bluedelsol

what should i take out to reduce the wait in my car? it's del sol so it only has 2 seats and not mutch interior to remove. what els can i take out? hollow doors? remove trunk and hood supports?

EJ8man

How drastic do you want to go? You can take out any sort of carpet that is in the car. I have heard that you can get A carbon fiber roof panel for the del sol. You can take heat gun and a scrapper and take the tar stuff they use for sound deadening. If i remember correctly the back window of the delsol is electronically controled. You could take out those controls and make it permantly up. You can take out your AC compressor. Like i said it really matters how dractic you want to go.

BackSideSA

buy a hatch....that is great weight reduction

deftones0817

if your not going to give him advice that helps him with his del sol why post at all?

You could replace the power steering rack with manual rack... lexan windows. Have you gutted all the interior yet? Racing seats are usually lighter than the stock seats. Alot can be done it just matters how much time and money you want to put into your car...you can even buy lighter engine parts to replace the factory stuff.

DEF

x916

i was at the supermarket like a month ago and i seen chino fron deftones.....nice guy

B_CRUZ!

Full race or daily driven?

Slopoke

A light weight flywheel and the lightest rims you can afford is a good start.

deepnite

my first choice would be lightweight wheels

bluedelsol

daily driven, cheap ****, like taking stuff out, i dont want to spend alot of money on this subject, my paychecks go into my engine every two week (since i live with my parents and only have a cell phone bill and insuerance)

00-ITR-373

A lightweight battery such as one from a Honda Goldwing Motorcycle, or the Type One battery will save you as much weight as a typical carbon fiber hood.
The hoods all weigh different amounts but I think the battery will save you around 15 lbs, which isn't bad. (for being much cheaper than a hood)

.Ryan

AHhahha he said "wait."

The Del Slows have a built roll over support which makes the weight.

bluedelsol

dont post on my thread if your gona make jokes about my del SOL. i bet i could beat you jack ***.

Happyman

No, the del sol has a reinforced frame to make up with the loss of support from the targa top. Just like any convertible car.

It's also said that to every 400lbs is 1/10 off. Trying to lighten a del Sol is pointless. You won't make up much weight.


[Modified by Happyman, 6:05 PM 1/19/2003]

delslow94

pull the ac, switch to a manual rack, pull the tar out, carpet, rear interior, leave the dash pull the rear speakers and leave the front two so u got some music, pull the roof rack in the trunk, take out sound deadener, lexon windows like said before, get the jdmhondaparts.com ac bracket (aluminum),lighter battery, pull the spare and jack and lastly if u dont mind get rid of the bumper supports. it all depends on what ur comfortable with on the supports

Slopoke

Where the hell did you pull that figure from??
So a civic hatch with a gsr motor only runs 1/10 faster than a integra gsr????

xchosun1x

strip the sh*t out of it..and go on a diet


[Modified by xchosun1x, 7:23 PM 1/19/2003]

bluedelsol

i need to be able to drive it daily. i only waigh 120-140 plbs (i'm pritty skinny but have a little muscle on me and dont want to loose that)

.Ryan

You talking to me?