Thread: Weight reducion help

OK if you don't already know from a few of my previous posts, I own a '02 gp se and now im doin weight reduction to it. I already took out the carpet, and all of the plastic interior panels around the door jambs and by the front and rear windows. there is no sound deadening in the rear, im taking the sound deadening out of the front tomorrow. and im leaving all the seats in for now, but my question is: have I missed anything at all? the A/C is staying and so is the power steering, but could I take out my Hood latch? I have Hood pins already installed on my car, and can I also take out that black stuff behind the bumpers? oh and I did an airbag delete on the drivers side, should I do that to the other side as well? any ideas will be taken into consideration

rear speakers, rear deck sound deadening, trunk carpet, all of the thick tar pieces they put on for anti-rattle. all the styrofoam in the doors, the sound deadening you can see in the front fender from inside the door, abs, put a cone right on the TB get rid of the airbox, the cowl rubber strip between the hood and the engine bay. engine lift brackets.

and what do you mean put a cone on the TB? I don't kno what that is, and how does the car stop if I take the ABS off?

yes I race it, it has some mods. and yes I have insurance, no they don't kno bout the airbag delete. and no im not gonna take the bumpers off, but what about that black foam behind them?

im not sorry that im just starting working under the Hood n what not, I do body repairs and that was about it until about 6 months ago so I don't really kno much about engines. and I have state farm lmao, not Allstate lol.

and what I ment by "how does the car stop" was how well does it stop, as in stopping power. will it stop the same as it does now or wut?

ok so fine if I put the damn airbag back in will ya stop hounding me bout it? n maybe help out a newbie, because I would really love to kno what other gp owners that gutted their grand prix did so I have a wider view on it

ok I understand now lol thanks, and im not too worried about the road noise because im leaving the audio system in to help drown it out lmao

im gonna be pulling the 3.1 and dropping a 3.8 S/C in it here in a couple weeks, and im planning on racing it on the weekends.

yeah i noticed the difference and I fill in the holes to make the floor even

thanks for the help, got any more good ideas? and yes an airbag delete lol I kno its crazy but ill chance it lol. plus I have something wrong with my spine so if I get hit with an airbag it will paralyze me and where is all the thick tar anti rattle stuff at? and its my DD but I want to make it race legal because I also race it but I want it to be lighter and have enough room for a roll cage. and im looking for both MPG and speed

eight reduction FTMFW