And that is an extended J-bolt at that. Much heavier than the short stockers. LOL.
Yeah, that aluminum tank was fashioned by my original stock steel tank and made by Ricks Hot Rod shop out West. It has an internal Aeromotive A-1000 fuel pump with all the appropriate internal baffles to act as hidden sumps during acceleration.
Though much lighter in weight in the wrong place, it was much neater than an old school steel tank sump and pump exposing an ugly lump.
Just was trying to clean up the bottom side of the car, hence, better aero's

I think better actually cos my trunk is flat so the air hits the back lower valance area easier and would bet that the spare tire well would direct the air away from the big azz pocket that is now wide open..............or not.............

Funny you mention the 6-pack scoop cos I'm lookin at using it in the rear to deflect air away from the parachute that is the back bumper/valance............

Yesterdays purchase.Things are moving right along.Also found the cam was installed 6* ADVANCED!

Will also be updating my "K". Can't get these images out of my head

Goal is to get 125 lbs off the nose




Thanks Doug

Al, did you weigh the cylinder heads to see what the weight difference is between the iron and aluminum? Switching to aluminum heads and rocker stands should be at least 50lbs, no?

Stroker pistons will be shorter and weigh less...

Wilwood discs, k frame mods, aluminum radiator, get rid of some of the chrome cup gauges on the cowl - switch out the braided steel lines for some stealth black braided stuff... easy peasy.

More like 80 Lbs with Hemis from iron to aluminum.
50 Lbs for Wedge head motors.

When it comes to those chrome cup gauges and if you still intend on using them, at least move 'em indoors to the dash and push the weight more rearward. An inch rearward is good with all things.

After I get the heads back,I will wait till they are loaded and weigh the difference. Maybe special K could provide the iron rocker stand weight.
Finding several places 0n the block to make some flakes fly!

Here's the mystery jig at its calling.
It's a bumper stop to mark up where the chassis mounts are on the longitudes. This way everything goes back where it should be.
More later.

Can't really measure the chips & powdwer on the floor.But some of the larger chunks,,,,,,

It ALL adds up fast and I just removed about 12-13 lbs from trimming metal and rear valance to let air out that was getting trapped in the trunk plus the ft. rad. lower support so keep going there's LOTS left on your car.............

Sure thing.
Hemi-itis has enough weight to lease out to some of us that have wheel standing problems. LOL.
Those ears and extra bosses are dead weight.
Funny, I always thought you had a Mega block which is WEIGH heavier. That there looks like a stocker.
When ever I dismantle my engine (probably never because I hardly can go racing anymore) I will shave off all that excess ears, bosses and attachments within reason.
When I saw DVW the other day in Detroit, he had mentioned the possible concerns of air lift with the rear bumper air foil in place. I've never experienced that, but then again, he's rowing 20 miles per hour faster than me.

I trimmed the rear valance in the corners and behind the lic. plate to let air go THROUGH instead of under for now then will see if my plug still gets blown out of position. If it does then small deflectors in addition to what I did should work I hope...........

Just put a boosted small block in it and stop wasting time with that heavy lump...

But that wouldn't work cause then you'd have to change your screen name to Small block-Itis. Or something like that.

Isn't Dizuster's early B more door in the mid 9s with a turbo'd JY 360?






I got nothing really, my car is on jack stands and will be lucky to be in the 10s.

You should be tapping on the 10's door very easily with your combo after some fine tuning and if that. Glasses is easily doing that on the brakes and he's a little less warmer than your combo.

Dzuster's car weighs 3700+ Lbs and is past a few broken parts as well, but currently flying high in cloud mid nines at a buck 40+ after so much tweaking and leaking.

Boosted, juice-ted, blew-sted, you name it, it will fly and with a different kind of care and tune as apposed to us Dyno oil burning Dinosaurs. But it makes for an interesting chat at the dinner table.LOL.

Moparts match race of the century - Hemi Itis vs. Dizuster, best 2 out of 3. Loser buys the skirt steaks...

Back to weight watching, here's an outtake from a Car & Driver teaser for the new Demonic specimen coming from Dodge. The bug has bitten the engineers hard.
Welcome to the Terror dome.

"To shed some unholy mass from a Demon, Dodge ditches everything it can, starting with all the seats except one for the driver. Dumping the rear and passenger seats sheds 113 pounds, 58 of that for the passenger throne alone. (A betting man could safely wager that the seats, and their respective belts, could be available as dealer-installed options.) Ditching the trunk trim saves another 20 pounds, and 18 pounds of sound-deadening material go away, too. As we speculated, the speakers are all gone except for two small ones in the doors for the warning chimes; that and a simplified wiring harness pares another 24 pounds.

Further mass reductions compared with Hellcat-spec Challengers include ditching the parking sensors (two pounds), replacing the power tilting and telescoping steering column with a manual version (four pounds), 18-inch wheels in place of 20-inchers (16 pounds), hollow anti-roll bars (19 pounds), and the surprising choice of four-piston front brake calipers grabbing 14.2-inch rotors to supplant the Hellcat’s 16-pounds-heavier pair of six-piston grabbers and 15.4-inch rotors. (Maybe this isn’t intended as a road-course machine?)"

MEGA Jenny

Still have hours to grind,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Will oil be flowing down those inner dunes too fast or will you use restrictors?