How to drop 22 pounds off the front of your thirdgen
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Car: 2000 Trans Am
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How to drop 22 pounds off the front of your thirdgen
I made this tonight to replace my factory bumper. Since I am putting my intercooler on the front of the car, I wanted to offset the weight of it being there. I made this using 3/4" 16 ga. steel tubing. TIG welded it myself. Not bad for a beginner. The bumper cover fits just fine over it too.
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That is a sweet set-up. A couple ?? for ya. Who makes that radiator? Is it a direct bolt in or are there some mods to be done? Also are you using the stock cooling fan arrangement. Thanks, and keep on fabricating
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C & R does a large percentage of NASCAR radiators and they are almost local to me. I got the radiator for $250.
I DID send it back as it was too tall and wouldnt fit in the area for it. I dont have the AC compressor obviously so I dont know how it would fit with that in there.
Other than that, I have a thin 16" fan. When I had a vortech supercharger on the car, the crank pulley was deep and hit the fan so I changed. Dont know how stock pulley arrangement would fit with it but I bet it would clear fine.
I DID send it back as it was too tall and wouldnt fit in the area for it. I dont have the AC compressor obviously so I dont know how it would fit with that in there.
Other than that, I have a thin 16" fan. When I had a vortech supercharger on the car, the crank pulley was deep and hit the fan so I changed. Dont know how stock pulley arrangement would fit with it but I bet it would clear fine.
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Scratch that, try dropping 60 pounds off the front, with an aftermarket K-member
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Guido, that piece you removed is usually referred to as the "re-bar" (short for "reinforcement-bar").
A lot of people that have removed it (myself included) have noticed additional flex in the chassis. Without the cap on the end of the front sub-frame, often too much flex is allowed.
I understand that you've done a bunch of things to stiffen up the chassis, but you may want to look towards the lack of re-bar if you start to notice dimpled quarter panels, or wrinkled floor pans.
A lot of people that have removed it (myself included) have noticed additional flex in the chassis. Without the cap on the end of the front sub-frame, often too much flex is allowed.
I understand that you've done a bunch of things to stiffen up the chassis, but you may want to look towards the lack of re-bar if you start to notice dimpled quarter panels, or wrinkled floor pans.
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Whered that aluminum inner come from ? Can those be purchased ?
Whered that aluminum inner come from ? Can those be purchased ?
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