Weight Reduction help...
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power steering, AC, every seat aside from your own, anything that has fabric on it, seat belts, everything related to the dashboard that's not needed to hold your steering column in place, hole saw to interior aluminum, window motors, window cranks, windows, spare tires, spare bolts, any braces, any supports, springs, buy smaller tires, your exhaust system, your intake system, replace the gas tank with a fish tank, spin the dizzy, that'll get you started. i've done this setup to a few cars and it took me from the mid 16's to the low 14's before i spent a dime on a performance part
edit: and scrape that shit glued to yer floorboard, and sand any paint off that will never see the elements.
edit: and scrape that shit glued to yer floorboard, and sand any paint off that will never see the elements.
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If your brother has a supercharged Tibby, and you have a boosted Tibby (turbo?), just turn up the boost a little bit or find some efficiency somewhere (tuning maybe?). Stripping out a street car is lame, and adding a few extra HP is more worthwhile than losing all of your interior and creature comforts.
Make sure you have some light wheels, good tires, and a light flywheel. Lighter flywheel is cheap acceleration, so are light wheels. Good tires will let you put all the HP you make to the ground, obviously. Make the most of what you have before you go nuts getting rid of everything that isn't welded down..
Make sure you have some light wheels, good tires, and a light flywheel. Lighter flywheel is cheap acceleration, so are light wheels. Good tires will let you put all the HP you make to the ground, obviously. Make the most of what you have before you go nuts getting rid of everything that isn't welded down..
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You can always try SCC's method of getting a car to produce faster times...
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=776885
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=776885
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I took this from sr20-forum.com, and these number are for the classic (B13) Sentra. That would be 91-94 Sentras, as well as 91-93 NX2000's, so obviously the weight numbers are going to be a little different. This should give you the basic jist of what you can remove to lose weight.
And the original link if you want to inviestigate yourself...there's more weight reduction tips there. Hope this helps!
http://www.sr20-forum.com/showthread.php?t=119
If you notice it has the weight for windows removed, I'm pretty sure that's if they were replaced with lexan.
dash = 9lbs
side electric mirrors 4.5 lbs
side manual mirrors 4.2 lbs
plastic side molding 2 lbs
Sounddeadening material including tar and the rubber firewall blanket and steel brace under steering wheel 52lbs
reclining mechanism on SE-R seats 3lbs
A/C compressor including iron bracket and all lines and condenser 32lbs
Rear quarter windows 4.9 lbs
Front seats weigh 33 pounds each.
Back seat weighs 10.5 pounds.
Carpet weighs 9 pounds.
Spare tire well weighs 14.5 pounds.
Bumpers weigh 25 pounds each.
Bumper covers weigh 11.5 pounds each.
All the heat and a/c parts in the dash weigh 28 pounds.
The support rods for the trunk weigh 6 pounds.
Brace under dash = 5lbs
B13 SE-R wheels = 16.7 lbs!!
trunk hinges, 4 tow hooks, and muffler hinges and that came up to 13lbs
The side power mirrors weigh 2.5lbs
Non-powered side mirrors weigh 2.3lbs
Sunroof (40 pounds)
Door Beams (10 pounds each)
Inner Door Skins - the metal (4 pounds)
Door Panels (20 pounds)
Front Windows and Guides (4 pounds)
Unused Wires from Harness (7 poounds)
Underside for Trunk Skin (4 pounds)
Rear Valence/Shelf and Trunk hinges (12 pounds)
Replaced Stock Hood with C/F (30 pounds)
Air Conditioning (40 pounds)
Power Steering (8 pounds)
Gutted Bumpers - still functional BTW!!
Front (8 pounds)
Rear (7 pounds)
Aftermarket (thicker) Front Sway bar (18 pounds)
Interior Sound Deadening material (50 pounds)
Front Seats (35 pounds each - replaced with CF one @ 10 pounds)
Rear Bench Seat (10 pounds)
All Seat Belts (10 pounds)
compressor weighs like 25, condensor 10, exchanger 5, bracket like 3 or 4 and the associtaed lines another 5 or so
side electric mirrors 4.5 lbs
side manual mirrors 4.2 lbs
plastic side molding 2 lbs
Sounddeadening material including tar and the rubber firewall blanket and steel brace under steering wheel 52lbs
reclining mechanism on SE-R seats 3lbs
A/C compressor including iron bracket and all lines and condenser 32lbs
Rear quarter windows 4.9 lbs
Front seats weigh 33 pounds each.
Back seat weighs 10.5 pounds.
Carpet weighs 9 pounds.
Spare tire well weighs 14.5 pounds.
Bumpers weigh 25 pounds each.
Bumper covers weigh 11.5 pounds each.
All the heat and a/c parts in the dash weigh 28 pounds.
The support rods for the trunk weigh 6 pounds.
Brace under dash = 5lbs
B13 SE-R wheels = 16.7 lbs!!
trunk hinges, 4 tow hooks, and muffler hinges and that came up to 13lbs
The side power mirrors weigh 2.5lbs
Non-powered side mirrors weigh 2.3lbs
Sunroof (40 pounds)
Door Beams (10 pounds each)
Inner Door Skins - the metal (4 pounds)
Door Panels (20 pounds)
Front Windows and Guides (4 pounds)
Unused Wires from Harness (7 poounds)
Underside for Trunk Skin (4 pounds)
Rear Valence/Shelf and Trunk hinges (12 pounds)
Replaced Stock Hood with C/F (30 pounds)
Air Conditioning (40 pounds)
Power Steering (8 pounds)
Gutted Bumpers - still functional BTW!!
Front (8 pounds)
Rear (7 pounds)
Aftermarket (thicker) Front Sway bar (18 pounds)
Interior Sound Deadening material (50 pounds)
Front Seats (35 pounds each - replaced with CF one @ 10 pounds)
Rear Bench Seat (10 pounds)
All Seat Belts (10 pounds)
compressor weighs like 25, condensor 10, exchanger 5, bracket like 3 or 4 and the associtaed lines another 5 or so
http://www.sr20-forum.com/showthread.php?t=119
If you notice it has the weight for windows removed, I'm pretty sure that's if they were replaced with lexan.
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Re: Weight Reduction help...
I just wondering what are the typically ways to reduce the weight of cars... PM's and replying to the post would help, thanks!!!! (I'm going back to NY around June time frame and my brother has a 07 Tiburon that he's about to Super Charge and I need all the help i can get, btw i have a boosted 01 Tiburon)
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