Weight Reduction.

[got_torque]

What kind of things has everyone done for weight reduction? My truck weighed 4195 last saturday with me in it. Looking to get a little lighter. Besides taking the tailgate off.

I have a weight shredder front bumper waiting to go on, thatll save around 35 lbs. I do have a roll pan and no spare.

[slvr03dakrt]

tool kit, jack, rear seats, anything loose in the cab.

[Axiom]

Front sway bar and lighter wheels.

[norcalrt]

Front bumper (Without lower valance, but with mounting brackets)-- 27LBS

Rear bumper (with mounting brackets)-- 41LBS

Tailgate-- 40LBS

Factory Battery-- 45LBS

Spare tire assembly(pulley assembly and shaft that goes thru rear bumper)-- 5LBS

Street Scene Gen I Roll Pan-- 6LBS

Stock 00+ Fan Shroud(empty resevoirs)- 3LBS

Full size spare : 62-65#

26x10.5x15 MT ET street
on 15x8 Durango (15 psi) : 42#

99 front sway : 23#

99 mechanical fan : 10#

A/C compressor(drained): 14#

A/C radiator(drained): 7#

10# for 1 CalTrac ~ 20# for the pair

shocks weigh 24.5lbs (all 4)

and my stock door speakers weighed 3#'s each

Front Bogarts 15x3.5 with Moroso Tires 21 lbs (or with street BUG tires 23.5 lbs)

Rear Bogarts 15x10 wth 28x12.5x15 et streets 29 lbs

Hotchkis front anti-sway bar 32 lbs

Hotchkis rear anti-sway bar 10 lbs

Innovations tonneau without wing 82 lbs

Stock R/T rim with tire 62 lbs

15x8 Dakota rim with 26x11.5x15 et streets 44 lbs

15x8 Dakota rim with 215/75/15 street tire (poor man et fronts) 44 lbs

Factory bed liner including tailgate liner 44 lbs

Tailgate 45 lbs

Factory battery 47 lbs

windshield washer resovior FULL 5 lbs

Coolant overflow 2000 and up FULL 6 lbs

Factory rear bumber 48 lbs

Street Scene Roll pan 7 lbs

Passenger front seat: 43lbs

Center console (the middle seat/fold down console type) 27lbs

OEM R/T wheel with tire-63 lbs

CCwheel 18x10 with 275/40-48 lbs

CCwheel 18x13 with 345/35-57 lbs

Front Bogarts 15x3.5 with Moroso Tires-21 lbs

Front Bogarts 15x3.5 with 165/15 radials Tires-25 lbs

Rear Bogarts 15x10 wth 28x12.5x15 et streets-29 lbs

15x8 Dakota rim with 26x11.5x15 et streets-42 lbs

15x8 Dakota rim with 215/75/15 street tire (poor man et fronts)-44 lbs

Hotchkis front anti-sway bar-33 lbs

OEM front anti-sway bar-20 lbs

Hotchkis rear anti-sway bar-10 lbs

OEM rear anti-sway bar-8 lbs

Innovations tonneau without wing-82 lbs

Stock R/T rim with tire-62 lbs

Factory bed liner including tailgate liner-40 lbs

Tailgate-44 lbs

Factory battery-45 lbs

windshield washer resovior FULL-5 lbs

Coolant overflow 2000 and up FULL-6 lbs

Factory rear bumber with brackets-48 lbs

Street Scene Roll pan-7 lbs

OEM clutch fan-10 lbs

Caltracs-18 lbs

Stock Heads-55 lbs each

OEM passenger seat-42 lbs

OEM center consol with bench seat empty-24 lbs

ET Street and 15x8 Wheel 42lbs

Nitto Drag Radial 275/50/15 24lbs

275/60/17 Kumho and Factory RT wheel 69lbs

215/75/15 with 15x7 Dakota wheel 45lbs

Clutch Fan 5lbs

15x7 Dakota Wheel 21 lbs

15x8 Dakota Wheel 24.5 lbs

A/C compressor/condenser/canister/lines - 26lbs

Motorcycle battery - 13lbs

Edelbrock Magnum heads - 28lbs each

[GoFastGray]

....my ass only being 130#, PRICELESS :nana::jester:

[Aves]

Figure would bring this thread back. See if anyone else has some ideas that they have done to lighten there trucks. Good winter project and hopefully free at the same time:burnout:



Troy

[Sick 660r]

for the record the wight shredder bumper is 20lbs lighter.

[Pete102580]

i just climb around and look at stuff... how it's routed, or weather or not it's really necessary... and yank the shit out. i've never weighed any of it.... but i would guesstimate that every year i've got a pile of 5-20lbs worth of shit.... without touching the structure of the truck or interior cosmetics..... like cutting out brackets and things like that... all that i leave alone.

next im thinking of pulling the dash out and tossing all the HVAC stuff under there... that, along with all the padding behind the door panels/carpet... im sure i can toss another 10-20lbs in the can.
pete

[slvr03dakrt]

Keep it stock weight just add more hp ftw :rockwoot:. I drive my truck everyday so I need a/c and all the goodies so looks like I'm staying at 4250lbs.

[Sick 660r]

Keep it stock weight just add more hp ftw :rockwoot:. I drive my truck everyday so I need a/c and all the goodies so looks like I'm staying at 4250lbs.

I drive my truck every day and I havent used ac in 2 years.

[GoFastGray]

I drive my truck every day and I havent used ac in 2 years.

Swapped to the B&G flashed pcm and I lost my AC...it came back than I swapped again for smog. Lost it back in Sept. and it hasn't come back yet. The light just blinks :finger:
I do need it. Bakersfield and Phoenix are HOT when I go race :jester:

[Special Ed's R/T - Yaaaay]

one word.....laxatives :biggthumpup:

[Special Ed's R/T - Yaaaay]

Swapped to the B&G flashed pcm and I lost my AC...it came back than I swapped again for smog. Lost it back in Sept. and it hasn't come back yet. The light just blinks :finger:
I do need it. Bakersfield and Phoenix are HOT when I go race :jester:


it's an option that needs to be set in the PCM, a stealership can do it with the DRB. I had the same issue with a recent B&G PCM.