You weighed all that stuff? No guessing?
If so this is a fantastic post!
If so this is a fantastic post!
Weight Reduction 101
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Suggestion :
Passenger seat
Headrest
Audio deck
The plastic trim found on instrumentation panel
Glovebox
Footrest next to the brakes/clutch
Wipers
-Drain all wiper fluid
-Reduce coolant fluid to minimum level
-Reduce amount of fuel in fuel tank. Normal full fillings are about 40L, instead fill only 10L.
Thats a saving in 30L, which is about approx saving of 48.5 LB.
-Reduce brake fluid level to minimum, if its safe
Drive without shoes/slippers.
Wear minimal clothing - i mean shorts,sleeveless
Edit:
Either fill nitrogen in tires. Or dont overfill air in tires above 33 psi. Instead do some warmup to heat up the tires to increase the pressure inside the tires. Remember exceeding pressure rating by each psi causes the tires to get very heavy. Its best to warmup before the event.
That should save lots
Passenger seat
Headrest
Audio deck
The plastic trim found on instrumentation panel
Glovebox
Footrest next to the brakes/clutch
Wipers
-Drain all wiper fluid
-Reduce coolant fluid to minimum level
-Reduce amount of fuel in fuel tank. Normal full fillings are about 40L, instead fill only 10L.
Thats a saving in 30L, which is about approx saving of 48.5 LB.
-Reduce brake fluid level to minimum, if its safe
Drive without shoes/slippers.
Wear minimal clothing - i mean shorts,sleeveless
Edit:
Either fill nitrogen in tires. Or dont overfill air in tires above 33 psi. Instead do some warmup to heat up the tires to increase the pressure inside the tires. Remember exceeding pressure rating by each psi causes the tires to get very heavy. Its best to warmup before the event.
That should save lots
All things j do before an autocross event minus nitrogen in the tires. The footrest is part of the foam that's under the carpets. I didn't weigh it because it's practically nothing.
@rob, got the digital fish scale out to measure pieces individually. I did round to the nearest half pound.
minus nitrogen in the tires. The footrest is part of the foam that's under the carpets. I didn't weigh it because it's practically nothing. @rob, got the digital fish scale out to measure pieces individually. I did round to the nearest half pound.
I am out of suggestions...
my mind cant stop thinking of more, but has stopped giving out ideas
there must be something
my mind cant stop thinking of more, but has stopped giving out ideas
there must be something
last but not least.
remove the bumpers
remove the bumpers
"Remember exceeding pressure rating by each psi causes the tires to get very heavy."Suggestion :
Passenger seat
Headrest
Audio deck
The plastic trim found on instrumentation panel
Glovebox
Footrest next to the brakes/clutch
Wipers
-Drain all wiper fluid
-Reduce coolant fluid to minimum level
-Reduce amount of fuel in fuel tank. Normal full fillings are about 40L, instead fill only 10L.
Thats a saving in 30L, which is about approx saving of 48.5 LB.
-Reduce brake fluid level to minimum, if its safe
Drive without shoes/slippers.
Wear minimal clothing - i mean shorts,sleeveless
Edit:
Either fill nitrogen in tires. Or dont overfill air in tires above 33 psi. Instead do some warmup to heat up the tires to increase the pressure inside the tires. Remember exceeding pressure rating by each psi causes the tires to get very heavy. Its best to warmup before the event.
That should save lots
I can't get my hands around understanding how the tire pressure increases the weight. If that is the case, the inertia would change as well.
sadly there is no carbon fiber trunk for the sedans and probably wont be I know I have been bugging carbon fiber manufactures for a while about building one and they have no interest in it the hood I think would save another 12lbs, But very good thread matt lots of good info here.
and probably wont be I know I have been bugging carbon fiber manufactures for a while about building one and they have no interest in it the hood I think would save another 12lbs, But very good thread matt lots of good info here.
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