steering. I also removed the factory tank and put in an 8 gallon cell. In all, I've probably dropped 150-200 lbs.

Another thing that won't lose any weight, but will redistribute it is to move the battery to the trunk to put the weight over the rear tire.

Drag shocks up front also help more than I thought they would. I'm just using the Competition Engineering 3-way shocks.