The more the world changes, the more it stays the same.
Note the two scoops orifice.
Demon not yet meeting the new year resolution of weight loss as much as that A-864, but comfy, safer and faster.

Imagine a current Demon at A-864 weight distributed in the right corners.

8 Ball 8's anybody?

Its still not a perfect solution. I've tried several things, and this is with perfectly calibrated competition weights. Its hardly foolproof. Actual parts scales, or dairy scales, scales made for stuff and around the range ov weight you're using... thats the way to go.

Really depends on the accuracy of the measuring devise.

http://www.torbalscales.com/ad520.html?g...qPzgaAhGr8P8HAQ

I agree totally with Pale. Stuff is stuff and scales are made for that. Nuff said.

What would a large can of low sodium green beans have to do with weight loss?
No! aside from personal weight loss?

PEDAL TO THE METAL!
The other day I was looking at some parts left over from a restoration. I came across a new looking gas pedal? I wondered if it was reproduction or NOS? So I got an old used one and found the part number then picked up the new one and stopped in my tracks as to how much lighter it was! The heck with the part numbers and get out the scale!! This new pedal weighed 15.5 ounces and the old one a pound a then some! WOW! What a neat find. This morning I removed the gas pedal from the race car and it weighed 1LB 3.4 ounces or 19.4 ounces. This little project shaved another 3.9 ounces off the front! You never know where the next gain is going to come from!!
MJ

That there is a neat discovery.
Probably because of less rubber mass/thickness and less metal impregnated in the rubber mold.
Imagine if all the repro parts are that much lighter relative to their original counterparts, you can shave off a whole lot of pounds.
I started on an aluminum version of the floor swivel mechanism for the go-pedal, but time and other priority's get in the way.
It might not last too long, especially under hard pedal mashing in running, but it would serve as a neat conversation piece.

So what can a can of green beans contribute or take away from a weight loss program?
This!

You see, one of the co-conspirator mad scientists "The Palm Reader" at Area51 has decided once again to get light headed, so he decided that one of the first items to get the boot towards the storage bin was his factory under dash heater/AC unit.
Here it is complete with the blower motor and all. A whopping 44 Lbs removed. But.........

......how does a can of beans fit into all this???????
So as you can see here, after gently removing the unit from its nest under the dash, there was a gaping black hole left on both sides of the firewall. I figured Rick would find some way/thing to patch that hole up and give it a factory delete p[late look.

Here is the answer.
Bottoms up.
There is Gold in them there hills if you apply the brain. The embossed circles add a little factory flare to a delete plate
But it gets it little better.

Here's the factory 0-ring thing-a-magig plate that sits on the firewall exterior.
It needs something to cover the center void.

.....so this is where the cans bottom or top depending on which side you choose comes into play along with the 0-ring thing-a-magig. He plans to trim this top portion off the can and drill three holes to correspond with the 0-ring plates three holes.

Now here's the question. Does it look good and semi authentic this way??????????

or this way??

He ultimately wants it to look like a factory installed delete plate painted body color of which in this case is Turquoise 1 or satin black.

Here's the blower motor doing a solo on the scale. At 4 Lbs alone, it was grounds for removal on a fair/good weather car.

The running joke around my neck of the woods is that my car is the perfect barometer. If you see it driving, you can bet on good weather at the beach with your Girlfriend, but that's at night.
I'm talking that never mind that my car never sees rain, it never sees Sun. It's a night crawler under a full moon. LOL.

For those not willing to go Deep-SEE diving into the Mariana trench of this thread, here again is a refreshed image of the all aluminum exhaust system with aluminum Ultra-flo type mufflers and all. These start at the collectors tails and dump out just before the rear differential. Tail downturns are not included in this image.
20 Lbs and some pennies.

Though not a lightweight piece by any stretch but tricked as the usual for The Palm readers 'Wanna Bee" Super Bee project.
This here pre carb filter/bypass canister on the 68' cars came with a 5/16 fuel feed line, but a new improved and larger 3/8 line complete with bulge ends will be fabricated to look stock.

Here's the 3/8 line uncut for the end caps. Dremel tools are precise.

Damn, that IS light! My Spintechs alone are probably close to 20lbs. Unfortunately, exhaust is one place i will never skimp on quality. Thin/light exhausts are loud... and not in a good way. Another unfortunate truth, is that the heavier the exhaust, the better it sounds. My Challenger's exhaust aint gonna be much bigger than that (T/A style, one piece), but it'll probably weigh twice as much. One small mercy is that that weight is as low, and central as weight can get in a car.

Yes it is light indeed. One piece and easy to take on and off.
The muffs alone are about 4 Lbs each more or less.
Yes, the lighter the exhaust, the louder it will be but this system perhaps because of the light alloy used is actually quieter. It does have a funny Formula one type of sound though. I liked the thin gauge stainless exhaust note better. The weight difference advantage is what shuts my mouth trap off. LOL.