Well, so far, I can safely say that my all aluminum battery cable stretching from the rear battery position to the starter junction box at the firewall and then to the starter itself have proven a success on the street. So far starting very well with a well juiced battery.
This saved 3-1/2 lbs over the regular copper wire cable I had for years.

Now if I can only get my hand$ on one of tho$e elu$ive magne$ium K-member$.LOL

I like this topic.
I'm considering the alum cable. lol
I'm making fiberglass molds for my car right now. Going to make a roof and 1/4's next. I'm trying to get this going before spring. I have about a $100 in the mold so far.

What car is that?
Keep the molds in case some orders may trickle in.

Wish I could melt,mold and stamp aluminum to make big parts.
Though I am thinking of sand casting a few small parts soon.

I don't make parts for other people, they would complain and want stuff for free. LoL
I just like working on my junk to get it faster. I made a hood a couple years ago.
Car is a 1st gen Avenger. Here is the mold after I peeled it off the trunk, the 1st pic is of the gel coat. The green stuff peeling off the mold is PVA mold release.





the car

I hear you on the freebies out there. Some people could never know how much goes into a scratch build part like what you are doing and what some others including myself are doing on here.

You know Drag Racing, it's a scratch the bottom dollar type of sport for many and a wink for others.

That car is a bronco out of the hole. Is that a Turbo ear on the Pass side fender.
Always cool go fast on the light foot side.

I just like piddling with stuff, I throw away the stuff that don't work and try again lol.
I had to start the fiberglass work after seeing it on the scales. 2960# was not what I was going for! lol
thanks for sharing your ideas, I enjoy your posts.

Single turbo big block. Indy -1 heads. Home built, still figuring it out.

If 2960 Lbs is where it sits now, I think it can be narrowed down to 2600 Lbs and change with more glass parts and other tricks. The Aero nose slope on those cars are a big plus on the big end.

my front wheel and tire weighs 26 lbs. wondering how that compares to others. I run a convo pro with nexen VW tire

I lost quite a bit of wt goin to et fronts over 165 radials.......

M&H's are DOT rated

http://www.mandhtires.com/M-H-Front-Runner#.Vo7acvkrJpg

I have somewhere in my notes how much my old and new front tire/wheel combos weighs in at.
These were the very first Centerline stealth wheels I saw at centerline's booth at SEMA. They are light in weight, but I'm afraid the bias-ply tire weighs more than the wheel itself.

Note the the stealthy light alloy wheel lug nuts, Dr. Diff aluminum drum hub. This just before I added the titanium wheel studs themselves.

I agree about those tires being heavy and I know my 165`s were compared to the 26" ET fronts I run now.......

While I have been slacking on progress with the influx of work and other matters, I managed to get off one side of my titanium rear shock plates while in Detroit and had it welded this morning at Accurate.
Though it is a handsome metal after welding and waiting for the titanium shock bolt to be installed aside from final file finishing, it only came in at 1/2 pound lighter than the stock unit. One pound total for both sides.
That is probably because I decided on 5/15 thick titanium plate instead of the more weight friendly stock 3/16 plate thickness.
I just want to make sure it all holds together back there during launches.
What say ye?

Nice but I agree, thinner may have worked cos the plates from Cal-vert seem thinner than that but not 100% sure on and I`m not near my car to measure.......either way.........

You guys are way over my budget. I guess I will have to stick to my diet and A bodies. LOL

You A-team guys have us Plan-B guys beat right off the cuff with the weight advantage, so stop complaining. LOL.

All kiddin' aside, I can almost feel Hemi-itis harassing me for a second set of plates, but let me first say that drilling/cutting/grinding Titanium is a whole other ball game. Get ready for your cardiac exercise.
Never mind the titanium material costs, try a budget for the cutting tools ie: Drill bits, saw blades, grinding wheels.

Yeah, my friend Special K mentioned the possibility of 7075 aluminum plate and I gave it some hard thought, but concluded that titanium even though heavier would let me sleep at night. but not at the tree. LOL

I had a goal of 2 lbs per week and by the next Drag Week, I should be down 100

Last night I just went over the 50 lb mark.

Sixpak.

Welcome to the madness.
Sounds like some extra pounds have been bothering you on the car somewhere.
I don't know how far you are in your quest so far, but I can safely say that it gets harder, inventive and yet more fun as you go into the dark side of the course.

Look out for some more tricks later this Winter and Spring when I go all out to reach my goal.

I lost quite a bit of wt goin to et fronts over 165 rad ials....... [/quote. Aprox how much? And can you run them with a radial out back? I lost 7 lbs going from the wide valve covers back to stk.