What weight savings switching to.A arm front suspension in a a body car
Posted By: lancer493
Re: A arm - 09/16/20 11:50 PM
I built a tube chassis Abody car for drag race only and regret not going to a strut front end for definite weight savings.Aftermarket Aarm suspension with coilovers would probably offer more tunability than T-bars but not a big weight saver for the bucks.Member DVW runs a Bbody drag car that I believe still has a lightened T-bar front suspension and he is knocking on the 8sec door!Struts are the way to go for the real weight savings.Regret that Ididn't go that way. Bill
Posted By: slantzilla
Re: A arm - 09/17/20 01:58 AM
When I bought my AJE he claimed 125# weight savings. Unfortunately, the fine print is you only save that much when removing power steering, power brakes, and factory brakes. It's closer to 40# or so when you have manual steering snd brakes.
Posted By: JAKE68
Re: A arm - 09/17/20 11:30 AM
All the stock suspension excluding brakes only weigh 123 lbs. so there is no way to loose a 125 lbs. the tubular uppers are heavier than the stamped stock ones . the lowers are less than a half a lbs. lighter. the k frame is 2.5 lbs lighter.Then that's almost nothing if you have a stock k frame that has been cut for oil pan. I have made a list of what every part weighs. So I don't get where guys say they lost a 125 lbs.
Posted By: moparacer
Re: A arm - 09/18/20 02:00 PM
No way 125 lbs.
I put one of Tory Shellehamers tube frame setups on my car over the winter and I think Tory told me 60 lbs or so. And I think his is as light as you can possibly get.
I went to an aluminum firewall, dash, tunnel, and lexan windows, cut off everything I didn't need up front, and with his suspension cut 150lbs.