mostly gutted festiva.... numbers inside

[91blufestiva]

interested in selling your passenger mirror?

[shortystowing]

You can get a set of dimple dies pretty cheap, like $150 for a good set from pirate4x4 and use a C clamp as thin as the festiva body metal is...

[lxoom]

you could do some real progress with a hole saw and a dimple die. make it lighter and stronger at the same time

wouldnt i have to remove the metal off the car in order to get it dimpled ..... thats done in some sort of hydraulic press i think

im sure if there were no limitations one could get a festy to 1400 lbs

[gorgonheimer]

you could do some real progress with a hole saw and a dimple die. make it lighter and stronger at the same time

[lxoom]

I could use the horn relay from under the drivers side dash. That should drop you another 3oz.

LOL... every oz counts

Pull the automatic seat belts and put in either a set of 88/89 manual belts, or go with a set of harnesses....

nevermind- I'm an idiot... Didn't see clearly in the pics. Looks like it did have manual belts. :x

Yep sorry for the horrible pic, my sis got back from vacation today with MY camera so i can take some better ones

the seat belts are all removed, my interior will consist of One sparco sprint seat, a harness bar and 3" leaf harness

I had a Momo hub for an mx3 lying around, and after searching pics on the site I saw someones festy with an MX3 steering wheel in it ! so i immediately ran out to the garage and installed the hub with a cheap but good enough 320mm racing wheel i also had laying around

[SimonTuffGuy]

Pull the automatic seat belts and put in either a set of 88/89 manual belts, or go with a set of harnesses....

nevermind- I'm an idiot... Didn't see clearly in the pics. Looks like it did have manual belts. :x

[SimonTuffGuy]

My car was at 1850 with a BP, Aspire brakes, and everything stripped out except the dash and a set of racing seats (that included pulling the heater core, all the ducting in the dash, etc... I did have the raido and a set of speakers up front too.

There was a thread awhile back that had the weight on a bunch of the stock parts... It was done with a USPS scale, so it was pretty accurate.

[hotfordcat]

thanks ! im very interested to know

oxbrian - youre right about the fuel cell, i'll have to look into the rules because im trying to keep it in super street, the next class is unlimited and i would have to run with exotics etc. I dont want to do that,

but so far so good... I'll post up some pics as i work on the car if you guys are interested

EDIT- i made this thread for the locals http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=24738

if its worth anyone to drive hear and take any of the parts ive removed please do, id rather give them away for the sake of someones festy longevity then throw anything in the garbage

I could use the horn relay from under the drivers side dash. That should drop you another 3oz.

[lxoom]

good idea with the crash bars under the bumpers, those have some good weight to them

[muscle_Car1]

Those swoopy power mirrors should go for sure. L minus little plastic mirror here you go.

[gorgonheimer]

inner fender wells, front and rear crash bars under the bumper covers. um.... wiper transmission and motor, wiper arms, (i dont know your class rules)

[festivaWES]

Cut the crush bars out of the doors and the mounts for the passenger seat, lose that right side mirror. Ditch the front and rear rebars if this is not going to be a DD.

Should get you too the 250 pound mark

You can cut out those braces on each side of the spare tire well....un-bolt/ cut off the tow hooks.

[lxoom]

crappy cell phone pic but thats ok

since then i also removed those seat beams for the back rest of the back seat

2 lbs each

up to 192 lb diet

[lxoom]

update

today i removed

rear washer fluid tank
radio antenna
heater core
fan and duct work under the dash
radio
hvac control


all of that got me another 17 lbs

up to 188 pounds of weight loss !

[lxoom]

i have a bp, g trans and no interior panels. i will go weigh it and report back tomorrow.

thanks ! im very interested to know

oxbrian - youre right about the fuel cell, i'll have to look into the rules because im trying to keep it in super street, the next class is unlimited and i would have to run with exotics etc. I dont want to do that,

but so far so good... I'll post up some pics as i work on the car if you guys are interested

EDIT- i made this thread for the locals http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=24738

if its worth anyone to drive hear and take any of the parts ive removed please do, id rather give them away for the sake of someones festy longevity then throw anything in the garbage