weight reduction again....

[qtrmile beast]

Ok as most of you know that i am a weight reduction addict. When the subject of weight reduction first came up years ago it was "This is a luxury car your going to mess that up" You should have bought a lighter car blah blah blah... We i see now there are a lot of MS6 owners out there doing various things to lighten their cars up. I am in search of getting as light as i can without stripping my car. So far i have pulled about 350+ lbs without pulling the interior out. I have pulled it once to see what i WOULD weight and i got another 150 out of it. So what i wanted to know it what did you do to get the weight down in your car.

Now what I am looking for is something original that i have not thought about. But I know there will be those that want to relieve some easy weight so they can review the other weight reduction thread which tells you the weight of various things. But now that i am thinking about it really doesn't help but so much because most dont know the original weight of the part they are replacing. So that thread combined with this thread MIGHT help them.

What i am looking for is those that have done things like pull the sound dampening out or redid the dash with lighter gauges or something unique like that. No i am not trying to make it look like a RACECAR persay. But i think that i and others like myself have successfully pulled weight out in places that most would not notice or think about to help retain the "LUXURIES" of the car..


So no matter how big or small the weight was that you pulled lets hear it for example....

My brembos calipers weigh 10 lbs less than my factory calipers and my rotors weight about 5-7lbs less than the factory ones. Or my lug nuts weigh about 1/2 lb less than the factory ones.

Again this is not a pull the windows out and replace them with lexan or take the dash out and put sheet metal in there etc, just hidden weight that no one really thought of as it all makes a difference.

here is the other thread on weight reduction for those that have not seen it..
OFFICIAL WEIGHT REDUCTION THREAD (MS6)

[helmetface]

Exlax

[dale_gribble]

If you are overweight, dropping the extra weight can help. Gotta figure the driver into it too.

[chuckms6]

There is probably 5 + lbs of brackets on the engine that can be removed. Most hold wires, some are for the top mount, zip ties can take care of most of them.

Tapatalking

[Chimmike]

replacing non-critical hardware in the engine bay with aluminum bolts.

aluminum hood and trunk/hatch (or CF)

Remove all insulation from underbody and stitch weld. chromoly control arms. braille battery. stereo delete
rear power windows delete

[Tomas]

RX 7 aluminum jack from ebay. Saves 1.5 lbs. costs around $30.

[dturboman]

Originally Posted by qtrmile beast Ok as most of you know that i am a weight reduction addict. When the subject of weight reduction first came up years ago it was "This is a luxury car your going to mess that up" You should have bought a lighter car blah blah blah... We i see now there are a lot of MS6 owners out there doing various things to lighten their cars up. I am in search of getting as light as i can without stripping my car. So far i have pulled about 350+ lbs without pulling the interior out. I have pulled it once to see what i WOULD weight and i got another 150 out of it. So what i wanted to know it what did you do to get the weight down in your car. Now what I am looking for is something original that i have not thought about. But I know there will be those that want to relieve some easy weight so they can review the other weight reduction thread which tells you the weight of various things. But now that i am thinking about it really doesn't help but so much because most dont know the original weight of the part they are replacing. So that thread combined with this thread MIGHT help them. What i am looking for is those that have done things like pull the sound dampening out or redid the dash with lighter gauges or something unique like that. No i am not trying to make it look like a RACECAR persay. But i think that i and others like myself have successfully pulled weight out in places that most would not notice or think about to help retain the "LUXURIES" of the car.. So no matter how big or small the weight was that you pulled lets hear it for example.... My brembos calipers weigh 10 lbs less than my factory calipers and my rotors weight about 5-7lbs less than the factory ones. Or my lug nuts weigh about 1/2 lb less than the factory ones. Again this is not a pull the windows out and replace them with lexan or take the dash out and put sheet metal in there etc, just hidden weight that no one really thought of as it all makes a difference. here is the other thread on weight reduction for those that have not seen it.. OFFICIAL WEIGHT REDUCTION THREAD (MS6)

I was down to 2560 with me in it... I will be at 2500-2550 soon... I plan on documenting the weight on everything I pull back out.

Fully gutted.. no AC, no heater core, might go lexan in the future.

[qtrmile beast]

Originally Posted by dturboman I was down to 2560 with me in it... I will be at 2500-2550 soon... I plan on documenting the weight on everything I pull back out. Fully gutted.. no AC, no heater core, might go lexan in the future.

oh i want details thats a lot of weight!!! also was the driveable weight?

[dturboman]

Originally Posted by qtrmile beast oh i want details thats a lot of weight!!! also was the driveable weight?

here let me list the things off the top of my head of what I had out before.

The next week things will go even more extreme.

6 pound battery
Light weight driver seat
no carpet
no head liner
no door panels, no speakers
no passenger seat
no rear seat
all plastics removed
spare/jack, tools etc
23 lb wheel/tire combo in the rear
33lb tire wheel combo in the front
light weight chassis braces
3 gallons of fuel
no bumper crash bars
no washer tank
BSD delete
lots of little things that add up, seat belts, plastics, wiper motors, light weight exhaust etc.

[qtrmile beast]

Originally Posted by dturboman here let me list the things off the top of my head of what I had out before. The next week things will go even more extreme. 6 pound battery Light weight driver seat no carpet no head liner no door panels, no speakers no passenger seat no rear seat all plastics removed spare/jack, tools etc 23 lb wheel/tire combo in the rear 33lb tire wheel combo in the front light weight chassis braces 3 gallons of fuel no bumper crash bars no washer tank BSD delete lots of little things that add up, seat belts, plastics, wiper motors, light weight exhaust etc.

Well i have at least 80-90% of those things done to my car and i am NO WHERE NEAR 2500 especially with me in it? These are the things that i have on that list..

So you must have a speed3 to get THAT LOW.. If that is the case then the lowest i have gotten a speed3 to is 2700

[dturboman]

Originally Posted by qtrmile beast Well i have at least 80-90% of those things done to my car and i am NO WHERE NEAR 2500 especially with me in it? These are the things that i have on that list.. So you must have a speed3 to get THAT LOW.. If that is the case then the lowest i have gotten a speed3 to is 2700

I do have a speed3 and the above list is for the 2650ish I was at, I'm in the process of getting to the 2550 with no HVAC , CF hood and hatch

[ericdebruyn1]

i did this with my civic... every time id go out and race id bang my head against the wall so kill some brain cells=weight loss then i would go masturbate and louse some weight their then go poop then take a piss, or you can go carbon fiber everything, hood, trunk, fenders if they make them. i dono go get a set carbon fiber racing seats that are still classy enough to take a girl out on a date louse alot of weight that way especially if you just bolt them to the car so you cant adjust them