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01-28-2019, 05:02 PM
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Name: SPEEDSHIFT
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It really depends on how you want everything to look and function. Just looking at the truck and assuming you want form over function, I would start with the rear axle, wheels/tires, brakes, and back half it or at least 4-link the rear. You could probably save 500lbs with all those parts total.
And you would get better performance from them, not just the weight savings.
Beautiful truck BTW.
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01-28-2019, 05:09 PM
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Name: talntid
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Originally Posted by SPEEDSHIFT
It really depends on how you want everything to look and function. Just looking at the truck and assuming you want form over function, I would start with the rear axle, wheels/tires, brakes, and back half it or at least 4-link the rear. You could probably save 500lbs with all those parts total.
And you would get better performance from them, not just the weight savings.
Beautiful truck BTW.
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Thanks!
I want a balance of form AND function.
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01-28-2019, 08:24 PM
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Name: Chassisman
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I guess a full Carbon Fiber body is out then?
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01-28-2019, 08:36 PM
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Name: Chassisman
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You could dip the frame and body panels in acid to thin out the metal.
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01-28-2019, 09:12 PM
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Name: talntid
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I guess a full Carbon Fiber body is out then?
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If I can do full carbon or fiberglass body, I am OK with doing it, so long as it looks good.
I have been eyeing those hotbodz fiberglass parts
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01-28-2019, 09:12 PM
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Name: Downtownbrown
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Has anyone chopped out the main floor of the bed and put in a plastic bedliner? Maybe just leave a little bit in there to support it? Id like to try it when i get my truck going to shed some weight but not looked hacked up
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01-28-2019, 11:43 PM
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Name: RascalMafia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Downtownbrown
Has anyone chopped out the main floor of the bed and put in a plastic bedliner? Maybe just leave a little bit in there to support it? Id like to try it when i get my truck going to shed some weight but not looked hacked up
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I considered doing this when I was building my RCSB truck and welding in cross bars underneath where the bed floor would have been to "sit" the slicks in, and then strap them down. Without a bed floor i think it would take a lot fasteners to secure the bedliner in due to wind turbulence.
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01-29-2019, 12:02 PM
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Name: RacinDuallie
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My biggest issue with losing the bed, is the truck won't look "street" anymore.. it will look like a hacked up racetruck
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Thank you!
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01-29-2019, 01:39 PM
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Name: talntid
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Originally Posted by RacinDuallie
Thank you!
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02-13-2019, 01:56 PM
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Leaf springs weigh a lot I bet? Must be 100# each at least!
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02-14-2019, 07:01 AM
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Name: iride813
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Not sure if you said you have done it yet or not. But swapping to discs in the rear save a bunch of weight aswell. You can cut the front clip a lot. On the drag truck I’m building the full front clip and core support is only about 125lbs combined
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02-14-2019, 05:27 PM
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Name: talntid
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I do have disc brakes in the rear, but it is still on the heavy Dana 80.
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02-14-2019, 07:24 PM
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Name: RacinDuallie
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I do have disc brakes in the rear, but it is still on the heavy Dana 80.
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Fabricated 9" rear is in your future?
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02-18-2019, 02:27 PM
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Name: ramthiscummins
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You could check out turbatom on youtube if no one else mentioned it,
He has a few videos of cutting the bed up and he is now working on removing a lot of metal from the cab on his 4th gen regular cab.
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