Awesome, simpler than I imagined. I even have that front hole available since I don't run an ignitor. How's it mounted to the firewall? I wouldn't be asking these stupid questions if my car was in front of me. But it's not.

 

L- Bracket mounts it to the firewall with sheet metal screws. small ones with philips heads

 

Sweet, I see it now. I'll be doing this ASAP. Especially since it's free weight savings, I have the aluminum already. Thanks again!

 

After meeting and seeing ryans work in person I was inspired to so a wire tuck on my car. Guy does amazing work!

 

Not even close to street legal, but this turn signal conversion will get you home if your stuck at the track until after dark: http://www.eunos.com/keith/lights.html
For a track car, it's a no-brainer - don't even worry about the turn signal conversion. Headlight covers on my car are now supported with lightweight aluminum brackets, though additional weight can be saved by fabricating covers made from something lighter than steel or running a hood with integrated headlight covers.

Removal of the entire headlight bucket/motor assembly is good for about 9 pounds of weight savings per corner - and the weight is removed from a very desirable place.

 

i've done just that ^^^^ since i now have a drop vent/headlight delete fiberglass hood. i used driving lights purchased from pep boy's for $22.00
they are short wide lights, std. reflector, not projector style. if i remove the turni signal housings, i can see great at night. i've actually driven to oklahoma on my setup.

 

one thing that grass roots mentioned in the new issue is, cuting out parts of the body and replacing lighter matierials. cut some steel out and rivit in some aluminum panels.

 

Genesplicer could do that, it'd go with his Jap zero theme. The miata panels are already fairly light. I wasn't a huge fan of their article. Too general. Same with the power article, much too general.

The brake rotor was awesome, too bad almost no one would do that. I'd shave down to minimum thickness though.

 

those brake rotors were pretty cool but that is a lot of work to shave maybe a pound a side, and they will crack, it's just a matter of time.

 

I removed my softtop off the car today. Looks better with the hardtop on.

 

Someone asked what the "baby teeth" are earlier in this post... Can someone answer this for the rest of us not in the know?!

As for taking weight out of the car... When I gutted my manual window doors, I cut the door braces out and everything then used aluminum to brace the door skins up. When done I took 30 pounds out of each door!

 

Two tie down hooks in front. Also two in the back, but I don't know if there is a name for them. Hemorrhoids?

 

Asswarts? Dingleberries? Klingons?

 

Do you still have windows?
How do you open the door from the inside?

 

We used some plastic coated steel cable for the doors on our racecar. One end connected to the latch, the other end across the door through a hole, pull cable to release latch and open door.

 

does anybody make wire with aluminum conductor and automotive grade insulation?

i'm thinking the wire from battery up to starter and couple of other places with biggish copper. aluminum is relatively brittle compared to copper, so you would probably only want to use it where it is fixed to the chassis, i would imagine.

i also see quite a bit of metal thats not being used anymore on my car around where the stock shoulder seatbelt mount was. basically all that metal vertically above the top of the gas tank.

 

That's what i am looking at right now is all the extra metal around the car. The whole back parcel shelf could be taken out up to the studs for the soft top rain rail. If you have the trunk hinges off then you could really do a number on the area and gut it straight into the trunk area.

 

This is a very bad idea. There is a reason why Al is rarely used for electrical conductivity. Al in it's pure form is very highly conductive, but Al oxide is not at all. The ends of the wires will corrode into Al oxide, the resistance in the wire goes up and with it comes lots and lots of heat. Like enough heat to set something on fire, melt through the battery, etc.

 

Agreed. When I did inspections for an insurance company insurer, one of the biggest mark ups in premiums were for complexes that still had any aluminum wiring at all.

 

What, do you just put in an Aluminum fire wall?
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