From my understanding radials and Bias-ply are a no-no.

I've run Bias rear/Radial front, and it was no canyon carver, but manageable. I ran bias plies front and rear for a while on my dart, and it was a nightmare on the highway. For a street car its radials on all corners for me now.

Light is nice, but I'd rather have the benefit of modern tires.

Placing a McMaster order in another window right now for Aluminum fasteners and hole saws...you guys kill me...

I`ve got stock Direct-Connection valve covers coming(Thankxx sgcuda)so looking foreward to the same results as you............

You guys kill me. LOL.

I see the titanium stuff, sure it's kool but why aren't people making stuff out of magnesium? It's 33% lighter than aluminum and 60% lighter then titanium. I've bought a bought some used funny car parts for mine and they are all magnesium. They are also much easier to machine then even aluminum. I will pick some plates up this week and try my luck at welding them. If it goes good I know what I will make my brackets and other things out of

It's what all the kool kids use

I thought Mag was more brittle and had tendencies to shatter.......

For my Hemi they make Blowers, intakes, valve covers, My Buzzard catcher is Mag so Is my crank support. It corrodes so I have the crank support anodized, buzzard is power coated. Stuff look great afterwards

Maybe the old mag wheels...........?

Maybe the old wheels were cast making them weaker? The plate I have had felt solid and so light it didn't feel real

Makes sense............thankxxx

Like Thumper said, where the applications are is paramount. Mag tends to burn in powder form and even at times in sheet form. It can also tear. Yes, it is much lighter but rather unpredictable, so be careful when trying to weld it.
I would not trust it in certain applications even though Funny cars have used them in the past for one or two passes in a season for each part I suspect. I was at once thinking of using it for my interior door panels and such, but after seeing its characteristics in a fire, I decided against it.
Titanium has been proven to be super strong for certain parts.

Titanium has been around in race cars for some time now and nothing to do with imposter/wannabe's out there today, but Apollo Trick Titanium, a company once based in Troy Michigan had worked closely with Chrysler during the early 70's in their Motown Missile Drag programs.
I do concur that Mag is a beautiful metal along with Titanium.

Talking about Magnesium, I remember peeping a Ramchargers only 8-3/4 third member at the Nationals one time. It was a super cool piece of history and function.
It was super light but I heard that they were not reliable past a certain amount of time, and that's with limited traction capabilities of the day.
I think it was for their slingshot car.

IIRC, certain metals are due to burn, and burn brightly as in others will just liquidate/melt.

These parts I'm sure they were out there for a while and have held up nicely. They say magnesium is the metal of the future for the auto industry and if it's good enough for John Force it's good enough for me. However welding it does scare the [censored] out of me

You may be right as the Auto industries would have to coat the mag with some layer/barrier to prevent it from igniting.
I'm with you, if its a break through on how it reacts (Reactive metal) I'd use it in a heart beat.
Be very careful on the welding and ask many questions beforehand.

I'm also on a mission to try to lose as much weight as I can over the next two months. I just cut out the inner vent structure under the dash. It was good for 10 lbs. Dumped the dash, ordering a fiberglass one

I presume its a Challenger correct?
If it is, an acquaintance of mine had one down to about 3000 Lbs in wet street trim but he had a very good set of fiberglass fenders and hood as part of the tricks that looked like their steel counterparts. It had a patina on it that made it look rusty and no one noticed till I caught a hint of it one time. An artists eye never lies.
We kept it secret for a while as he was test and tuning with good numbers for a street driven E-body.

You did a lot off lightening, as a street car I had her just under 3000 with a Hemi and a 1471. Glass hood, fenders, doors, lid. I did the whole 25.3 cert (6.50 and slower, up to 3600) it pushed it up to 3100 without me in it.

Many new GM and Mopar dash cross structures are Mag.
Doug

Wow.
What am I doing wrong.