Just for giggles:
15lbs
@tRustyK5 remind me to measure the driveshaft
If its on amazon it must be true....
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Looks like we were both wrong...it's 22 lbs according to them. Not as bad as I thought but I still would of won the cookies for over 15 lbs.
But I admit I was off more lbs than you. Although your tubing looks larger than the one in the picture and many G Force are 25 lbs or more.
@folkenheath
why dont you strip your G body down…..
Strip it down? I don't see anyone advocating for that.
It's not a race car, I just do my best do make sure each part isn't overly heavy.
So to me a quite heavy part that could be significantly lighter for reasonable cost and do the same function is a no brainer. Which is why I made my own that weighs ~3 lbs for $10. But that doesn't mean the part needs to be eliminated. Of course, sometimes it does, I don't have any power steering, power brakes, windshield wipers, etc. So in that way it is stripped down. But it does have a heavy 4L80E OD transmission, 5 harnesses(not just 5 pt, 5 harnesses, 2 in front and 3 in the back(the back are 4 pt)), a back seat, a factory style fuel tank, a trunk, and a 4 speaker sound system.
However, if I stripped the interior I surely wouldn't be able to take the family for rides in it or pick the kids up from school, so it would lose a lot of function. So for me, if it doesn't take away a function I want, or cost a lot of money, etc, I make it lighter.
With that said, Bent's car started out way lighter than mine ended up, I'm jealous on that front. Full framed vehicles aren't light.
Anyway, I understand what you are saying Dave, I should shutup and let the man build his own car.
