I'm curious as to what the Type-S has that the Type-R doesen't to make it weigh almost 300lbs more. Would a loss of 300 lbs. actually be noticeable in terms of handling? What could you junk in the Type-S to bring it down to almost 2,500lbs?

 

Radio, A/C, lighter seats, less sound deadening material, lighter spare, aluminum control arms.. etc. And yeah 300 lbs is ALOT and will do wonders for acceleration, braking, handling. etc.

 

So are you saying the Type-R does NOT have a radio or AC?

 

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Of course, it will be quite a large increased in handling performance. Whenever the
"racecar" goes out to the drags, it ALWAYS as light as possible (ie. gum out of pockets, radio out, etc)

Rich

 

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yea no way i could live w/o radio or a/c. i mean come on its like 100 pounds for both of those who cares you gotta have some stuff. but yea 300 pounds is a major difference i guess you just gotta ask yourself can i live w/o some comforts.

 

uhhhh are you serious?? 300 pounds is a fuckload. put a fat *** person in the passenger seat and see if the car pulls like it does when nobody is next to you sitting shotgun. if your trying to even lose a fraction of that 300 pounds a good start would be : A/c,power steering,radio,passenger seat and back seats, interior, wiper fluid, wiper blades,spare tire,etc. i mean not all are willing to gut out all the things they think are necessary. but it will knock off some pounds.

 

to beat the horse some more. its like driving with a fridge attached to your car.

 

No way i can live without a radio type r or not.

 

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They got you covered, Type iS is the JDM model below the Type R. I believe A/C is an option on the Type R though.

 

i dont think it's 300lbs lighter than a typeS. that's pretty much what a dc2r weighs and im pretty sure the dc5r is heavier than the dc2r.

 

you guys forgot the biggest contributing factor, the moonroof. and type r doesnt have the rear wiper either, but thats only a few pounds.

 

maybe after u add up all the things that the type R dosent have it will equal 300 lbs thats 3 tenths of a secon faster the type s could be Lol

 

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The type-R does have a moon roof. The type R weighs in at 2.5k and some change

 

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Yeah No it doesn't have moon roof.

 

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The type-R does have a moon roof. The type R weighs in at 2.5k and some change</TD></TR></TABLE>
no, it doesn't

 

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The type-R does have a moon roof. The type R weighs in at 2.5k and some change</TD></TR></TABLE>
LOL

 

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i dont think a fat person would ever fit in my car... lol