about a month to world cup, and i have decided to put car on a diet.
it is basically still 100% intact, minus rear bumper insert, spare tire stuff, exhaust ac and power steering.

everything else is there,

not looking to hack car. i want to retain seats and trim panels.

besides taking out speakers, seatbelts, and the rest of the ac stuff, where and how does one remove weight?

i am still trying to maintain the illusion of a fully intact car.

also where can i get a rear wiper delete for the si>?

thankyou for all the kind words over our last few threads.

 

well i took 30lbs of sound deadener off the floor, seatbelts were heavy,airbags and all the wiring, heater core and condenser and filter under the dash are all bulky and prob were 20-30lbs. Then like you said with the radio,speakers, and other audio stuff it adds up fast.

 

U could loose weight yourself..... just a tought!!!

 

1) Have the car in a nice spacious area, so you have plenty of space to move around the car and keep all the bits out your way that you remove.
2) Make sure your in a good mood, if your not you might start removing things you wish you didnt.
3) Start removing items you know wont be imortant to you.

Heres what I removed from my dailly runner:

Most of the backend apart from seats
I stuffed some pillows in the quarter to sound deaden abit
Removed sound deadening underneath carpet, but left the carpet there
Power steering
Windscreen washer stuff
AC
Shields underneath the car
Removed webbing from bonnet and tailgate

Not to extreme but made a nice difference

 

I pulled 46lb of sound deadening out of my Teg Mikey, and at least another 20lb in wiring... haha

Ill give you a rundown of what I removed from my car, I have not weighed it but I know its light, and I have a complete interior minus the rear seats.

Front Bumper Support
Full AC System with Wiring
P/S and Wiring
Full ABS System and Wiring
Crusie Control and Wiring
Windshield Washer and Wiring
Both Airbags and Harness
Rear Speakers and Wiring
46lb Sound Deadening
All Seat Belts and every single nut, bolt and bracket not needed
Deleted Rear Wiper and Wiring
Deleted Antenna and Wiring
Deleted Sunroof (in progress)
Deleted Heater and all associated ish (in progess)
Removed Rear Defroster Wiring
Heatshields under car
Stock Feed/Return Lines
etc etc etc etc lol

Adding Carbon Hood, Trunk and still open on a Sunroof Plug or Roof Cap.

 

Where the hell can you get a roof cap from? Tried looking everywhere and can only find threads about mo-jun scamming people..

 

i got my carbonfiber plug at this place LIGHTERFASTER.COM really good people #801 471 4150
mickey you trying to go faster huh :/ lol

 

with the wife being pregnant, call it a sympathy belly. he hee.
im working on that.

 

yeah without spengine money.....and trying to be a little easier on trannies...

 

Call some one in Jersey?

 

haha lol!!!!!!!!!

 

he hee imma call rolondo right now. ha haa....

 

we put a 1990 civic cx on a diet, removed everything but the driver seat and seat belt, put the plastic dash back in with everything under it stripped....

weighed in at 1770lb.

but it doesnt look stock at all.....

 

cf hood loose 25lbs
odyssey 10 lbs battery lose 25 lbs
sound deadening material 30lbs
heater core/ blower motor 10lbs
cf hatch saved 15 lbs
lightweight kirkey racing seats lose 50 lbs
steering wheel 5lbs
pass airbag 9 lbs
rear interior 10lbs
rear aluminum lower control arms 4lbs
ac comp/lines/condensor/dryer 20lbs
pwr steering 7 lbs
front bumper support 18 lbs
rear bumper support 14 lbs
other stuffs like factory cast exhaust manifold/exhaust/muffler/etc.. 40lbs


my car was a crx dx, so I swapped in the crx hf doors and save another 30lbs, hf doors don't have side impact beams inside the doors just like cx doors on eg. Also hf 8 gallons fuel tank vs 10 gallon tank, I think the same for cx eg hatch.

At the track, I saved an addition 70lbs with slicks and skinnies

My car weighed in at 1960 lbs with 6 points cage included driver, still retained full glass/dash/door panels/carpet/seats/working head lights

 

i weighd my car at etown and it was 2163 w/o driver and 2367w/wil its a cx model,
i took out everything under the dash on the pass. side,radio and all 4 speakers,all selt belts and reels,rear seats,both bumper supports,i still have my deading mat. on the floor and i put speaker carpet in the rear for looks, and i still have my air bag but no wiring or module for it and does have a cf hood too.i think thats all i did...

 

dont even know where to start alot of u guys covered the basic things. but u need to just look at every inch of your car & say "DO I NEED THIS?". if not. its gone. lol

i am in the process of a rear end setup that should shave about 65lbs off the rear end. & it isnt a spindle mount strut or straight axel. perfectly legal but not cheap. will deff look nice.

 

Where is there a passenger air bag in a crx? And how did u retain the rear glass in the cf hatch? Did u have disc or drum brakes?

 

Jersey boys, let us know your secrets!

 

This may be a little far fetched, but you could go as far as taking out the door bars that run along the interior of the door skin. Seeing as how you probably have a cage, these really arent needed. Add in the plastic and "goo" that holds it on, you're looking at about 10-15 lbs right there. I know JDMDan did it in his teg. Right now without his motor in it, the car weighs 1400lbs (full glass, 8pt cage, memoryfab seats, dash, door panels). He's the man to ask about weight reduction. Unfortunately he doesn't really get on these forums anymore. I'll see what other crazy ideas he has and I'll let you know.

 

Strip the undercoating off the bottom of the car
Replace as many steel brackets/piping/bolts with aluminum counterparts as possible
Cut out unused brackets all around the car
Hole saw large pieces of sheetmetal wherever possible
Fully eliminate any non essential wiring

 

Hole saw large pieces of sheetmetal wherever possible.


Damn thats a good idea.

 

Not if you wanna race in street car classes.

 

there will be no swiss cheesing of this car.

 

i was pretty shocked how much wiring came out of the car. you can run just a few wires from the rear of the car to the front. obd2 engine harnesses make it pretty simple to eliminate a TON of wiring, specifically under the dash, with out spending much if any money at all. other than that ive never done anything other than the "basics" to my cars. pretty much always end up at 2400-2500 with me in it. could get it lighter but always tried to make sure the car would be legal since we NEVER seem to have any "set in stone" rules...

 

joe how much of a pain in the *** is a sunroof plug? i remember the arguement you had with terry's that night i mean morning you tried to dyno my car way back in the day he hee.