Weight Saving Tips & Ideas?

[.Kev.]

I suppose things like Xenon lights the benefit of having brigther headlights outweighs the small weight gain, could you argue better vision would make your car quicker anyway

Dash Board Sound deadening is def something I need to get sorted!

For track days id make up some cup racer style headlight blanks, easy enough to do your self.

 

[.Kev.]

2 great big lumps of metal on the front end either end of chassis legs iirc.. i removed mine but cant remember the exact position.

Had one of these removed when the cambelt was done, didn't realise there was one the other side.

 

[Ricardos]

For track days id make up some cup racer style headlight blanks, easy enough to do your self.

I thought about doing this on the phase 1, i'd have a CAF in the passenger side but thinking its a pain to swap the headlights over as it's not a dedicated track only car

 

[Rexy]

Cunny, Sell it and buy a westfield Fit an f4r with ITBs and shout Yeahhhhhhhhhhh man this is aweeeeeeesom.........

I'm still using mine now with no dash, two buckets and not a whole lot else

 

[p@blo]

Cunny, Sell it and buy a westfield Fit an f4r with ITBs and shout Yeahhhhhhhhhhh man this is aweeeeeeesom.........

I'm still using mine now with no dash, two buckets and not a whole lot else

Some proper weight saving right there

I like your thinking Gaz :approve:

 

[Rexy]

you just want to have my babies...

P.S DO not remove the headlining if using the car daily... you will get dripped on!

 

[p@blo]

Slightly OT but the 225 only made 350kg on the weigh in Gaz

Thought it would've been more than that-be interested to see what the Cup comes in at

 

[Rexy]

have a fire the night before and wet the ashes put them inside the shell and fill anything you can with water should easy get that to 400kg lol

 

[Inferno]

For a road car I would:

Swap the front seats for buckets, ditch the rears and the isofix bar.
Change the steering wheel for a non-airbag item.
Find some light weight wheels.
Find a light weight battery.

You can take silly measures to lose weight on the car though, a standard number plate weighs 232 grams, a vinyl number plate comes in at 20 grams. A set of worn tyres will weigh less than a set of new, etc. etc.

 

[Matt W]

I strip the wax off my car and fold the back seats down before a track day. Saves loads of weight.

 

[.Kev.]

I shave all my body hair off, and drive naked. Not forgetting my helmets.

 

[Skeeter]

Just dont get in it, that definately makes it lighter. Mine is 120kg lighter without me!

 

[marinemackay2003]

buy a light weight exhaust system, de cat pipe ect

 

[MarkCup]

Power steering is around 7kgs all in I think. Plus, losing it adds about 7bhp at the flywheel, so it gives a useful bhp/ton gain.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

There's loads to come from the interior, surprising how heavy certain things are, like the carpets!

Depends if you want sensible weight saving, or total strippage?

 

[alolympic]

I've just weighed my new 15" Superleggeras - 5.1kgs
I have also weighed a standard 182 wheel - 9.7kgs.
So, that is 4.6kgs x4 saved on unsprung weight :approve:
The KTR Janspeed exhaust with 1 box is 7kgs lighter

 

[realnumber 1]

I've just weighed my new 15" Superleggeras - 5.1kgs
I have also weighed a standard 182 wheel - 9.7kgs.
So, that is 4.6kgs x4 saved on unsprung weight :approve:
The KTR Janspeed exhaust with 1 box is 7kgs lighter

No it isn't, your tyres will weigh more closing the gap. Still lighter though...

 

[jack_kemp]

No it isn't, your tyres will weigh more closing the gap. Still lighter though...

It's more than 4.6kg x 4 because it's spinning, about 4 times that actually. But you're right, the tyres will weigh more.