STM's Ricer goes on a diet...Updated
 

Today at the shop, Cory and Myself were sitting there looking at the car trying to find ways to make it a little lighter. One thing led to another and before we knew it the whole thing was apart. lol. Needless to say we found a lot of things that were not needed for our car and the car is loosing a lot of weight. When we are done the car will still be full interior just without all the extra weight.


Here are some pics....
Man that sunroof looks heavy....

http://www.streettunedmotorsports.co...nside_roof.jpg

Now its ready for an AMS roof

http://www.streettunedmotorsports.co...e_roof_out.jpg


I wonder what we can find under the dash? Yeah all that sound deadening stuff has got to go...

http://www.streettunedmotorsports.co...cory_emery.jpg


http://www.streettunedmotorsports.co..._down_dash.jpg

Next up is the ABS..

http://www.streettunedmotorsports.co...own_engine.jpg


We have a while to get all this done but why not start now? I think our goal for next year will be to compete with the big guys but still maintaining the "Street car" image. The car is in such good shape that I cant bring myself to hack it up.

-Emery

Wow car looks great, did you get the engine up and running yet?

I will trade you my stock 8 heads for your painted ones. I'm sure it will save you an ounce from the paint ;)

Looks like someone stole your car and hacked it up :D

Keep us posted , very interesting to see where and what you remove for weight.

Have you been weighing things upon removal??

hey emery,
I spoke with you on the phone yesterday. The car is looking good, i should i stopped by but forgot to call at noon. I'm going to rochester tomorrow (planned on today).
maybe i'll swing by next weekend. My car is running like crap.

Jimmy

looking good em!

If you are in town tomorrow stop by the shop, We will probably be there...

sounds good. i'll give the shop a call tomorrow.
Thanks

Talk to ya then...
-Em

How much weight did you remove from the parts mentioned?

looks good guys!! How much do you think the whole sunroof assembly weighs?? Or better question, do you know the weight difference between the AMS CF roof and a stock roof with all the sunroof stuff?

Also, pull that sound deadening off the floor. Its worth about 25 pounds.

Dry ice or a heat gun and putty knife will do the trick. ;)

car looks good!

Do you not see the pictures above?


Looking good, keep us updated

STM do you plan to fab up some lightweight parts that we can buy that is not already out on the market?? car looks good. there is alot of brackets and such under the dash im told that can be removed.

also you can ditch that big bar under the dash. but you need to build a bracket to hold the steering column in place. but many people do it.