Ok so i have a 1994 prelude vtec. I want to lose as much weight as possible. I plan to auto cross or drag race it and want it as light as possible, i will be removing the black leather interior and getting two lightweight front seats and five point harnesses with a lightweight steering wheel and air bag delete. what else can go and what under the hood can go other than p.s. a/c? any body want black interior panels or rear seats?
one of the things u can do is, you can swap the usdm heavy arse metal front grille bracket for the light arse jdm front plastic grille bracket. I guess they can be also called bumper supports. The thing that holds your grille nostrils. JDM are wayy lighter.
if you can plug your sunroof there is about 40 lbs above your head in the whole assembly...what part of minnesota are you in i used to live near burnsville...
Abs delete sounds interesting, I found out I already have the plastic bumoer support. And what about cruise control
absolutely. lose it.
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Originally Posted by cferg94lude
if you can plug your sunroof there is about 40 lbs above your head in the whole assembly...what part of minnesota are you in i used to live near burnsville...
if you take pictures of your interior panels and post them in the classifieds someone will surely pick them up if you ask a decent price...and if you are taking pics you should start a members ride thread if you dont already have one...
-Cruise control
-ABS
-SRS
-A/C
-P/S
-Lightweight battery
-Traction bar
-Light wheels
-Sound deadening
-Undercarriage coating (the stuff in the fender wells and under the car, more weight there than sound deadening)
-Stereo system
-Dry carbon hood and trunk
-Gut the doors, mainly the bars inside that protect from side impact
-Lexan windows
-Every interior piece other than the dash and seats
-Remove the sunroof then take the outer panel and have it welded into the hole by a pro who can make it look as if the car didn't come with one.
-Inner fender liners and front splash shield
-Lose the rear deck spoiler
Dunno what your weight is but if your a big person you might wanna shed some weight on yourself as well.
There may be more that I'm missing but this should all shed quite a bit and those posting above me aren't very creative.
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Ok so I've got a busy winter, at least i have a decent start, i was considering losing the sunroof, thanks for all the advice, I will try to get some decent pics going and if any body has links to assist me with p/s and cc deleted please help.
...I plan to auto cross or drag race it and want it as light as possible, i will be removing the black leather interior and getting two lightweight front seats...
if you're going to gut it for racing, why have a passenger seat?
You may have more weight in the car but having someone or something in the passenger seat to balance the car out equal to your own weight makes for better handling.
CC delete is stupid easy, just take the modulator out, unhook the cable going to the gas pedal, remove the vacuum box in teh driver fender well and remove the control unit. P/S just remove the pump, cooler, reservoir, plumbing and loop the lines. You can probably make your own set of looped lines by buying barbed/threaded AN fittings from your local hardware store in the plumbing section and just use whatever hose and clamps to complete it. It's best to try to do this to keep fluid in the rack and makes it easier to turn, there's plenty of write ups on both of these if you search.
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aftermarket coilovers are usually lighter than stock
aftermarket exhausts are usually lighter than stock
aluminium half radiator
aftermarket cam gears & pulleys
lightweight flywheel
aftermarket pistons are usually lighter
somebody have replaced all the glasses with plastic
remove all the silencing material from the chassis (inside)
lightweight seats
So ok I already removed a/c p/s radio subwoofer brackets for ac and ps and all ac compinents and have after market eibach coilovers and kyb artifacts with lighter wheels. Where should I go next for the largest gains
If you have the entire wiring harness for the radio I would be interested in buying that from you and also if your sub woofer is in good condition i would pick that up also. PM me
So ok I already removed a/c p/s radio subwoofer brackets for ac and ps and all ac compinents and have after market eibach coilovers and kyb artifacts with lighter wheels. Where should I go next for the largest gains
Ok so interior is next, ok so this may seem totally counter productive but I really wish to replace the factory door panels with flat 1/16 inch aluminum sheet metal panels, which means relocating the window switches or converting to manual Windows, now here is the question which is heavier power or manual windows
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