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[ClarkyClio]

Just been on this website, and through there performance calculator, it worked out if my car weighed the same as a vtr it would be over a second faster to 60, and alot faster to 100.

As this is the case......any advice on shedding some weight from my car? Obvious is rear seats etc.....

 

[recaro182]

Stop eating Maccie D's

No seriously, back seats/carpet, keeping boot empty are the easy ways. Then you can go a bit more extreme and go for lighter wheels, exhaust, carbon bonnet etc.

 

[Daz Clio Cup]

Depends on what you use the car for.....everyday use copy a 172 cup like spare wheel, or go the whole hog seats,a/c, cd changer, plastic trim, in fact anything that isn't used to drive it.
How much you trying to lose? the cup is only 40 kgs lighter than a FF 172

 

[Norris_309]

the cup is only 40 kgs lighter than a FF 172

Isn't it more like 89kgs lighter???....or am i wrong?

 

[lawrence]

ff 172 weighs 1110kg, cup weighs 1010kg,

 

[ClarkyClio]

Put it this way, a vtr weighs approx 920kg, and therefore it has more like 110bhp. If 1.6 weighed that then it would have closer to 120bhp hitting the tarmac, and would hit 60 over a second quicker about 8.4 opposed to 9.6 which is quite alot, and quarter mile and 0-100 would dramatically decrease. The clio atm is 1020 approx,so that would mean a weight reduction of 100kilos which is a hell of alot!

(all those figures come from letstorquebhp btw)

 

[cK]

attach a side bike to your clio and drive it from that.