I drive very cautiously myself and have avoided several accidents because of it. I lost the drive to go crazy like you are a while back and am still considering a major move so we`ll soon see how that works then I`ll get back after it unless someone hands me my azz street racing here soon................

There's nothing like loud cars to let this current distracted generation know that you are coming. The noise is its best line of defense. I get all my neck exercises done every time I drive this thing keeping watch for imbeciles with paper tiger licenses in their wallets.

Be and stay safe with your extra curricular activity and the quest for more HP, Though your car is a stout bout on the street already, what more could you want.

I`ve been called a "four wheel Harley" before so I understand completely............. I`ll be as carefull as I can within the rhelm of what we`re doing............thankxxx........

Thumper how do you get buy with those Bullet mufflers on the street. That is what I am running on my small block and it is really loud. A deputy sheriff friend of mine said mine was way too loud for the street.

Loud pipes saves lives.

Okay, before they took me away in a straight jacket yesterday, I was able to get this flick out. LOL.

Look at what I found in my Felix the Cats black magic bag of trix. Yes, you've guest it, An exact replica of the wide body jam nut on the starter relay, but in aluminum.
The stock steel nut weighed a whopping 0.15 of an ounce. The aluminum nut did not even register itself on the digital oz scale. That's 0.15 of an ounce, which brings me closer to an entire ounce and then that ounce brings me closer to a pound, and those pounds bring me closer to 100 pounds.
I'm clearly on my way to 1,600 ounces shaved as they shave my head to go in the coo coo's nest.

Since the rear quarter glass has since long been fixed, there's no reason for their respective tracks to hang around for the ride. Eviction notice indeed.
At the tracks cut off point, there needs to be some kind of aluminum bracket to affix the track to the rest of the body and keep it from vibrating all over the place.
This is my limit where weight gets cut. Usually weight cut from the doors rear jam and forward is paramount for me.

36 ounces so far. By this time next week I should have a few additional pounds off by some things waiting on deck.
Stay tuned.

Which set of these shims/nuts do you think will get the boot?
On one side for the fender aprons, an ounce was shaved with the aluminum versions. On the passenger side, a whopping 2-3/4 ounces were removed being that there were five steel shims to seat and align that fender correctly.
Fairly easy to make using flat stock aluminum and cutting/filing a U-shape slot for the fastener.

Ever think about titanium studs and lug nuts? Years ago I picked up some titanium studs that Oldsmobile used on their police cars around 1966 or so. I know they are super light and super strong.

Yes, I've already installed them on the car a few years back. Titanium lug nuts that is.
Titanium studs were too big for my application. As far as I know, no one company makes 1/2-20 drive studs in Titanium or else I would have had the first set. LOL.

Since this discussion is now so deep, I'll repost my titanium lugs. A company named Met-Tec sells them. Not much weight shaved, but some thing at least. That something is how I have arrived at this juncture and will continue till I reach the shed moment.

Speaking of titanium, had a friend that worked at a machine shop that got a lot of small run government contracts. Whenever they had titanium (and other metals) left over, he'd bring the odds and ends by our race car shop. He said the chances were that the next job they had would call for some other spec alloy and they didn't need those leftovers sitting around their shop. The wouldn't machine us any parts, but no problem, we knew enough people that did specialty jobs in their garages. Maybe there's a shop in your area that has some exotic leftovers.

There is a shop in my area that specializes in surplus metal sheet,rods,tubing, etc. in all alloys. Their most valued stock is Titanium and Aluminum in all grades. I loiter there a lot and usually exit with some thing light weight under my arms. They have been very helpful to my cause.
My most important assets are welders. Good experience tig welders are hard to find that will make time to runs welds for you with a passion.

There is one guy here in Brooklyn that will machine most anything for me because he is just as crazy. He owns a water jet cutter and milling machine which he uses for his specialty BMX bikes he builds. His next project is to cut and hone door latch strikers for my car.

46 oz and counting as of tonight.

It's too hot in my garage already.LOL. I wish the car could sweat away pounds like I am doing myself.

If you loose any more weight,you'll have to be carefull on high wind days
I was at area 43 on Saturday to press some wheel studs

Anymore weight is my goal in order to hit good numbers with a relatively stock engine.
Imagine a well tuned stock 440 375-ish HP in a 2900 lbs package with the right gearing, transmission tricks, convertor and oh,,,, Driver.

Itis, funny you would say that, one day hanging at the Brooklyn Dodges garage with some Chevy dudes arguing about my weight antics when they were classified, a gust of wind came and with the car in neutral, moved a few inches on its own. LOL.
They never saw it and I just gently set myself by the rear bumper to keep it from rolling any further till they left. Those were the days before Rollbars and safety equipment got thrown in the mix.

All 14 trans oil pan bolts look to be almost 5 oz. And these are the small aftermarket 12 point head bolts.
Half that with aluminum hex head bolts. A host of flicks coming soon.