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[422challenger]

I just started with a sheet of aluminum and traced the factory brackets and bent and welded to get the shape.

 

[mpdlawdog]

Thanks! How much weight do you think it saved you? I'm thinking about making some of those and going with fiberglass bumpers

 

[422challenger]

19.4 lbs vs the steel bumper and steel outer brackets.

 

[mpdlawdog]

Nice work! Feel like making another set if I can't pull it off

 

[upnover]

jeff lingenfelter is making some aluminum brackets, they will be $75 a pair i believe.

 

[burntorange70]

If your running a glass bumper you really only need the inner mounts. Good way to shave a few more lbs.

 

[Mopar Mitch]

422 -- The factory seats are heavy... `mine were ~50 each with the factory floor brkts... I've always weighed everything and continuously look to reduce weight.... physics= less weight=faster times (lap times, accel/decel, etc).... infact, I've gotten my car down to ~3150 w/1/4 tank fuel (w/o driver).... substitute aluminum wherever possible, etc.

 

[Cudafever]

I don't know how much a fiberglass hood weighs, but i know that the flat hood was 60 pounds and the twin hood scoop, hood way 78 pounds, on my70 barracuda. So you should save a lot of weight with the fiberglass hood.

 

[sgcuda]

I rebuilt my carbs using suggestions from ThumperDart. Went with QuickFuel billet metering blocks and light weight bowls. I don't know how much weight it dropped, but I could really feel a significant weight difference on my 850's from the stock to modified one. Will be a big weight loss since I am running 2 of them.