Shit, in the argument .5 of a second.... yes, it's worth it, so very worth it.... If you think about what sort of mods you must do and what sort of cash you must sink into a car in order to achieve those results normally, it's huge.... plus, each and every mod that you add onto the car after gutting it, is going to result in a much higher HP gain than without removing the extra dead weight.... so yes, it's truly worth it, but you have to consider whether you want to go for appearance or you want to go for street credibility.... most real tuners are going to pick the street credibility.