Hey I drive a 95 prelude vtec and i have the understanding that these guys are VERRRY heavy. I know some of the things i could do , but rn't sure what kind of gains i could get from them.... Mods are as follows:

Apexi intake (either cai or short ram)
dc header
2.25 exhaust
Test Pipe
Vafc 2
Nitrous Dry 50 shot

Kyb Agx suspension

Kuhmo 712's (as of now)

THe only weight reduction done as of now are

Remove Spare Tire + jack


Now IM lookin in to the folowing peices:

Carbon Fiber Hood
Carbon fiber Trunk
Lightweight 15" rims (i.e rota slips prolly)
Carbon fiber Sunroof


What else would be beneficial?
I would rather not remove PS, but my ac does not work.. So how big of a job would that be?

Anyone give me an average for each part:

Carbon fiber hood: ???
" Trunk ???

stock rims (15"s) weigh 18lbs and the rotas weigh bout 11 i think.... so 28 rotational lbs? that good?


so 100 Lbs is .1 off 1/4 time right? DOES IT MATTER where it is coming off? bottom? rims? top?

 

Go to the prelude forum and do a search on weight reduction. There is some good info there. There is a balance on what makes sence with weight reduction - you need to decide what goal you have for the car. You can get a prelude moderately fast without major sacrafice on comfort.

 

well i guess my goal would be high 13's at the moment


everything is gettin tuned in the spring

and by then ill prolly have the forbidden motorports short shifter and MAYBE slicks or somthin like that

 

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I can help you with the carbon sunroof plug.

 

Do this to it!!

 

haha, nice!

 

btw, didn't mean to be "smart" or scarcastic, I just couldn't help it when I saw the title about weight reduction. Good luck with the Prelude, I just thought it would add some humor

 

Nice looking stuff Mark...is the shell gonna go over the old chassis? of is this gonna be an entirly new chassis?

 

after taking that into consideration, i decided to take the sawzall and do "that"


now how do i drive?

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everything is gettin tuned in the spring

and by then ill prolly have the forbidden motorports short shifter and MAYBE slicks or somthin like that


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slicks would help more than a short shifter.

CAMS would help out.
for 13s....

as for weight reduction
try buying a set of stock doors for cheap, and cutting them and make your own windows.

i knocked 130+ lbs off my car.