well being as my trans is shot for now,i continued my weight reduction,by gutting all of the front doors, including the crash bars inside the doors,ive got the outer skins back on now and I just ordered the lexan for the side windows when that's done ill fab some aluminum skins for the inside to clean It all up a bit,also I was planning on ordering a FMSR built trans this month but a friend had a sweet deal on a 18ft open trailer so I snagged that up and will be ordering the built trans with LSD this month,July the latest.
I hated borrowing a trailer so its cool I got my own now,and the price was right.

 

Good call, nice trailer!

 

Hmm fmsr isnt that vendor banned from here? lol

 

I wouldnt go from fmsr, you may get your trans, but i wouldnt deal with that mess of a business

 

I like what your doing with the car and making the most out of your situation.

That being said do you have a full start weight? I'm curious when all is said and done, how much lighter the var will be.

 

Cant say no to a well priced trailer, and good progress on the car, WR is huge.

Also, stay away from FMSR.

 

in4 weight reduction

budy had a fmsr trans so it actually does exist.. however it didn't last the season and blew 4th gear during a boostramp on a zfr... shop was questioning if it had everything done it was advertised to

 

Im jealous. There is so much I want to rip out of my car, but I plan on having a passenger quite frequently. I dont mind putting myself at risk, but I dont want to risk my passenger. Car will be on the street 99% of the time

 

I think factory weight was around 2900lbs,if I had to guess im currently around 2500 give or take,got some updated pics of the lexan install,rear sides are still factory glass and its hard to tell them apart from the tinted lexan!
working on rear windows now and aluminum interior door skins,windshield will be done shortly too.
thanks for the heads up um FMSR..ive done a few diff installs on fwd transmissions, and my gear sets are fine just the diff is bad,maybe ill bite the bullet and order the tool kit for the trans and install a quaffie myself,MAYBE ill go that route..either way I know ill have a trans shortly so im taking care of the easy stuff now,also putting traction bars on and spherical LCB's

 

check out some vids of our "clan" LOL on the lower part of page,video of petes 10 sec nova is pretty bad ass,click on link below,have to find out why its saying blank page lol but it works
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I was hoping for actual before and after measurements. Not guesses. But that's ok. I like the Lexan windows. I was planning on doing our rear windows in it.

 

ill get it on the scales at the track forst thing,before I got a a chance to break something again lol

 

got the inner door skins I made out of aluminum on the car today,back side windows are out and In process of gutting the quad doors,and rear window is out, waiting on lexan for that

 

rear doors gutted and my daughter "helped" remove the rear glass and take some tween aggression out at the same time lol,FAMILY AFFAIR

 

lol I need a "gutting" thread, a hour or so of cleaning glass off the seal and im ready to install the lexan in rear! lsd trans will be here in a month

 

Post all your findings in here!

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/gene...-again-315003/

 

Nice progress. I was thinking about doing some cutting here and there im just really unsure what i could cut without sacrificing rigidity.

 

yeah when its all said and done and the car is fast enough ill be adding a chromoly roll bar to tighten things back up

 

working on rear window now

 

fully rebuilt! AND not by who you think although some parts were bought by them,didnt realize how much BS to get a good trans was,paid same as I paid for the car lol

 

You already have 2 threads going on this why did you make a 3rd?

 

HOT 97 because im riff raff and blue comets are faster then lightning lol, jfwy,i been in the game 20 years like Tim Duncan

 

Wow .... Smh .... This guys

 

you may have been in some game 20 years but your car is slow

 

FMSR is being sued for parting out a customers car they were supposed to be building lol.