Hey,

I was wondering if anyone knows some good ways to remove weight from a 5th gen prelude. I already removed everything from the driver seat back, cruise control, and added a carbon fiber hood. I need some more ideas to lighten up this heavy *** lude.

Thanks

 

power steering, ac, abs, evap, egr, cat, lightweight battery, carbonfiber trunk, carbon fiber sunroof plug.

However reducing unsprung weight is what will affect you more....wheels,brakes, anything not supported by the spring.

 

What do you mean as far as brakes go? Rotors,pads,calipers?

 

anything that isnt supported by the spring. Everything on the body of the car is sprung weight because the weight of it is supported by the spring. Reducing weight that is not supported by the spring has greater affects than sprung weight.

 

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I wouldn't worry about brakes as much as Wheels...There isn't a ton of weight to be saved by High Priced Aluminum brakes.
Just curious as to why youre turning youre Prelude into a Civic? The whole idea behind the Prelude was to have a Road-Worthy car. People talk about the Prelude being heavy like it has a 1.6 liter under the hood. I say the B16 Civic Si is heavy as hell compared to a Prelude when you think about the power.
Everyone in the Honda tuner world is swapping engines except us? Coincidence?
Bone stock its still the Fastest Full Production FWD 4cyl Honda has made......
--The TypeR Teg is not full production--

 

what about the new si ?

 

I gutted the inside of my prelude and I regret messing up the beautiful interior so I started to put it all back in.

 

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Good question.......I would guess they are slower 0-60 and close 1/4 mile.
My brain is just programmed to compare cars that were around when Preludes were still in production. I think you know where I am coming from.
We can't compare 2006 Tech to 1992 Tech fairly.
The NEW SI is damn close in weight though.....and only sporting a 2.0 liter.
So.....I say for stripping a Prelude down unless you're racing it regularly. Why not just buy a Civic?

 

yes i understand where you are coming from completely. I think the same way.

 

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I just don't see the reason for gutting considering the weight savings. You said it, beautiful interior.

To the OP, I would start thinking about what you want out of the car.....
My Street Prelude has everything still intact except for the interior of the trunk, spare, and hood. Sure the cars a little heavy compared to some gutted out tin-can of a Civic(I own a gutted Hatch) but 2.2 liter FTW!
I can't live without power steering and cruise in my daily driver.....

 

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develop those biceps

 

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Im sporting 16" biceps....how about you? What are you 5'7" and 110lbs soaking wet? Guys like you can't even hold the sparring pads in the gym for me.

 

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Im sporting 16" biceps
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Fatty.

JK

 

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*****

 

Go on a diet

that should help with weight reduction

 

i hate when people think a lightweight prelude is less of a prelude. the only reason we dont swap our motors out is because we dont have an economical choice at this point in time

 

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no need for biceps, itss all about those forearms. Just ********** alot and you will build them up no time. BTW&lt; Im not 5'7" and 110 lbs.

 

who paralell parks anymore?

 

yea not having at the minimum PS in chicago would SUCK. even not having AC would suck when you're stuck in traffic because they're always "improving" the e-ways. 92 and humid without AC would be death

if you live in chicago, you parallel park. i'm sure same goes for other big cities.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xxmastermindxx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea not having at the minimum PS in chicago would SUCK. even not having AC would suck when you're stuck in traffic because they're always "improving" the e-ways. 92 and humid without AC would be death

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92 degrees? OMG, I think I might melt in that weather...

try 100+ with humidity here in the south. northerners think they have summers bad. Its not even begun to get hot yet and it was 96 last friday

 

its been over 100 the past couple days.

 

lol yea well going from norms in the winter of 0 to 90's in the summer, it's a furnace. i'm an electrician by trade and working in this is baaaad. but i'm sure you guys down there are used to hotter so it's probably nothing, try 0 in january with -30 or -40 wind chills

 

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why do you think I live in the south, I hate cold weather

 

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92 degrees? OMG, I think I might melt in that weather...

try 100+ with humidity here in the south. northerners think they have summers bad. Its not even begun to get hot yet and it was 96 last friday</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah im lucky its not humid here however it was 114 a couple days ago.

to the op, sounds like you have a good start. look for some lightweight wheels next!

 

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yeah im lucky its not humid here however it was 114 a couple days ago.

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dry heats are easy to deal with. You know its humid when you walk outside, your glasses fog up, and you automatically start to perspire.