Anderson Composites, a manufacturer of carbon fiber parts, located in Southern California, decided to showcase half of its 2015-2019 Challenger products on a 2018 Hellcat. The end result was a reduction of 41 lbs. Great looking parts but very expensive: Redeye hood- $1,649 Redeye style rear spoiler- $989 Front spoiler- $1,319 Roof panel- $2,859 Decklid- $2,969 Rear valance- $1,099 Wide body fender flares- $1,869 Rocker panels- $1,539 Tail light surround- $1,069 Front grill- $1,429 TOTAL= $16,790 If you want to get crazy, you can add doors for only $4,399. 2018 Challenger Hellcat Wide Body ‘Strip Slayer | DrivingLine
Just 41 lbs? That's $409.51 per pound! Here's an idea: a gallon of gas weighs about 6 lbs., so 7 gallons is 42 lbs. Do your runs with a 1/2 tank of gas or less to drop the same amount of weight.
That's why I never understood pulling the Rear Seat. I need MORE Weight in the back 1/2 of the car. Still think this is an interesting Comparison between SRT8 Challenger and our V6 Chrysler 300
Better idea is to add a tubular space frame (like Porsche did for decades) and replace the stock floor pan. I bet you could drop around 500 pounds. You could definitely massively lose weight, BUT, your center of gravity would go up without the floor piece being so low AND heavy.
