Back seats out

[TheCake]

Ive taken the back seats out, completely, from my Cup and the difference does seem quite significant.

Is it mind over matter, or does it seriously improve performance? I have found it feels noticably quicker without the rear seats/parcel shelf yet it cant be that much additional weight.

 

[Rich-D]

When I stripped my Cup out for York I weighed the bits and it didnt save as much weight as Id thought...

Rear Seat (lower) - 5kg

Rear Sear (upper) - 10kg

Seat Mount Bar - 3kg

Jack & toolkit - 4kg

Parcel shelf - 1.5kg

Boot Carpet - 2kg



Total = 25.5kg




This is only the same weight as the climate control, so not much!

 

[Clio16vPaul]

yes in theory it will be, certainly seemed quicker when i had all my interior out to chuck my bike in the back of the 16v, but its alot of in your head aswell.

its a cup - isnt it light enough!?! take the front seats out and sit on a milkcrate, and your stereo weighs a few kilos aswell...

seriously though i spose the weight diff between the cup and 172 is around 86kg?? ( que boffins) and thats not a huge amount isit!! same as a normal size passenger.

 

[TheCake]

LOL. Its the sound of the exhaust, the roar of the induction and the enthusiasm that makes it quicker then. Hehe!

Re: passenger, I hardly ever have passengers, so its kind of like, well not gonna need them then, strip it out, stuff in loft.

 

[Rich-D]

The Cup is 89kg lighter than an early mk2 172