ShadowsPapa
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- First Name
- Bill
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And then your Gladiator will go a lot faster, be more zippy in town and perhaps get much better mpg, perhaps even move from 14 to 15 due to the massive weight savings you'll see.Yeah, when I do it it's all coming out.
You may gain 0.00000003 seconds at the track.
Seriously, I can see removing a ground and pulling a fuse to get it started or get by for a while, but in the longer term, you've got extra weight. I can see at least removing the battery if doing the jumperless bypass for the longer term.
Wiring I'd be tempted to leave in place because there's nothing at all saved by removing it, and in the future, like I found out already, if I trade it through a dealer - "put it back to stock".
I'd slip a battery back in place, put the fuse back in, put the ground cable back, there, it's stock again.
(I won't go that route because I use ESS, but IF I were otherwise inclined...... )
It's just how I do modifications on things - I prefer to do things I can easily "undo" in the future. I got into that habit with my cars - future generations that want things "restored" can put things back without much effort.
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