Need to drop weight for the track!
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Need to drop weight for the track!
I weighed my C4S with me in it and 1/4 tank of fuel - - 3,580 pounds.
I need to put it on a diet for TT next year and really need some creative ideas.
Challenge: I do not want to go for the obvious first since the car is still a daily driver and I want to keep it that way for a couple more years. Can I remove the A/C? Sure. But I like it in the summer.
So the challenge is to remove things (Lighten things up) without sacraficing too much yet in daily drivability.
Can you offer up ideas?? THANKS SO MUCH.
I need to put it on a diet for TT next year and really need some creative ideas.
Challenge: I do not want to go for the obvious first since the car is still a daily driver and I want to keep it that way for a couple more years. Can I remove the A/C? Sure. But I like it in the summer.
So the challenge is to remove things (Lighten things up) without sacraficing too much yet in daily drivability.
Can you offer up ideas?? THANKS SO MUCH.
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Here's a start....
Some good aftermarket seats. The stock ones are very heavy.
Remove rear seats, sub-woofer. Rebove spare.
Lightweight exhaust.
Some good aftermarket seats. The stock ones are very heavy.
Remove rear seats, sub-woofer. Rebove spare.
Lightweight exhaust.
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I weighed my C4S with me in it and 1/4 tank of fuel - - 3,580 pounds.
I need to put it on a diet for TT next year and really need some creative ideas.
Challenge: I do not want to go for the obvious first since the car is still a daily driver and I want to keep it that way for a couple more years. Can I remove the A/C? Sure. But I like it in the summer.
So the challenge is to remove things (Lighten things up) without sacraficing too much yet in daily drivability.
Can you offer up ideas?? THANKS SO MUCH.
I need to put it on a diet for TT next year and really need some creative ideas.
Challenge: I do not want to go for the obvious first since the car is still a daily driver and I want to keep it that way for a couple more years. Can I remove the A/C? Sure. But I like it in the summer.
So the challenge is to remove things (Lighten things up) without sacraficing too much yet in daily drivability.
Can you offer up ideas?? THANKS SO MUCH.
I agree with the above - seats, exhaust/removing cats, remove rear seats/sub, spare, etc
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I weighed my C4S with me in it and 1/4 tank of fuel - - 3,580 pounds.
I need to put it on a diet for TT next year and really need some creative ideas.
Challenge: I do not want to go for the obvious first since the car is still a daily driver and I want to keep it that way for a couple more years. Can I remove the A/C? Sure. But I like it in the summer.
So the challenge is to remove things (Lighten things up) without sacraficing too much yet in daily drivability.
Can you offer up ideas?? THANKS SO MUCH.
I need to put it on a diet for TT next year and really need some creative ideas.
Challenge: I do not want to go for the obvious first since the car is still a daily driver and I want to keep it that way for a couple more years. Can I remove the A/C? Sure. But I like it in the summer.
So the challenge is to remove things (Lighten things up) without sacraficing too much yet in daily drivability.
Can you offer up ideas?? THANKS SO MUCH.
As others mentioned, you can swap seats to Euro GT3, huge savings. Wheels, rotors, and mufflers next. Rear seats and carpet. Sunroof. Stuff in the trunk. And thats about it without going extreme.
Overall, you might get 150lbs or so out without going crazy. Your 3600 lb piggy will shrink to a slim 3450
FWIW, my car weights 3050 with 1/2 tank of gas...
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*sigh* Not the best platform for weight savings I suppose.
As others mentioned, you can swap seats to Euro GT3, huge savings. Wheels, rotors, and mufflers next. Rear seats and carpet. Sunroof. Stuff in the trunk. And thats about it without going extreme.
Overall, you might get 150lbs or so out without going crazy. Your 3600 lb piggy will shrink to a slim 3450
FWIW, my car weights 3050 with 1/2 tank of gas...
-td
As others mentioned, you can swap seats to Euro GT3, huge savings. Wheels, rotors, and mufflers next. Rear seats and carpet. Sunroof. Stuff in the trunk. And thats about it without going extreme.
Overall, you might get 150lbs or so out without going crazy. Your 3600 lb piggy will shrink to a slim 3450
FWIW, my car weights 3050 with 1/2 tank of gas...
-td
Another area - but not sure what your going for. On old track cars of mine ripping out all the sound deading padding, etc save a ton of weight - then you got door skins, etc. Just not sure if this is a daily driver as it starts to get real noisy inside without that stuff.
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