How light can I get an 89 shadow 2.5 turbo 5 speed car? (New project log)

[ATaylorRacing]

I had my 94 Duster 3.0 car with automatic gutted down to 2250 lbs without any lexan. It had a single stock seat. The rear bumper had been removed and I used nylon zip ties to hold the bumper cover in place and appear stock.
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I stand corrected, it was the same wt as my wife's 99 Miata....2450 lbs. SORRY!

[MILKCARTON]

I got the heater boxand all the controls and all hoses and diverter out today, pretty heavy, what a pain to remove, I cant wait to see how light this thing is gonna be...

[MILKCARTON]

I got some work done on the shadow, head/turbo put on, and I got my drag wheels and tires put on, Once everything is put back on the car that needs to be, I will get it sitting like I want

[MILKCARTON]

I got some more stuff done, omni hood vent put in, and finally found a full set of 40 holes to use on the street[IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]

[BadAssPerformance]

Lookin good

[RoadWarrior222]

Personally, I wouldn't pull the framing outa the hatch, from what I've read over the years, it seems to need it for rear bodyshell rigidity. (Which tightening up the latch might help if it's sloppy) ... but you could attack it sensibly with a holesaw.... or cage the thing then reduce it to basically a skin.

[MILKCARTON]

Personally, I wouldn't pull the framing outa the hatch, from what I've read over the years, it seems to need it for rear bodyshell rigidity. (Which tightening up the latch might help if it's sloppy) ... but you could attack it sensibly with a holesaw.... or cage the thing then reduce it to basically a skin.

I pretty much agree, dont know what I am gonna do back there yet, anyone like the hood vent, I think it looks cool in there

[turbovanman²]

Warren lightened the piss out of his hatch, no issues.

Love the swiss cheese wheels,

[MILKCARTON]

I got to see what I am gonna do, I know its heavy, just dont know how much i can get out of it. The wheels were on a laser on cl, I gave him a 100 bucks and some shinny crab wheels of my K coupe for them, I did the deal over the phone and got there and they had brand new 205-60-15's on them, my tires were shot! I stripped the clear off them for now, gonna have them polished here soon

[turbovanman²]

I got to see what I am gonna do, I know its heavy, just dont know how much i can get out of it. The wheels were on a laser on cl, I gave him a 100 bucks and some shinny crab wheels of my K coupe for them, I did the deal over the phone and got there and they had brand new 205-60-15's on them, my tires were shot! I stripped the clear off them for now, gonna have them polished here soon

Opps, sorry, my bad, Warren has a G body, lol, but check out his build log for idea's, he did a pretty good job lightening it.

Nice job on the trade,

[Turbo Joe]

I had my p-body down to about 2065 ish. gut the doors as they are heavy because of the reinforcement bars in them. going lexan really isn't going to save alot of wieght but if your counting everything then go for it.
If you back-half the car then you could prolly get it down to 2k

[Ondonti]

I would keep all the interior plastics that you can find a use for. I am wanting to buy some because they weigh nothing and I don't like Police asking questions. The noise makes things 1000x worse. Ruining a car to save 300 pound sucks.

[RoadWarrior222]

Tell copper they're in a ditch off highway xxx because of the last bastard that stopped you tearing everything out looking for no-existant contraband.

[MILKCARTON]

Ok, got the shadow running and driving for a couple weeks now, got some street miles on it and everything seems well, I havent weighed it yet but it seems really light, I ran it for the first time on Friday night, best pass on 15psi was 13.16@104.5, by the end of the night it ran 105.84, but the et was 13.21, auto trans to come soon! here is a video, ignore everything after the pass, forgot to shut off gopro


http://youtu.be/SobTHbx8Hno

[Vigo]

Nice!

[MILKCARTON]

Thanx, I cant wait to get an auto in it and turn it up some, im only at 15 pounds now, thats all the boost I can run for now with +40's(and small meth kit) and E85 and stock pump, got to get the 255 in it

[Force Fed Mopar]

What was your 60ft and 8th mile time and mph?

[MILKCARTON]

best 60ft. was a sucky 1.96, 8.45 @ 83.84 mph in the 1/8, these are all off of the same pass, the first pass, I just cant wait to run it with an auto in it. Keep in mind this car has a stock weak clutch in it, hence the import shifting!

[turbovanman²]

Damn, that's flying for 15 psi,

What engine mods have you done, if any?

[MILKCARTON]

its has the stock 178K 2.5 bottom end, fresh stock head, 88 tbi cam,2 piece intake, stock tb, cheapy godspeed fmic, stock 520 trans, fwd stage 5 and 3 bar, thats all the boost I can run for now with +40's(and small meth kit) and E85 and stock pump,