Subject	some practical ideas...
Posted by	quikz on October 04, 2003 at 4:16 PM
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In Reply To	weight reduction posted by dferris01 on October 04, 2003 at 02:28 AM
Message	These would be items that you could remove 'on the fly' and very easily, without permanently altering something: 1. Passenger Seat (~50-70 lbs? manual vs. power) only 4 nuts. 2. Spare tire and hardware (~35 lbs ?) 3. That flat wooden board piece that covers the spare. (~3 lbs?) 4. The rear hatch carpet & floor mats (~7 lbs ?) 5. Unbolt and remove the (2) muffler sections (track only use) ~40 lbs(?) 6. Tow hooks(10-15 lbs?) 7. Next time you get a battery, don't get those MILLION CCA or whatever batts. Get something much lower and smaller and LIGHTER. (5-15 lbs.) So your TOTAL MINIMUM weight savings would be = ~110 lbs. Now, if you throw in the discarded muffler sections for track plus the HIGHER weight figures I mentioned above, should be = ~185 lbs. *Remember figures are close estimates and these are items that you can quickly throw away and does NOT include things like flywheels & driveshafts because you may already have those done(?) etc...
Follow Ups	weight reduction - dferris01 02:28:31 10/04/03 #1: remove catfish body kit. (n/m) - Snoguitar 02:44:49 10/04/03 remove taillights! (n/m) - bigzfan 02:46:08 10/04/03 No thanks, I use mine... sometimes. (n/m) - Snoguitar 02:47:18 10/04/03 I think the people behind you might get a little pissed - Janders 09:42:03 10/04/03 =( he has a faster ET than me =( (n/m) - Halo Z 02:53:17 10/04/03 Caught more of the tailwind (n/m) - Alex Lee [DE] 10:57:31 10/04/03 LOL, tactful :) (n/m) - ZBlacktt 03:15:29 10/04/03 It would definitely reduce some weight. (n/m) - Snoguitar 03:23:35 10/04/03 Yea, that's gotta be some downforce,,,lol. :( (n/m) - ZBlacktt 03:26:22 10/04/03 many preformance mods are a good starting point - Halo Z 02:47:48 10/04/03 you can also get rid of interior door panels, passenger seat - takirb 08:21:54 10/04/03 maybe this? - odysseus(ohio) 08:39:13 10/04/03 messed up the link - odysseus(ohio) 08:41:01 10/04/03 7 things (well actually more) things for weight reduction: - therinL 10:01:03 10/04/03 Not so sure on wheels. Stockers are pretty light. (n/m) - Guapo 10:04:02 10/04/03 There are lighter ones out there...They just arent cheap =) - therinL 10:18:22 10/04/03 He has an N/A. Testpipes? HICAS? (n/m) - Malukalu99 10:35:30 10/04/03 testpipes work with na's (remove the cats) (n/m) - odysseus(ohio) 10:52:50 10/04/03 Emissions? (n/m) - Malukalu99 11:07:06 10/04/03 Put the cats back on for testing =) (n/m) - therinL 11:41:49 10/04/03 #1 on your list felt like 2.5 lbs if that... - PiotrC70 10:53:50 10/04/03 You might be right..I thought I read somewhere it weighed - therinL 11:41:23 10/04/03 And everyone overlooks a big one- - Marshall 14:28:36 10/04/03 here's a list i found a while back. hope it helps - felixx23 (DFW) 16:10:29 10/04/03 some practical ideas... - quikz 16:16:14 10/04/03 Don't bother. (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 19:18:23 10/04/03
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