Diet plan: eat like a bird.

Among the upsides of shedding pounds are improving power to weight ratio or making better use of the power you have, it is inexpensive until you really want to go crazy, better braking, and gas mileage. If you are one of those anti-NVH types (noise, vibration, harshness,) then this is not for you. Once all your sound deadening, carpeting, and seats are gone, things get loud. It’s a minor tradeoff for the benefits, in my opinion, but you can still get rid of some extra baggage and keep the noise down if that’s the route you want to go.

On my way to completely gutting the bird (yes, I drive it daily this way) I have personally weighed pretty much every piece I’ve removed to keep track of the difference using a digital hanging scale, none of these are guesses or borrowed. As of this writing I’ve removed about 334 pounds and added back in about 43. I’m not going to claim they’re all 100% accurate, but here they are anyway.

The ultimate in quiet and comfort.

The ongoing list of weights of Sunbird parts:
ac, all total 32.75
ac accumulator
ac comp bracket 3.00
ac compressor
ac condenser
ac exchange in heater box 3.96
air filter 0.88
airbox 1.86
amp pyle hydra 1.46
amp stock 1.58
armrest & sm ash 3.48
armrest brackets, door 0.98ea = 1.96
battery 33.24
cam sprocket, steel 0.92
cam sprocket, alum 0.38
canister delete plate
carbon canister, cover
carpet 25.08
cat (w/flanges) 11.06
clock 0.80
center console 1.94
center console rear cover 0.44
kick panel covers 0.30
coolant reservoir 1.10
door panel pockets ph1 1.04
door panels ph2 8.96ea = 17.92
eaton m62 26.00
fuel filler guard 0.20
firewall sound dead
glovebox 3.04
grille 0.48
grille bar 0.52
headliner 3.20
hood steel 43.00
hood z24 37.84
intake tube rubber 1.14
intake/silencer upper 0.92
intake/silencer lower 1.32
jack 4.72
jack bracket .3
latch and front support 4.72
latch and headlight front support only 3.70
latch cable and pull 0.22
latch, hood 1.10
latch, hood mounted catch 0.52
license plate and bkt front 0.88
lug wrench 1.54
mirror drv 1.10
mirror psg 0.80
n2o w/ brackets 14.72 empty, 24.72 full
package tray rear 4.06
pillar trim and sound dead (all) 4.23
pioneer cd 2.92
power lock sol, switch, wire drv 0.92
power lock sol, switch, wire psg 0.92
radio housing console 3.04
rear ¼ plastic & sound dead 5.20
seat belt and buckle, passenger 6.40
seat belts, rear 6.70
seat front drv 38.00
seat front psg 34.40
seat rear back 2d 13.76
seat rear bottom 2d 9.96
seat plastic rail covers 0.58
seat poly summit 14.85
seat bracket for summit seat
seat buckle psg 0.66
shift knob 0.40
sound dead right kick 0.74
sill trim 0.62ea = 1.24
spare tire 24.78
shifter ind./cover 0.58
speaker front 0.58ea = 1.16
speaker rear 2.60ea = 5.20
speaker grilles
splash guard 0.84
spoiler & 3rd 7.62
tach sunpro 2 5/8″ 0.44
taillight, trunk mounted 2d 2.08ea = 4.16
tape deck 2.52
timing cover front plastic 0.62
timing cover rear metal 2.12
triple gauge pod summit 1.02
trunk carpet, panel
under dash plastic horiz L 0.58
under dash plastic horiz R 0.80
visor driver 0.98
visor passenger 0.98
wheel stock alum 14″ 15.00
wheel stock alum 14″ w/ 185/75 31.94 36.96
wheel steel 14 17.32
wiper & arm L 0.88
wiper & arm R 0.92