$135 shipped:

 

Truth be told, the radiator swap and inner fender cutting was a kill two birds with one stone kind of deal. The last outing to the track I ripped a huge gash in the bumper. I installed a bracket to move my car ramps closer for when I load my ATVs on my car hauler....and I new it was close but had loaded successfully several times before. This time I wasn't so lucky.......

Ouch:


Did a quick patch and we raced anyway:


But I needed a fix...so I found a place called OnlinePartsBin (or something of the nature) and they did a VIN matched paint and then shipped the bumper for $250. So I took it apart while I waited....lead time was about 2 weeks.



I've always hated the China halo lights so I found a set of OEMs to go back on:



The busted bumper and china lights got hung for decoration:



And, 3 weeks later Fedex drops this beauty off:



Thanks EmblemPros:





Two more random tire pics:

 

Time....7:56......8:05.....8.35.....8.39
60'.......1.59......1.55.....1.67.....1.55
1/8.......7.24......7.19.....7.35.....7.18
MPH......94.18....94.37...93.97...94.24
1/4.......11.40....11.34...11.52...11.32
MPH......118.4....118.7...118.2...118.8

Wheel spin on the 3rd pass, 64/6500 shifts for 1 and 2, then 6700 for 3 and 4. Looks like I gained next to nothing by putting the shifts higher.

Time.....12:17.....12:35......12:46.......12:59
60ft........1.52......1.53.........1.53.........1. 54
1/8th......7.14......7.14..........7.13........7.16
MPH........94.2......94.4.........94.5.........94. 3
1/4........11.30....11.293....11.27......11.32

No changes.

 

Most recent, Go-Pro


At 0:25 in this one


At 1:00 in this one:

 

Waaay righteous! Thanks for sharin' that red badaSS!!!

 

yes nice I see you have built it up ,yes I would even think about 5 core raceing radiator ,,but I guess you like the track ,an know that the track is the place thing break ,no matter what sooner or later ,

 

Midwest Chassis rear bumper support but it isnt new.....


A full 10lbs of metal removed, about 1 pound went back in.




Losing the catback and 4" cutout, going to a single 4" bullet. Total weight lost will be a minimum of 35 lbs.




I love stock appearance......

 

To come.....


I also have a 5 gallon bucket of misc brackets, bolts, back of the radio etc thats up to 30lbs and Im not near done yet. I also found a full gallon of coolant in the spare tire well so figure that was an extra 8 pounds I was dragging around for nothing :bang:

Got a chance to tinker some more.









Decided to run the 4" pipe all the way out the back for the fumes, and the drone. I realized I had to delete the upper panhard support brace to make room for the pipe. I don't trust running without one so I fabbed up some supports of my own.

 

Running vertically supporting the bracket



This is what I started with, to go after the Y merge.



It snaked over the rear end quite nicely, with a little gap on top and bottom. Its ****ing loud.....



After some inspecting I realized WOT blasts make for super hot exhaust pipes. Was too close to the gas tank for comfort and melted a tiny bit of the bumper. So I wrapped the rear section and repositioned the tailpipe slightly.



The cutout i removed.


Got to tinker some today. Switched from a Chrs1313 AC ram air to a SSRA Megamouth (non-AC) ram air



Cut out the lower radiator support. It was worth 5lbs. The edges of the bracket are still strong enough for an adult male to hang from. I'm gonna run some aluminum flat bar across to give the air dam something to mount to.

 

Before my 11.2 run I had done the following weight reduction:

ABS Delete: 10
Bumper supports F+R: 40
9.5" converter: 15
Cruise delete: 5
Power seat delete: 10
Lightweight battery: 20
Spare tire delete: 20
Monsoon delete: 20
K Member: 30
Front swaybar delete: 15
Midwest rear bar: 5
Front fender cut: 5
Lightweight carpet: 20
Driver airbag delete: 5
Total: 220 lost

Since I've done:
AC Compressor/bracket: 20
Sway bar brackets: 5
AC fan delete: 5
Lower radiator support cut: 5
Catback delete: 30
Misc bucket of brackets: 35
Spool: 20
Condensor and evap: 5
Coilovers: 10
Spare tire well delete: 10
Upper panhard delete: 5
Total so far: 150

Total 370 lbs.

I was concerned with the air going around the radiator since the condenser was gone. So I fabbed up a couple pieces out of ABS, pictured here plus the hole I was facing.