YES, THIS WAS A STICKY AND STILL SHOULD BE!!!!!!!!!

Unbelievable that there is an ebay sticky on here. IB FTL.

 

that's wierd. It use to be a sticky, now it just goes away

 

Scaled my car at the track today. Was gonna take a picture of it, but it was too bright for the camera. 3145 empty and 3330 with me in it. I had about 5 gal in tank too...I estimated a 221lb savings, but in actuality, I was 250. Track scale could be off 10-20lbs, but close enough for me...

 

Yea, My brake and suspension info is "off" as well... Thought this was a "technical" forum...

Mike

 

My car weight in at 3350lbs with 1/2 tank of gas. Since then i have removed

spare tire
lighter seats
no rear seats
wiper delete
rear support


i will weigh the car and report back.

next mods to save weight is getting a cf gt2 decklid along with gt2 front
and last but not least cf roof. after that, i really dont see any other way to shed weight and keep it looking stock, besides suspension components, and removing awd.

My goal is 3000lbs

 

I'l bet your down another 140-150lbs...nice.

 

What have you done Mike besides removing front diff?

 

does a gt2 cf decklid and wing really save weight???? HMMM not sure about that? The wiper delete makes sense though.

 

the gt2 has no hydraulics, so yes it saves quite a bit of weight specialy if you get one made out of cf.

 

thank you sir. I will weigh in the car and let you know !

 

Not much, maybe 15 lbs tops. Wiper delete is only 3.7 lbs.


F1 - You could also do a hood from getty that will save you 24-25 lbs in FRP and 28 lbs in CF. What is your plan for a headliner after the roof conversion? Don't forget wheels and tires. I'd get those before the GT2 wing. You're going to have to get a little aggressive to get to 3000 lbs. Carpet shaving, Radio removal etc.

Are you saying your car weighed 3350 stock? With a half tank?

 

i have an 01 so no glove box, and no it wasent stock when i weight it in. I had straight pipes and other light weight mods like battery and i cant recall what else at the moment.


I do want to do wheels, but that will be my last mod along with lighter roters. We will see. Like I said, i will report back my weight withmy current mods.

my goal is 3000 lbs with 550bhp in terms of weight and horse power.

 

I presume that the current weight is without you in the car?

 

Hey Mike, this is a list of what I've done and weights. Most are actual weights, some (like clutch and exhaust) are from the list on this thread. I estimated that I lost 220 or so lbs, but the scale says 250ish.

The first number is the weight, 2nd number is the new weight, 3rd number is the savings. Red is what I weighed at home on my digital scale, black is from the list. Misc is the delta I added after I actually weighed it. I was off 29lbs in my estimate...The battery mod is a great 37lb loss, but you gotta pay attention. The front seat I didn't do yet, but is on the list as I was gonna try it...I'm guessing 60lbs.

Spare/Tools 37
Wiper 4
Battery 37
Clutch 18
Mufflers 21
Back Seats 22
subwoofer 12
diff/axles 70

 

Correctt.