i strip everything + CFH , if i take off a/c, p/s and sun roof . it would be very damn close to 300lbs

 

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huh... ?

 

add to that some extremely light wheels, fiberglass or c/f paneling, and remove absolutely everything from the cabin except for your seat and shifter and you'll be 300lbs lighter.

 

there is a company in japan that makes a RHD fiberglass dash for the prelude and they also make fiberglass doors..

i think the company is k's speed, i will get the link when i get home...


[Modified by ViZ, 9:49 AM 8/21/2002]

 

+lexan windows, race gas tank!! ~100lbs

 

mine is down to 2600 lbs with me in it. I still have some weight I can pull out like side panels and sound proofing and things like that. I am also going to get a fuel cell to reduce some of the weight there. I have no PS, no AC, no cruise, all the stuff the went with those are gone as well, condensor, brackets, etc. I have fiberglass fenders, hood, front peice, basically everything fromt he windshield forward. I am going to do some Lexan rear quarter windows soon as well as the back one...maybe the back one.

 

are you serious? only 2600lbs? that's damn good for a prelude (4th and 5th gen at least)...

 

it's 4th gen, and I still have some left to go. I'm droping the rear bumper brace and then putting the cover back on. Hell it's only good for like a fender bender anyway, anything above like 20 MPh and it's trashed anyway. I'm gonna keep the front one just for peace of mind, but the back one is about 50 lbs I am not gonna miss.

 

if you wanna make it light, cut off the front end of the car( just in front of the fire wall forward) and make it tube chassis. or just tube the whole damn thing.

 

i still can't believe it weighs only 2600lbs WITH YOU in it... how much do you weigh?
i'm gonna guess about 150lbs, which leaves your lude with 2450lbs!!! how in the world did you lose 500lbs????? tell me the secret! jeez. even with all the fiberglass parts and stuff, that sounds kinda low. are you sure about that weight?

 

my 91 accord weighed in at 2450 at one point...and i didn't change any of the body panels...

2880 stock curb weight

 

That really is amazing! I've been down to 2750 with me in it, basic things removed, 1 leather seat, full back seats still in(they weigh under a pound), and a stripped trunk(minus 2 amps, hehe). I weighed ~150 then but now i'm 180lbs. 2600 is amazing. I see gutted doors for sale a lot, but i'm not going down that road, yet.

 

F23 what all did you do? I'm trying to bring my 90 down to 2500. Everything behind the front seats is gone as of this morning ( I just started). But what all did you do? carpet, sound deadening, door panels, i can't think of enough to get it down without messing with the body. Thanks.

 

I know the weight is correct, it was done on old school dirt track scales for cross weights and stuff. Looks like a doctors scale under each tire then you put the numbers in a program and it gives you front/rear, left/right, and cross weights. The main place I got rid of weight was under the hood. Check it out...



I have pretty much everything removed. I am going to go with the euro-R mani (a little lighter) an aluminum TB, I have some bumper supports to tear out, and then the fuel cell in the rear. Other than that a racing seat and a fiber dash is about the only things left. I took EVERYTHING out of the inside, and most of the useless underpinning and sound deadening crap from underneath. Basically if it didn't do anything and didn't hold the car together it came off.

 

strip your trunk... spare tire, backseat, etc...

 

anyone know what website or manufacturer he is talking about?? also anyone know who makes Lexan windows for our cars..

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sorry i forgot to reply here is the website they have some nice kits (rears anyway) fiberglass dashes doors etc...

http://www.ks-speed.net/

 

here is some of there products, i talked to them about importing but they said (in very bad english) that it would be very expensive and maybe not worth it but i might setup a wholesale thing with them and buy bulk to cover cost...

 

i think the doors are 8500 yen which isnt to bad but the shipping costs is where it hurts... and they are made to use acrylic windows or lexan

 

but the dashs are setup for right hand.. they'd have to make a new mold for our cars. Also, the door panels would need to be reverese if you wanted to keep the controls for locks etc, unless you make your own controls

 

the doors wont effect controls because its just s skin and basic frame plus you can put your door panels on a jdm door no bigge and your right about the dash but its an idea that im sure someone can make here in the states