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Weight reduction I WANT my car LIGHT... I can actually feel it's not light enough... Is there any other things I can do to make it lighter? Other than Carbon fiber hood and taking spare tire out... 
One or two pounds will help...>_<
One or two pounds will help...>_< 
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backseat, gut the whole car, you can do many things it just depends how far you are willing to sacrifice comfort for performance.
backseat, gut the whole car, you can do many things it just depends how far you are willing to sacrifice comfort for performance.
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lighter wheels is a major difference.....gut the interior. Carpeting in trunk, rear seats, door panels, CD player.
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Rep Power: 355 Best way to make your car faster through weight reduction.... Reduce rotating mass. Meaning Get the Smallest/lightest wheels you can (A Nice Light 15X7 will do) Get a Lightened Fly wheel, If you want to spend the time, you can have the gears in your transmission Drilled and balanced, Bascally you want any thing that your engine has to get to rotate to be as light as possible.
Just to reinforce this, Its been found that a reduction in rotational weight has a 70% more positive effect on performance then a similar reduction in Static weight. I.E. a 10LB drop in wheel weight is equal to a 17LB drop in static weight....
Just to reinforce this, Its been found that a reduction in rotational weight has a 70% more positive effect on performance then a similar reduction in Static weight. I.E. a 10LB drop in wheel weight is equal to a 17LB drop in static weight....
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Rep Power: 787 Try having a sub, amps, body kit, and dynamat all over the car. Now that's weighed down. All I've done is take the spare out and get some fix-a-flat.
If you're really hardcore, you can strip off all the factory sound deadening. Your car is gonna be louder than anything, so go with better tires. Keep the rims small. I have Honda 15" alloys that are slightly lighter than stock. That will help the most.
If you're really hardcore, you can strip off all the factory sound deadening. Your car is gonna be louder than anything, so go with better tires. Keep the rims small. I have Honda 15" alloys that are slightly lighter than stock. That will help the most.
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Rep Power: 349 About a week ago, all i had on the interior of my car was the full dash, carpeting, and ep3 recaro seats which are really light. I took of all other interior panels and i noticed an increase in performance. Reducing sprung weight however is where you should look first, ie spoon 15's - 9 lbs each.
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Originally Posted by HustleLikeM0FO
You're not feeling the weight of the car..... you're feeling the awesome power of the D17
lol... thats a good one.
Anyway, you should figure about every 100lbs reduced in weight will equal around a tenth of a second shaved off your 1/4 mile time. Thats a pretty accurate guesstimate. It takes a lot of weight reduction to make a nice noticable difference.
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Originally Posted by thiscrackerntam
lol... thats a good one.
Anyway, you should figure about every 100lbs reduced in weight will equal around a tenth of a second shaved off your 1/4 mile time. Thats a pretty accurate guesstimate. It takes a lot of weight reduction to make a nice noticable difference.
Anyway, you should figure about every 100lbs reduced in weight will equal around a tenth of a second shaved off your 1/4 mile time. Thats a pretty accurate guesstimate. It takes a lot of weight reduction to make a nice noticable difference.
LOL........you watched Horsepower TV today
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Originally Posted by thiscrackerntam
I worked today you jackass.
lol.........they did weight reduction on a nova and they said the same exact thing ...... *****
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Rep Power: 0 Whatever...u guys have nothing better to do than to watch Horsepower TV on the weekends when you have time off? You guys r ****. I know that weight reduction formula from personal experience.
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Originally Posted by thiscrackerntam
Whatever...u guys have nothing better to do than to watch Horsepower TV on the weekends when you have time off? You guys r ****. I know that weight reduction formula from personal experience.
I work hard 6 days a wk and the only time i get to relax and watch tv is sunday mornings. Get a grip.
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Anyway, besides removing weight, think about not adding some. Slim down and don't put a huge wing on it, don't carry too many passengers... that kinda stuff...
Anyway, besides removing weight, think about not adding some. Slim down and don't put a huge wing on it, don't carry too many passengers... that kinda stuff...
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Originally Posted by HELP_ME
I WANT my car LIGHT... I can actually feel it's not light enough... Is there any other things I can do to make it lighter? Other than Carbon fiber hood and taking spare tire out... One or two pounds will help...>_<
One or two pounds will help...>_<
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Originally Posted by HELP_ME
I WANT my car LIGHT... I can actually feel it's not light enough... Is there any other things I can do to make it lighter? Other than Carbon fiber hood and taking spare tire out... One or two pounds will help...>_<
One or two pounds will help...>_<
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Re: Weight reduction
(usually, unless you get so light you can't hookup
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