Good stuff Mark
I have took out -
Everything out of the boot, rear seats including all belts, all carpets and rear cards, centre console + both front seats replaced with Cobra Suzuka and obviously dumping the belts etc from the front....what weight do you reckon that will be?
Chris
So, compared to me you've still got the front door cards, head-lining etc., carbon canister, stereo, front speakers, splitter, fuel rail protector, fog lights, engine soundproofing, power steering, but you've taken out and swapped the passenger seat?
If your seats are like mine (one weighed 5kg) then you've got about 26kgs of things still on that I've had removed...but you've got 15 back from the passenger seat.
So you're a lardy 925-930kgs.
How thick was that nice shiney white paint job though eh?
whats that thing on the inside of the roof were a sunroof would be ?
A strip of hot melt glue used to stick the hedlining up...any attempt to get it off is likely to dent/crease the roof.
Did you just weigh what you took out and took that away from the book kerb weight?
Or did you actually weight it ?
This is all working back from Renault's quoted 1,021kgs standard kerb weight.
I'll get it weighed properly when I finally change my suspension and get it set up...until then this is the best I have to go on.
Good stuff Mark
What about the alloys ? How much do they weigh each ? Can you get lighter ones ?
One thing I haven't accounted for is the wheels...never weighed any of my current rim/tyres...but I did weigh one of my Turinis for reference before I swapped them. 17 kgs with a heavily worn tyre IIRC.
I've got some wheel/tyre swaps to do before FCS so I'll chuck a set on the scales at work to see what my various 15s come in at.
I thought it had some mods? Fancy ECU/Exhaust etc? Also, has it been rollered, and weighed? You should do those things now so you know *exactly* what you've acheived, just as a matter of interest
Dan
Fancy? LOL - they've been pretty simple so far.
Had it rollered and it consistently shows 178 before power steering removal.
very interesting stuff, seeing as its more of removal than changing things for lighter items.
if you do start to do that then there are loads of weight saving items, alot already mentioned.
not ofrgetting some mechanical parts, a set of alloy 4 pots, with 2 peice discs weighs half that of the standard setup.
what about a cutome titanium exhaust? that will save a few good kgs!
great stuff tho mark, you ron track at FCS right??
I know, I know, I know...there's plenty more I can do...but then I start losing the stealth aspect, and also have to start spending a lot of money.
I want to race with it eventually, so want to keep my options open, and going all out for carbon bodywork or polycarb windows and ripping the dash out will restrict where I can take it.
Yes to FCS, will want to mount my camera in your car so you can chase me
. I'll have three clear tapes, two fully charged batteries and one f*** off big brave pill :evil:
Why don't you just buy a faster car instead of wasting money by destroying the one you've got. Or am I missing the point?
Destroying it? I did that in the first 4 years/100k miles of its life commuting every single day.
It lost any kind of residual value it had over that time, and has had more than a few offs, scrapes, and interfaces with wheat fields, and tyre walls. The paintwork alone would make 95% of Cliosport owners sob uncontrollably.
So its retired now, and loving it.