Guess the weight loss?

[MarkCup]

Got it all happening on Friday, Mike at Rentech is fitting;

Cobra Imola 2 bucket seat
Steel (boooooo) sidemounts
3-point harness
New front discs (thicker)
OMP 300mm wheel
Lightweight alloy 60mm steering wheel spacer

Which means he's removing;

Standard steering wheel + airbag
Standard seat/runners etc.
Standard inertia-reel seatbelt
Old front discs (thinner)

Also, I thought while he's at it I should also get him to remove;

Passenger airbag
Front fog lights
Aerial (every little helps)

Total weight loss before this is 65kgs - which means I'm at about 955 kgs before this lot gets swapped.

After?

I'm hopeful for 25 kgs taking me down to 930 kgs, or 191 bhp/ton :approve:

 

[jayxx83]

get it on the weigh bridge! I bet its well nippy after that lot, just changing my front seats made a noticeable difference.

 

[AlexS]

955kgs? Lose another 5kg and it will be the same weight as mine and i ve still got a full interior :approve:

 

[Beef-Mc]

Don't really need a passenger seat either do you? Or the dash top?

Pics when it's done though!

 

[ben_p]

what frame are you mounting the side rails too?

 

[Lagerlout]

Have you had the car on a weigh bridge, out of interest?

Fair play for going all out lol

 

[Christophe]

Sorry for hijacking just wondered if anyone knew whats a standard 172 bhp/ton?

 

[Lagerlout]

156 ish

 

[Fletcher]

iirc..

171 for the cup
156 for the FF

 

[White16valver]

Thank fook you've binned that current steering wheel lol

 

[MarkCup]

what frame are you mounting the side rails too?

Err...

Frame?

I thought they'd just bolt in/on to something?

 

[brisa4984]

yeah that was in tats... mines following suite tho.

What about modding the engine? Dont think youve done that.

 

[MarkCup]

Only mods are decat, ITG panel filter, K-tec stealth, and an R-sport ECU.

Consitently gives 178 at the flywheel.

I don't plan on anything else to the engine, nor anything at all to the suspension...for now.

Upgraded brakes and a sticky set of tyres along with this weight loss are enough for me for the time being :evil:

 

[Ali]

Lay off the lies england! Sign me up for a shot this yr? FCS??

 

[Se7en172]

955kgs? Lose another 5kg and it will be the same weight as mine and i ve still got a full interior :approve:

but 40bhp more!

 

[Chrisjk]

Any pics of your wheel?

 

[Russ_16v]

im going to put my guess in at a million billion kg's












but i could be wrong...

 

[Soulless]

probably shave 20kg Mark by losing that, give or take a couple of kg.

 

[MarkCup]

Lay off the lies england! Sign me up for a shot this yr? FCS??

You're on...so long as you don't disappear with your tail between your legs again

 

[MarkCup]

Any pics of your wheel?

The screwed one or the new one?

 

[Marky_]

19kg

 

[Ali]

Lay off the lies england! Sign me up for a shot this yr? FCS??

You're on...so long as you don't disappear with your tail between your legs again

ha! I was dyin last yr....(All excuses aside)

 

[AlexS]

955kgs? Lose another 5kg and it will be the same weight as mine and i ve still got a full interior :approve:

but 40bhp more!

And the rest lol. Aluminium FTW though!

 

[jayxx83]

955kgs? Lose another 5kg and it will be the same weight as mine and i ve still got a full interior :approve:

but 40bhp more!

I make it 50 more horsepower. Isnt the lupo 125bhp...? Lupo is the original roller skate though, would love to spank one through a welsh mountain road.

 

[AlexS]

Probably more than 50hp as Marks Cup is a strong one. I was just pointing out the benefits of aluminium construction, if only the Lupo had 180bhp...

 

[ben_p]

what frame are you mounting the side rails too?

Err...

Frame?

I thought they'd just bolt in/on to something?

not really supposed to just bolt the side mounts to the spot wleded OEM rails, the holes arnt in the right place, unless you drill through the floor pan to double bolt it LOL

really need to mount it to a frame, but up to you

 

[Tom]

I doubt you've broken 980kgs.

You'd have to assume the stock kerb weight figures were correct. not to mention if thats a dry weight or includes a driver (which some figures do)

930 is very optimistic.

 

[Ali]

I doubt you've broken 980kgs.

You'd have to assume the stock kerb weight figures were correct. not to mention if thats a dry weight or includes a driver (which some figures do)

930 is very optimistic.

fire it on a weigh bridge and you'll soon see!

 

[ben_p]

i need to get mine on one, think you need to go to a race track to get a good reading, all the local ones are to the nearest 35kgs

mine will prob be over the stock weight, with the huge cage and stupid heavy harnesses!

 

[MarkCup]

When mine last went on a weighbridge it was something like 1,200 kgs!

 

[Tom]

Public Weighbridges are useless,you need proper automotive scales. Four pad type.

 

[Ali]

Aye, any race track will have them...Ask and i'm sure they'll let you in the scuitineering bay!

 

[Timmay]

sounds good!

 

[franx]

how's about a weighbridge for containers/trucktrailers ?

At work we sometimes have to weigh the contents of a container filled with Coco (chocolate-stuff) , they subtract the weight of the trailer and container to get the weight of the Coco. I'm thinking this weighbridge has to give correct readings , because this way they check what they're actually paying for ?

 

[MarkM]

10-15KG loss for the seat
2KG for the wheel

To weigh it get it on some corner weight scales. I had mine done at Northampton motorsport I doubt they would charge more then £20 to do it

not my car though

results for my full fat 182

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=113770

 

[TheJesus]

Tom, sub 980kg's cant be that hard if a Cup only weighs 1011kg's stock. What does a 182 FF weigh, as the GDI demo with no aircon, rear seats, front buckets but an added harness bar was just under 1020kg's when it was being corner weighted.

 

[Lagerlout]

1021kg's stock for a 172 Cup

Stock 182 FF is 1090kg

 

[Chris n nic]

All I know is the rear bench and bits from the boot (carpet/tools etc) weighs about 25kgs but as Tom said, how is the original weight measured...1 person in the car and a full tank or the opposite?

Chris

 

[PeteCup]

if only the Lupo had 180bhp...

My neigbours wifes Lupo has 240+ bhp :rasp:

 

[richard1]

Sounds good Mark

I bet you can't wait to change steering wheels!!