What have people done to loose weight in their 6g civic's <u>WITHOUT</u> stripping the entire interior... Also, are there any subwoofers out there that are designed to be very lightweight/perform very nice also. Thanks...

 

nope but buy 10 inch sub's
they hit quite hard..... however im not much into stereo's.... i dont even think im gounig to add a stereo to my CX....

stereo= another thing thieves will want
stereo= 10 dollars ...replacing the broken window to get my 10 dollar stereo stolen $$$$$$

 

tell your fat girlfriend to follow you in her car
I saw one once but don't remember the brand, use a plastic box 2

 

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Anyways, does anyone have any weight reducing ideas or any **** like that... I'ma be using a system, and i want to make up for that weight by taking **** off... I'm taking out A/C, but i don't know anything else besides totally stripping the car.

 

Spare tire, toss in a can of fix a flat. I personally don't do this, but I would say it's a fairly popular one.

I know some of the ITR guys run w/o bumber supports I believe....not good for crash..but it's an idea.
Also, changing the header and exhaust can net you some gains.

Another idea is rims and tires, if you go w/ volks, or other lightweight rims you can potentially save a lot of pounds over stock.

Good Luck

 

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Anyways, does anyone have any weight reducing ideas"
I mean don't have any extraneous **** in your car

 

Does anyone know how much stock Honda hubcap/wheel/tire combo weighs??

 

The stock 14" steelies on my CX weigh 17.38 lbs, and the tires weigh 19lbs that i have on there, just 185/65/14's.
~36.4 lbs.

 

also power steering if you have it and "abs" but if your breaks lock up your down

but hey you weigh less

 

There is no padding in the carpets for 1992-1995 Civics - just carpet. There's some tar underneath the carpet which can be removed by getting dry ice and letting it sit and then chipping off the tar, but you *might* save 5-10lbs. depending on which car you have. CX/VX hatches come with the least amount of tar. I see he has an EX coupe so I'm not so sure, but I don't think it has padding either, right? The EX coupe does have assloads os tar though, but it prolly doesn't weigh much.

Also, that A/C bracket you are telling us to take out also doubles as a motor mount so you might want to keep that one. If you have a B-Series motor then Honda of Japan offers an aluminum A/C bracket to replace your stock cast-iron piece.

I have done a lot of weight redux on my car, but my methods are not for everyone. If you guys really want to know I'll find a link to all of the weight redux **** I did on my car.

I'd say THE best weight loss would be lightweight wheels. Looks good and saves weight in one of the most important areas - rotating mass.




[Modified by B18C5-EH2, 5:22 PM 6/22/2002]

 

Totally go for lighter wheels, unsprung weight reduction is also a handling upgrade...

Gutting for weight isnt worth it unless you go all the way...like track only...bye-bye everything.

The only other thing I've seen is bhowell from Pebble motorsports removed his spare and moved the 40lb battery to the back. That didnt really remove wieght, but it did help by moving some of the engine wieght to the back...evening things out.

good luck.

PS: I love driving my car alone, but when my friends get in, its basically like throwing 400 lbs of weight in the car, and suddenly I cant brake and accellerate like Im used to. For all they know, my cars a POS.

 

i believe its like 1 lbs off your rim weight = 7 lbs off of your car..
so using a rim 1 lb lighter is taking 28lbs off of your car weight... while in motion(id believe)

and then the disadvantage of a raised center of gravity means little when your car is an inch off the ground

 

you mean there should be more than just a seat and a steering wheel inside the car. NO................get rid of everything...YOU DON'T NEED IT!!!!

 

Reminds me of that SCC article where they tore up that stunnah's car and netted him a 1.3 second increase in the quarter *already discussed this earlier.

 

i beg to differ bro, i replaced my carpet last year and there was padding under there. this is in a 93 civic ex 2dr.