wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet
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wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet
Hi,
My prelude is too fat, way way to heavy. Im interested to find out what some of you have done to reduce the wheight of your car. I was at a landscaping yard the other day and thier scales put my car at around 3250bs
ive got a 98sh, i/e/p/v-afc, leather int. thats it... no ICE, no wings no 19's
what have you done to trim up your lude?
My prelude is too fat, way way to heavy. Im interested to find out what some of you have done to reduce the wheight of your car. I was at a landscaping yard the other day and thier scales put my car at around 3250bs
ive got a 98sh, i/e/p/v-afc, leather int. thats it... no ICE, no wings no 19's what have you done to trim up your lude?
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Re: wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet (leptolude)
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Re: wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet (satan_srv)
did search, spelling error . thanks for the links,
but no need to be a smart ***.
ps- was at yoshio's a few months ago, first and last time, he didnt know how to use his new dyno, took 6hrs just to dyno and do 1/2 of vafc tunning and charged $ca80.00 over verbal estimate. sucks when pride make people that way, maybe he just hates honda....
-b
can anyone reccoment a lighter battery and trunk relocation kit for BB6?
[Modified by leptolude, 5:27 PM 9/27/2002]
but no need to be a smart ***.
ps- was at yoshio's a few months ago, first and last time, he didnt know how to use his new dyno, took 6hrs just to dyno and do 1/2 of vafc tunning and charged $ca80.00 over verbal estimate. sucks when pride make people that way, maybe he just hates honda....
-b
can anyone reccoment a lighter battery and trunk relocation kit for BB6?
[Modified by leptolude, 5:27 PM 9/27/2002]
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Re: wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet (leptolude)
did search, spelling error . thanks for the links,
but no need to be a smart ***.
ps- was at yoshio's a few months ago, first and last time, he didnt know how to use his new dyno, took 6hrs just to dyno and do 1/2 of vafc tunning and charged $ca80.00 over verbal estimate. sucks when pride make people that way, maybe he just hates honda....
-b
but no need to be a smart ***.
ps- was at yoshio's a few months ago, first and last time, he didnt know how to use his new dyno, took 6hrs just to dyno and do 1/2 of vafc tunning and charged $ca80.00 over verbal estimate. sucks when pride make people that way, maybe he just hates honda....
-b
Yoshio is Yoshio though. You're right he does and can charge whatever he wants. My buddy spent $1000+ for a tuning package and Yoshio called him when his time was up and said "You're out of time, you have to pay more if you want me to go on". This was 3/4 through tuning!!!
I agree it's tight, but I guess that's what over 10 years of building proven race engines and racing can do to ya. And people will pay, so he has no reason to be fair all the time.
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Re: wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet (satan_srv)
np, 
what a bad expierence your friend had, thats tooootaly unprofessional. I was in toronto on buisness and thought he might be able to add somthing to my VAFC settings, with all his supposed knowledge and skill. he made it worse, left the settings in such a way as to put the ECU into limp mode (he didnt know that you cant do + adjustments very well with the fool the map system) i had to "clean up" his settings after i left...... PLUS he had just got his dynopack and hadnt calibrated it yet.... so i didnt even get an accurate baseline...
i dont even want to think of it anymore.
thanks for the other link, i was hoping people had some other solutions besides strip interior, remove AC.
i saw a realy trick piece in september's OPTION2 this guy had a fiberglass rear interior in his skyline (of course), said it took out 7kg...
[Modified by leptolude, 5:38 PM 9/27/2002]
what a bad expierence your friend had, thats tooootaly unprofessional. I was in toronto on buisness and thought he might be able to add somthing to my VAFC settings, with all his supposed knowledge and skill. he made it worse, left the settings in such a way as to put the ECU into limp mode (he didnt know that you cant do + adjustments very well with the fool the map system) i had to "clean up" his settings after i left...... PLUS he had just got his dynopack and hadnt calibrated it yet.... so i didnt even get an accurate baseline...
i dont even want to think of it anymore.thanks for the other link, i was hoping people had some other solutions besides strip interior, remove AC.
i saw a realy trick piece in september's OPTION2 this guy had a fiberglass rear interior in his skyline (of course), said it took out 7kg...
