Does anyone have any ideas on weight reduction for an EG...already removed the sound deadening material...rear seats...air conditioner...this is not a daily driven car so please, don't be shy...

 

light weight? well for a lot of money, carbon fiber hood, trunk/tailgate, fenders, and doors. lol

 

lexan windows.? get rid of the reinforcement in the doors. idunno that all i can think of but if u do that i hope u have a cage.

 

take a lug nut off every wheel

 

get opn a diet and excersize, poop before too. put in smaller motor

 

We need to know if this is a budget W.D. or like others mentioned, can you CF everything? Lexan?

 

power steering.....

 

gut the dash its ****** heavy back there... get rid of the blower motor piping all the bs you can cut some of hte supports out back there.. hell make a new dash... its not dd so grab a couple pices of sheet metal weld them togeather in throw it in (using the same bolt holes as the stock dash)

 

Don't forget Hydrogen. Pump it in the tires to the maximum psi.

 

alll interior panels

 

Might as well remove the gas tank...

 

Remove everything:

 

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wowza, whats this car used for?

 

it looks to me like he uses the car to pick up the kids from school......

hey if you take out the spare you drop a couple lbs ya know... take the seats out put 1 "sheet metal" seat in i dont know what there called its like the drag seats or something they weigh like 10lbs, is it a autoxcar or drag car? if its drag the pick up a fuel cell drop the big tank.. seriously take out all hte bs supports and bars and metal from the dash area.. take out the door supports (the bar thats in the door)

 

HPDE's and time trials, road course stuff, an occasional autocross. I still need to get the cage in it, and I pulled the motor to put some new pistons in it, so it's super lightweight right now.

 

Yeah, I take the spare out at the track, and I need to leave OEM seats in it until I get a cage, then I've got an old Kirkey aluminum drag seat that weighs less than 10 pounds that I'll put in it, although I need to leave a passenger seat in it for HPDE's so the instructor has some place to sit, although I may remove it for time trials.

 

for road racing you cannot remove the inner door support.

if your car is an SI, remove the sunroof. VIA a peice of rivetted lexan or just shaving it altogether.

Rear disk brakes will help you a lot, and im not sure if they weigh more or less.

Shave the spare tire well. I cut mine out of my Honda Challenge Integra im prepping for next year and welded in a peice of flat sheet metal, I then cut a rectangle out for a fuel cell that has an overhanging lip. I rivetted it into place and also put a support bar inderneath on 2 sides. Its still lighter than stock.

if you have money... Memory fab carbon buckets all the way.

Wheeeeeellllssssss. The best way to free up HP and lighten your car is by running the smallest lightest wheel possible for your brakes and still having adiquit(sp?) ventilation. Also just think, what ever weight you save per wheel is multiplied by 4 for your total weight savings.

Hope that helps. Any other questions PM me. If i think of anything else i'll post it.

 

ps pump...if u have any...spare tires and jack..audio system.head unit.speaker..carpet..door panel..carbon fiber hood..door..fender..and driver.