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Factory Carpeting is heavy!

I got around to removing the Sound Deadening junk from the back of my replacement carpet that i got out of an '86 Cougar.

I knew it would free up some weight, But wow!
The Carpet weighs about 8 pounds now, Whereas the bag o' Junk Material weighs almost 30lbs!
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Factory Carpeting is heavy!

Reply #1 –
Yeah the carpet does weigh a ton.  I got rid of it all in my turbo car.
1986 Mercury Cougar - 2.3T/T5 swap, TC brakes and suspension and rearend, 3" exhaust, 255 lph fuel pump, Stinger BOV, Gillis MBC @ 18 psi
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Factory Carpeting is heavy!

Reply #2 –
wow, i knew it was heavy but thats crazy. i'm gonna pull it out of both my cars.
Currently Birdless but never Foxless

86 Mustang GT

Factory Carpeting is heavy!

Reply #3 –
I want the heavy carpet and sound deadener.Unless it's a full on race car,there's no reason to suffer for a few pounds of weight savings.I want everything to work,and when i'm finished,I want the cabin of the Sport to be really quiet.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

Factory Carpeting is heavy!

Reply #4 –
I left the carpet sound deadener too.. plus I also put back the tarlike stuff on the floor before I installed the foil barrier. I want quiet in the car, as I'm flying through space and time. lol
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Factory Carpeting is heavy!

Reply #5 –
my t-bird doesnt have any creature comforts....no ac, no ps.....little noise aint gonna hurt much
Currently Birdless but never Foxless

86 Mustang GT