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Old 01-09-2013, 02:46 PM
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I have been looking around on all the forums and can only find a couple things about del sol weight reduction? I know the sol's are initially a heavier car but i'm wondering if any one has any suggestions on what i can do or take out to reduce weight? I dont care about cf parts and i have already cut the a/c. Thanks!
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What reason do you have for a weight reduction?
Drag racing?
Road Racing?
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Gut the interior.
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drag racing, And will the interior make that big of a difference?
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Not really.
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Is there anything else in a sol that could be taken out? for a difference.
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Default Re: Del sol weight reduction?

Originally Posted by london ritzler
I have been looking around on all the forums and can only find a couple things about del sol weight reduction? I know the sol's are initially a heavier car but i'm wondering if any one has any suggestions on what i can do or take out to reduce weight? I dont care about cf parts and i have already cut the a/c. Thanks!
Buy a CRX
Strip CRX to bare shell
Transfer everything important (built engine, tunable ECU, whatever else you've done) from overweight (and weak chassis) Del Slow to CRX
Sell Del Sol and any unneeded parts after swap
Enjoy

I'm not kidding. This is probably the single best "weight reduction per $ spent" available.
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Imo gut the carpet, get a fuel cell, pull all wiring thats not needed, maybe drill out parts that dont need that much metal but still keep the stregnth, get light weight rims ext...
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http://www.darksol.com/delsol.html

old but good resource
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Originally Posted by TunerN00b
Buy a CRX
Strip CRX to bare shell
Transfer everything important (built engine, tunable ECU, whatever else you've done) from overweight (and weak chassis) Del Slow to CRX
Sell Del Sol and any unneeded parts after swap
Enjoy

I'm not kidding. This is probably the single best "weight reduction per $ spent" available.
I agree with this method. Plenty of CRX's that are super light.
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