Another image. I'm going to call them my own. "2nd Wind mufflers".

A bellies view.
Chris can weld his A$& off. He also probably thinks I'm cooked. Actually, he has made many an exhaust from the material.

I may have missed it, but does anyone make front aluminum bumper brackets for the 67-69 Barracuda?

Some people have including myself. Though easy looking to the naked eye, very critical bending and shaping is the norm so that the Bumpers mount on like factory. I would not do them again. Too much work for the almost non existent profit. Maybe some one here will come in a offer.

Here's an easy stealthy way to get 1-1/4 pounds off high and front of the car more or less. The Glove box door weighed 3 pounds stock and then after I gave it a shave, it weighed 1-3/4 of a pound.
The door still works and locks as if stock. Once closed, it all goes away to the eye.

When in need of vital sign equipment, opt for the lighter Ultra-lite gauges from Autometer. Even the 5" Tach was about a 1/2 pound leaner.

So here it is, the long awaited aluminum exhaust ready to be introduced to the car. At 3.5 ID, it will flow good to the special mufflers. Chris over at Unobtanium made them from scratch using my drawings of a Dyno-max Ultra-flo straight-thru Muffler.
The system will have to be mounted using special rubber mounts at various points to keep it from cracking. It will weigh 22 Lbs complete with the 45 degree down turn tails added in to exit before the rear end.

Tunnel emission.

Lookin good man and this is definately something I`ll focus on in the future..........

I'll have to let you'll know how it hangs and fairs in this rough street climate. I have to burn the Midnight oil and my Brains on how to install it correctly and safe. A long way from the original 70 Lbs of the system way back in the day.

That`s a big concern for sure because if it`s not durable then of course I`ll look somewhere else for more weight savings........

I added kirkey seats and made rear seat a foam replica and got the car down to 3390 from 3510 with me in it, 3137 alone. Pretty good as it started at 3700 and with losses from alum heads, hood misc brackets its coming down to a manageable level.

Good ideas and great wt. savings right there.

Light is might and Lean is mean.
Will the real Weightwatchers step forward please. LOL.

Saved 3-1/2 pounds with the new light weight Aluminum copper coated Accel battery cable. Battery was weak, so I'll reply with real results once I take it for a test run. Cranking is the same as before.

Lee, unreal how you always are thinking out of the box. Incredible idea, and brilliant work. I'm sure your drawings will go up on the auction block someday. Anyway to make 3.5" oval exhaust?

Rick.

I know that they make light weight wafer thin oval in stainless from a company in California by the name of "Burns stainless", but I do not know if it comes in Aluminum. Burns Stainless is where I got some of my mandrel bend 45% tubes and reducer tubes.
I made the X-pipe in my new system from scratch using 45% mandrel bent sections that I got from my local Speed shop, S&K Speed.
I'll have to let you all know how it turns out. I've been quite busy lately and my welding buddy is no where to be found. I might have to field the last section of welding to another shop in my area.

To the top.

Recently I read this thread from start to finish! The most important tool in my shop for the racecar has been a bathroom scale!
This thread reminded me of a few ideas that I had forgotten!
One of them was switching my 5 steel hood pins to aluminum ones. I have 2 in the back and 3 in the front. I ordered the aluminum ones in 1/2 inch diameter and 4 inches long. When I went to swap them out I couldn't believe it when I got to the rears! My 2 rear pins were not only steel but they were 5 inches long with about an inch and a quarter sticking down under the bracket! I ended up cutting off some extra on 3 of the new aluminum ones. I weighed all the new ones and then all the ones I removed. The differance was just over 14 ounces or almost a pound off the front end!
Thanks for posting!
John

Do not remember if I posted this before on this thread being that it is rather long at this point, But I managed to remove about 10-1/2 Lbs off the front of the car by replacing the factory hood hinges, locks, latches and brackets etc. with steel hood snap pins. I then removed another 1-1/2 lbs with Aluminum types that I hand made and threaded using aluminum nuts and washers. Been on there for years now.
Found out that the circle track and midget car scene have aluminum hood pins in their arsenal of new parts.

I just found a super slick set of Black anodized aluminum hood pins at my local Speed shop, S&K speed on Long Island. Very nice if you want to go stealthy. You can see on the attached flick the hand made hood pin posts with their respective washers and pins. Black ones will be on there soon.