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The spare tire hoist is good for another 5 lol. I'd be really curious to put my truck on a scale. Crew short bed Lariat 4x4 so it's got the heated and cooled front seats but the farmer who had it before me custom ordered it with the 40-20-40 front instead of the console. That middle seat has to be adding something measureable. The inverter under the back isn't exactly going to be light. Step bar tailgate. Full-size for my 305/45r22s. Also added Hellwigs and Stifflers and B&M diff cover which adds an extra 1.5qts of fluid. Stuff adds up quick lol. No pano roof though so at least there's that savings. I know it's gotta heavier than my 2012 crew short XLT was which makes me feel pretty good about how it moves out lol
light wheels and tires are a pretty noticeable change. I remember swapping my heavy street wheels and tires for welds skinnies and drag radials on my old mustang. Just that change made the car feel like it was on nitrous. If you can drop 400#, some of that being rotating mass... i'll be yeeeyeeeeeee!
[QUOTE=Ecks;6482211]Wanted to post this for those looking to do some weight reduction at the track.
Everyone's heard the whole "every 100 lbs cuts 0.1 sec off your 1/4 mile ET" but I wanted to do my own testing.
There's also some online calculators but who knows how accurate those are?
Let's start off with my truck full weight. 5860 lbs truck only with half a tank.
Like you said, there are alot of variables, but to try this 'test' out and actually see results was pretty informative. If your 60' was same, and the ambiant air was the same, you would have a bit better information. Again, a whole bunch of variables. To be scientific (in my mind) EVERYTHING would need to be the same except for the weight reduction.
Will say tho, thats a darn quick truck. Sure it surprises a bunch of people.
The spare tire hoist is good for another 5 lol. I'd be really curious to put my truck on a scale. Crew short bed Lariat 4x4 so it's got the heated and cooled front seats but the farmer who had it before me custom ordered it with the 40-20-40 front instead of the console. That middle seat has to be adding something measureable. The inverter under the back isn't exactly going to be light. Step bar tailgate. Full-size for my 305/45r22s. Also added Hellwigs and Stifflers and B&M diff cover which adds an extra 1.5qts of fluid. Stuff adds up quick lol. No pano roof though so at least there's that savings. I know it's gotta heavier than my 2012 crew short XLT was which makes me feel pretty good about how it moves out lol
I pulled the center seat/armrest/storage out The seat out weighs over 50 pounds itself. I replaced it with a 54 quart Plano storage box. Lot less weight and lot more room inside. KM
Like you said, there are alot of variables, but to try this 'test' out and actually see results was pretty informative. If your 60' was same, and the ambiant air was the same, you would have a bit better information. Again, a whole bunch of variables. To be scientific (in my mind) EVERYTHING would need to be the same except for the weight reduction.
Will say tho, thats a darn quick truck. Sure it surprises a bunch of people.
Thanks. Truck definitely gets a lot of attention. No one ever expects a big lifted truck to actually be quick Especially before TRX's came out.
light wheels and tires are a pretty noticeable change. I remember swapping my heavy street wheels and tires for welds skinnies and drag radials on my old mustang. Just that change made the car feel like it was on nitrous. If you can drop 400#, some of that being rotating mass... i'll be yeeeyeeeeeee!
On lighter vehicles it makes a huge difference!
I'd really like to see what the actual difference is from say a heavy set of stock 20's with stock 32" Dynapros, to a lightweight wheel, same size tire, to see what difference that makes.
I am not willing to put car tires (track tire, whatever) on my truck, and I suspect that spending $2K on a set of lightweight rims, would probably only drop .1 in the 1/4, just a thought.
Especially before TRX's came out.