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Re: wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet (leptolude)
np,
what a bad expierence your friend had, thats tooootaly unprofessional. I was in toronto on buisness and thought he might be able to add somthing to my VAFC settings, with all his supposed knowledge and skill. he made it worse, left the settings in such a way as to put the ECU into limp mode (he didnt know that you cant do + adjustments very well with the fool the map system) i had to "clean up" his settings after i left...... PLUS he had just got his dynopack and hadnt calibrated it yet.... so i didnt even get an accurate baseline... i dont even want to think of it anymore.
what a bad expierence your friend had, thats tooootaly unprofessional. I was in toronto on buisness and thought he might be able to add somthing to my VAFC settings, with all his supposed knowledge and skill. he made it worse, left the settings in such a way as to put the ECU into limp mode (he didnt know that you cant do + adjustments very well with the fool the map system) i had to "clean up" his settings after i left...... PLUS he had just got his dynopack and hadnt calibrated it yet.... so i didnt even get an accurate baseline...
i dont even want to think of it anymore.
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Re: wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet (satan_srv)
thanks man, that'd be cool. detroit has no good/professional dyno tunning shop. ill send a shout to you guys before i head up to toronto next, maybe schedule it for a time when you guys have a track day or somthing.
-b
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Re: wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet (leptolude)
We have drag racing in St. Thomas (Near London) on October 19th, and a track school and lapping on October 13th.
DPE racing engines and Dynopower could both do v-afc tuning...just IM me whenever you are coming
DPE racing engines and Dynopower could both do v-afc tuning...just IM me whenever you are coming
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Re: wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet (satan_srv)
HEY that sounds fun!
im finnishing my garage now, just got a compressor for painting and impact tools as soon as i get that done, ill be doing some maintance, should be just enough time before the event on the 19th. Do you have an address for the raceway, so i could mapquest it. Do i have to be a member to attend (not that id mind, but im in toronto about 2x a year only...)
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im finnishing my garage now, just got a compressor for painting and impact tools
as soon as i get that done, ill be doing some maintance, should be just enough time before the event on the 19th. Do you have an address for the raceway, so i could mapquest it. Do i have to be a member to attend (not that id mind, but im in toronto about 2x a year only...)-b
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Re: wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet (leptolude)
HEY that sounds fun!
im finnishing my garage now, just got a compressor for painting and impact tools as soon as i get that done, ill be doing some maintance, should be just enough time before the event on the 19th. Do you have an address for the raceway, so i could mapquest it. Do i have to be a member to attend (not that id mind, but im in toronto about 2x a year only...)
-b
im finnishing my garage now, just got a compressor for painting and impact tools
as soon as i get that done, ill be doing some maintance, should be just enough time before the event on the 19th. Do you have an address for the raceway, so i could mapquest it. Do i have to be a member to attend (not that id mind, but im in toronto about 2x a year only...)-b
St Thomas Dragway
Phone: (519)775-2263
45633 Sparta Line, ON N0L 2H0
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Re: wheight reduction, AKA prelude diet (leptolude)
About the weight reduction, Is the car a Drag Only car or a daily driver. If you use it every day, alot of the mods below wont do well.
I would start by stripping all the interior cept the driver seat, and seat belt. all interior trim, and empty the trunk. No stereo system or sub boxes. Gut the car out. Remove any un needed componants, like A/C systems, Windshield Wiper motor, Spare Tire, anything not bolted down and alot that is.
That should get you almost a sec or so off your times.
I would start by stripping all the interior cept the driver seat, and seat belt. all interior trim, and empty the trunk. No stereo system or sub boxes. Gut the car out. Remove any un needed componants, like A/C systems, Windshield Wiper motor, Spare Tire, anything not bolted down and alot that is.
That should get you almost a sec or so off your times.
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