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22nd August 2014, 20:32
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what els can i remove
my vts will be a weekend track car so ive striped all the interior out sound deadning out taken the egr and pump out i will also be putting polycarbonate windows in soon what els can i do too lose wight that wont cost much
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22nd August 2014, 20:37
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Fibre glass bonnet, remove sun roof and mechanism and use metal sheet in it's place. If you use thin metal and just rivet it, it'll be lighter.
Get a race battery but will probably need jumping to start it etc
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22nd August 2014, 21:18
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spare wheel
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22nd August 2014, 21:23
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There's lots of wiring that can be removed
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22nd August 2014, 21:23
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Sound deadening in front of dashboard.
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22nd August 2014, 21:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stevo67
Sound deadening in front of dashboard.
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thats gone wiring will be done at some stage
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22nd August 2014, 21:57
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22nd August 2014, 22:20
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Lightweight wheels & brakes if you can afford it.... unsprung weight will be even more of a bonus than normal weight loss too 👍
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22nd August 2014, 22:20
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Power steering, abs aftermarket mani lighter wheels
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23rd August 2014, 02:55
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Few things to consider is where is the weight you losing coming from ?
Front engine Front wheel drive is going to be some what front end heavy to start out so becareful where you take the weight from as you dont wanna make it even more front end heavy and end up with a negative result in performance
Also trying to saveweight in the front i consider a little harder than rear/middle of the car and can be a bit expensive if your going for lighter parts
I was always taught by my old man that weight balance is one of the most important factors in a cars performance and that what ever end of the car the engine is placed that is the place where you start losing weight first.
Standard Saxo / Remove much possible front weight / find out what your balance between F/R , then determine how far your willing to go with removing weight in the rear/middle before your causing a negative result
If your adjustable for dampers and what not then you can go a bit more ape shit with breaking the cars weight split as you can set the car up to control weight movement to balance things out a little
Sorry if thats a mouthful of complicated english lol ive had a few to drink =)
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2nd September 2014, 05:03
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you can remove the plastic formers behind the bumper skins and use lightweight fixings to stop it flapping around iirc .... not much weight but its as good as free
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2nd September 2014, 09:06
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moved thread out of General Chat!
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2nd September 2014, 10:31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Damo420
Few things to consider is where is the weight you losing coming from ?
Front engine Front wheel drive is going to be some what front end heavy to start out so becareful where you take the weight from as you dont wanna make it even more front end heavy and end up with a negative result in performance
Also trying to saveweight in the front i consider a little harder than rear/middle of the car and can be a bit expensive if your going for lighter parts
I was always taught by my old man that weight balance is one of the most important factors in a cars performance and that what ever end of the car the engine is placed that is the place where you start losing weight first.
Standard Saxo / Remove much possible front weight / find out what your balance between F/R , then determine how far your willing to go with removing weight in the rear/middle before your causing a negative result
If your adjustable for dampers and what not then you can go a bit more ape shit with breaking the cars weight split as you can set the car up to control weight movement to balance things out a little
Sorry if thats a mouthful of complicated english lol ive had a few to drink =)
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True. Its tough to do stuff to the frontend on the cheap though as you need lightweight replacements. The OP needs to remember its only a fun car not a race car so dont go too extreme as its financially not worth it.
Personally I would have a 106 Rallye simply for the fun factor of a lightweight front end and a great balanced steering feel.
Kev
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