I have a CRX sir 91 and i have been attending to local drags. and im going to attend to my first official drag! and I need some info about major removable parts that i could remove to make it light weight.


does the absence of front bumper affect the aerodynamics?

 

yes it affects aerodynamics,
u can remove the rear bumper,rear seats if u have any, ur exhaust piping, door panels, rear panels, sound deading tars if u aint got **** to do..... so many more .....

 

if i remove the front seat as well, (the other one, not the driving seat!) will that make the car unbalanced?

 

^^ no it will not unbalance the car it will save you a lot of weight.
Here is another thread about weight reduction.https://honda-tech.com/forums/drag-racing-36/how-put-your-car-diet-asking-specifics-discussion-2660982/

 

Dude you can get really creative with weight reduction.
Entire dash center consol. totally strip the car if you want.

Seats though are a big load. Speakers and carpet.

 

I did all the obvious weight reduction on my CRX.

Dead weight:

Lightweight Hood
Traction bar
Removed spare etc...
16 lbs racing battery
Removed passenger seat

Rotating weight:

8 Lbs flywheel
Lenso's

Beyond this IMO everthing else isnt worth it. Interior doesnt really weigh much. My passenger seat weighs 26 lbs. Unless its a drag car removing the AC for the 30 lbs isnt worth it.

You could go with HF bumper supports for a little weight savings. I dont think they would support my Benen tow hooks well enough so I left my Si supports on.

Driving skill> weight reduction. I would get lots of seat time before you start butchering the car.

 

that is about what i did with my 90 civic cx. weighs in at 2000lb in race form.

but i totally disagree with you.

for my buddys project, a 1990 civic dx, we GUTTED the car, removed all the extra seat belts, HVAC system, every interior piece, gutted dash, rebars. still has all its glass, and in race form it weighed in at 1770lb.

well worth it for a full out race car.

 

follow the lines of what dark teg said
you wont be happy takin out the dash carpet panels rear bumper or just cuttin the whole car up make it nice to where you still have a car ya know
look at the local all motor cars at the track see what they do and think of things on your own
take out small speaker brackets in the rear heather g padding start with the small things and work from there man
post the track times!?!??!?