Weight loss

[LegoHead]

he is talking about full fat 172 seats with airbag.i think they are 35 kg or something like that

Here is an idea....remove seat and weigh.......

 

[ahmet]

so if i swap my fullfat's front seats with cobra monaco i only gain 28 kg,is that what you saying?(22+22=44 8+8=16 44-16=28)

 

[jayxx83]

Hmmm if the ff seat is only 22kg then by fitting my cobras @ 13kg each plus say 1kg each for the subframe, ive only saved 16 kilos :-(, oh wel every little helps I guess.

 

[LegoHead]

so if i swap my fullfat's front seats with cobra monaco i only gain 28 kg,is that what you saying?(22+22=44 8+8=16 44-16=28)

your maths is good, but you wouldnt gain any weight.

 

[ahmet]

your maths is good, but you wouldnt gain any weight.

gain means power to weight ratio.smart a..

 

[midge]

im selling pro race 1.2's in silver MINT the tyres have done about 1k £300.

 

[LegoHead]

gain means power to weight ratio.smart a..

smart arse, no i think not. You said "gain 28kg"

but get off the forum and weigh all the parts......would be a nice contribution to the guides section.

 

[ahmet]

dave is that you?the one on your avatar

 

[Fred@BTM]

don't put cobra monacos in, worst seat they do, SO uncomfortable

 

[ahmet]

don't put cobra monacos in, worst seat they do, SO uncomfortable

fred too much different figures mate.what is the real figures for swapping two front seats with abs to bucket seats.and which bucket seat you reccommend and how much kg is it?

 

[LegoHead]

dave is that you?the one on your avatar

yes, of course it is.

 

[ahmet]

:d

 

[Fred@BTM]

cobra imolas, or preferably Suzukas (they fit my arse better!)

the suzukas are around 6kg each (i have full carbon at 4.9kg, but then i'm a show off!)

but stupidly i have mild steel subframes! i must get round to making some ali ones


std seats are around 25kg each, so 50kg total, you are replacing these with seats,sidemounts, subframes + harnesses which in reality i would estimate at around 12-14kg per seat (complete with all the bits)

so you're basically removing 22-26kg in total

that my conservative, realistic answer, its still cool saying i have seats that are only 4.9kg!!

 

[ahmet]

fred what about all these; race battery ,removing air con,removing spare wheel and jack etc.how much kg all these.i am 90 kg

 

[Fred@BTM]

fatboy eh???


rear seats, tool kit, spare, parcel shelf, rear boot carpet comes to 46kg IIRC

aircon is a fair chunk probably 15kg at a guess

race battery save about 3kg

 

[LegoHead]

fatboy eh???


rear seats, tool kit, spare, parcel shelf, rear boot carpet comes to 46kg IIRC

aircon is a fair chunk probably 15kg at a guess

race battery save about 3kg

I took all that plus my sub and mdf base and the car feels loads quicker. I am wondering if there is much point, apart from mot reasons, to remove seatbelts and all rear plastic trim....

 

[ahmet]

fatboy eh???


rear seats, tool kit, spare, parcel shelf, rear boot carpet comes to 46kg IIRC

aircon is a fair chunk probably 15kg at a guess

race battery save about 3kg

yes but mark said 9 kg for battery in this thread.maybe i keep the rear seats.

 

[LegoHead]

yes but mark said 9 kg for battery in this thread.maybe i keep the rear seats.

what is the point spending all the money weight saving on front seats then keep the rear seats........some people.:sleepy:

 

[ahmet]

what is the point spending all the money weight saving on front seats then keep the rear seats........some people.:sleepy:

yes but sometimes you have more than one passanger

 

[jayxx83]

what is the point spending all the money weight saving on front seats then keep the rear seats........some people.:sleepy:

....lol, yeah i guess some people dont have any friends. Im debating at the mo whether to throw out the backs, or get the fronts retrimmed to match the back. Hmmmm