Weight loss questions...

OEM windows are pretty heavy. There's an outfit that makes polycarbonate windshields, gotta save about 30lbs on the windshield alone. Spendy, though. Lexan's cheap for side glass.
Look at every piece on the car and decide if it really needs to be there or that big or heavy.

I must have a light one! Iron head 360, 6 point cage, 9 inch, no wipers/motor, no heater, carpet and underlay out, no undercoat, fiberglass seats (albeit with heavy seat tracks- there's 20 lbs to be had there.),fiberglass front bumper, that's pretty much it for lightening. It's an honest 2930.
There must be 40 (?) in a hood, 50 or 60 in a deck lid, so that's a hundred tops, I guess. I've already got Wilwoods, so I'd have to put alum. heads and some lightweight front susp. hardware in to get into the 2700-2750 range, I guess.

You have 2 large weight savings right there, your sb and the wilwoods, probably a 140 lb saving over a 440 with stock brakes.
Has anyone fitted lexan in a 67-9 Dart rear window, just wondered if it could be done with it being concave.
Mick

U could acid dip some of the sheet metal and reduce the thickness of the panels,

im 3000lb with a siamese 340 block,interior,10pt,etc o yea i have a cowl hood the rest is steel w me in it 3000lbs,im 210lb

Hey Bill,

I raced at Castrol for years. I think that I may have gone into retirement prior to you racing lots. I have seen your car though. I have a 71 Demon. The body is steel with the exception of a heavy fiberglass 6 pack hood, glass deck lid and bumpers. I made aluminum front bumper brackets. The car still has the majority of the inner fenders and all of the stock rad support. The dash is still stock with the factory gauges, ashtray, glove box etc. The floor and firewall is still original. The car has a full chrome moly cage and the back half is chrome moly round tube. The rear suspension is a 4 Link with coil over shocks The engine is an aluminum headed low deck with a power glide and a fab nine diff and I ran it with exhaust that exited in front of the rear tire. The exhaust system weighed 49lbs per side. The front k-member I built with a front steer rack. It has weld Alumastars all the way around with Wilwood Brakes. All of the glass is factory and the side windows roll up and down. I also run two optimum batteries. The last time that I scaled it which was right after I did the back half it weighed 2859 with out me in it. I think that the front end that I built may have reduced the weight by about 30 additional pounds. I think that removing the windows would be my next move. Both for safety reasons as well as weight savings. Best of luck with the diet.

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Has anyone fitted lexan in a 67-9 Dart rear window, just wondered if it could be done with it being concave.
Mick

Here's a picture of my lexan back glass. All lexan except front, the original front glass is back in. I am not exactly sure how much my car weighs, but it 's pretty light.

tube chassis, 2 spd with a 520 cube, dana. gutted doors, glass front/back bumpers, glass decklid, glass hood with lightened steel fenders. mustang 2 front end, rack n pinion steer.