the lude is in the garage for the winter now and one thing im trying to do is take away some weight. i need some ideas besides the basic ones like interior. so give me some ideas

 

Some of it depends on how comfortable you wanna be while driving lol.

You can start off with:
spare tire
jack
rear seats
trunk carpet lining
floor mats
cf hood (lose a good 14 lbs or so)
cf trunk

and then for the uncomfortable stuff...

ac
power steering
abs
passenger seat
misc carpet lining

there's more as I'm sure other H-T members will show you

 

ive already got the comfortables done except the cf but i dont know how to take off abs. and is it possible to take off cruise control?

 

ive already got the comfortables done except the cf but i dont know how to take off abs. and is it possible to take off cruise control?

 

Cruise control is easy to remove, but why remove ABS? Eh, I still have ABS on my Prelude track car. Weight is 2,475 lbs without me in it, 1/4 tank of gas. It's a track car, though, so it's completely gutted, but has a full cage. This was with an OEM hood. It now has a gutted CF hood which saved a bit of weight. I need to do some work in the offseason to remove a few more lbs.

 

i think this pretty much covers everything

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-prelude-4/%22how-can-i-make-my-prelude-lighter%22-thread-1036229/

 

man i still need to take off my cruise control, its just in the way right now hahaha

you could also get a smaller battery, and remove your windshield wiper reservoir

 

You wont lose that may pounds by taking of the cruise cntrl.

 

car looks good... i still need to corner balance mine....

 

Im at 2683 with me in car and a 49/51 crossweight, abs, sunroof and heat remain!
eliminated-cruise, ps, evap purge, all interior panels accept front section, sound deadening, ac, heat shields, vis hood/deck lid, etc etc etc.

 

Thanks. Those weights aren't corner balanced. I just put the car on the scales to see what it weighed. It actually is setup a bit differently now. I have a CF/fiberglass hood (gutted), and I now run 17x8.5 RPF1s.

I need to get a litte more weight out of the car, though. I've thought about cutting out the door bars since I use NASCAR bars on the drivers side, lightening the bumper supports, and some other misc. things like that.

 

i see now..... my door bars are gone, it was a PITA.....

 

That's a nice set of scales, how much and where to?

 

If its a street car I wouldnt do much ... safety becomes an issue

But if its a track car some things could be

Bumper supports
heater core
interior pieces that arent being used
seats
sound deadoning

 

get carbon fiber everything whlile you at it...Carbon fiber hood, carbon fiber lipkit, carbon fiber trunk, carbon fiber sway bars, anything carbon fiber does it.....;;;00000

 

lightweight rims also help imo...went from stock alloys to 12 lbs 3 pieces rims and noticed a difference...prolly just because the motor is turning less weight

 

japan actually came out with full carbon fiber rims. they must be pretty light

 

yeah they cost $ 10,000 for a set of 4

 

I would not remove the bumper supports. That's a really bad idea on a street car or track car. My bumper supports saved the front end of my car when I rear ended a fellow racer at TWS this past year. Without the bumper supports, my front end would have been toast.

 

How did you do it? Do you know how much weight you saved? Also, did it make the doors floppy at all?

I certainly wouldn't do this in a street car, but I have NASCAR door bars on the driver's side and an X-brace on the passenger's side of the cage.

 

A friend of mine and I bought them together. We got a pretty good deal. IIRC, they were around $1k new, but we bought them second hand for under $600.

 

how do u remove the insulation on the stock hood safely? anyone have a write up? how much weight do ureally save?

 

cutting torch or a plasma cutter will work... it was close to 50lbs of BS...its crazy how heavy they are. The doors dont flop around really.. not as strong as factory but still ok. you also haft to drill out a few things on the door.. it just takes time.

 

Cutting torch or plasma cutter? I was hoping to not have to repaint the door after removing the bars.

 

Can't you drill through your bumper brace? Since it's a track car?

Sound deadening material isn't much but dry ice and a hammer make it an easy choice, removing excess wiring also helps. heater core/blower and anything that isn't used.

Also adding a fuel cell and removing the spare trunk well helps.