1970 Camaro RS Operation Budget LSx

[1970camaroRS]

Weighed some things tonight that I yanked out.

(all weight rounded to the nearest pound)
Big giant 1-5/16" Hellawig swaybar and hardware - 26lbs
Rear seat back - 19lbs
Rear seat bottom - 6lbs (each) 12lbs total
Passenger seat- 38lbs
Misc headliner hardware and interior trim (lots still left in car!) - 6lbs
Door panels - 6lbs (each) 12lbs total

Total weight removed from car - 113lbs!

Still to do:
replace driver's seat with race seat - est 26lbs savings
replace power window doors with manual doors with no crash beam - who knows, lots?!?!
replace rear glass and side glass with lexan - 53lbs - weight of lexan (keeping windshield glass)
seat belts - 15lbs
trunk lid to fiberglass - 25lbs - weight of glass lid
remove wipers - unknown
5-leaf to split mono - est 15lbs, but could be more
Steel wheels to aluminum - 64lbs + (but this one aint cheap!)
Radio and speakers - maybe 6lbs?
Plus whatever else I find, carpet, trim, pieces of the dash, etc. More than 200lbs more for sure...if not closer to 300lbs. I will try to remember to weigh everything I pull out and weigh everything I put back in.

Please stop me before I pull the hole saw out!

[Vegas69]

I thought this was a daily driver?

[70rs]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

I thought this was a daily driver?

Daily dragster.

[1970camaroRS]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

I thought this was a daily driver?

Went to the track for the first time in 8 years, and things change....

I'm aiming squarely for the not fun to drive every day category now.

[Leadfoot1]

....exactly what happenned to me when i went to the track with a friend and his car one w-end as i was just starting my Camaro project...Yeah, I was shootin for a big time PT project and i was all pumped up when, after a frustrating afternoon of trying to run 9's and only beeing able to do 10.04-5's we put the nitrous on ''KILL'' and he said ''if the season ends here so be it, we're doing a nine before we leave''...Well it ran a 9.96 sooo.....I ended up selling more than 10 grand worth of gathered Pro Touring parts and buying an 8-71 blown 468 big block / braked Th400 car to strip it of all its heavy duty stuff to build up the Camaro.......I was hooked back on Drag racing big time!!

I can relate.

Now, i just finished the Camaro, but more than that, i recently bought the Camaro the guy (Friend) i had sold my parts to was building so i am recuperating the Pro Tour stuff i had sold and might finish it after all...Just to tell you it'll come around if you want to, when you want to.

Cool deal, you're having fun... and thats what counts!!! I wanted to share my story so you can look ahead and be aware that you can always come back even if you steer away a little... The important is having a ball!!!

Oh and, POST UP SOME PICS,,,,been awhile no??

Lead.

[1970camaroRS]

Ok, so tonight out came the driver's seat, all the stock seat belts, misc trim (sill plates, headliner anchor, etc) and passenger area plastics. Obviously the driver's seat and a set of belts are going back in, but they will be much lighter.

Driver's seat - 36lbs (2lbs light than the passenger seat...go figure. It was missing a bunch of foam though)
Passenger side panels - 8lbs
Stock Seat belts - 8lbs
Misc trim - 6lbs

total - 58lbs
previous total - 113 lbs
new total - 171 lbs

Tomorrow the carpet, sound deadener, stereo speakers and whatever else I have time to yank out will be on the floor of my garage. Should be over 200 lbs lost by tomorrow.

[1970camaroRS]

Pulled the carpets the other night and then had my workout tonight scraping the sound deadener out of the car! Also pulled the speakers out.

Carpet (front and rear) - 13lbs
Sound Deadener - 30lbs (left a bunch behind too!)
Rear Speakers - 7lbs.

Tonight's total - 50lbs
Previous total- 171lbs
New Total- 221lbs

Still have a few more bits of this and that in the interior to come out.

[1970camaroRS]

Something came in the mail today:



It's a Kwik Performance alternator only bracket for truck waterpump and pulley. Very nice piece...not the cheapest in the world, so definitely not 'budget', but I plan on replacing anything that fails or doesn't meet expectations with a better part on a case by case basis.







Also, where in the heck did my interior go?



Nope not here...


Oh there it is.


Weighed some more knick-knacks and lost 3 more lbs today. Also, the new alternator bracket is 1 lb light than the old one. It all counts!

Total Loss- 225lbs

[1970camaroRS]

Finally got some work done on the car today. Buddy came over and helped liberate a few items I won't need anymore. Like the wipers and some trim here and there. Also yanked the doors off and weighed them. Also weighed the doors I will be putting on after I gut them for a good before and after measure.

So here is the weight-loss list.
Current total- 225 lbs
Charcoal canister - 3 lbs
Wiper assembly - 3 lbs
Wiper motor - 6 lbs
Misc door and rear window trim and rocker wire covers - 6 lbs
Upper dash - 7 lbs
Lower dash - 5 lbs
Gauge cluster - 3 lbs
New total - 258 lbs

Now the fun part.
1978 Type LT power window and lock doors - 105 lbs
1970 Manual crank doors - 95 lbs
10 lbs per door, 20 lbs total brings the weight loss up to 278 lbs. But I won't count this because even more weight will be coming out of the doors soon.

[onelapduster]

Lots of work being put into this build, what are the plans for the doors?