whats the lightest you can get an EK hb to weight ?
what items can i remove and still be daily driven , since some peeps remove rear and front bumper support which on the street dont seem to be a safe thing to do ...
AC has been remove
rear seats have been remove along with all seat bealts (rear only)
Will get CF hood from VIS
Thinking of rear CF hatch (for weight difference not looks )

any other ideas and whats the lightest i can get my EK to weight

 

cut out all the junk from behind your door panels

 

sound deadening under carpet + underneath firewall matt - toss the matt too!

 

.....cut off the roof ...... ha inside joke with some freinds..... haha just messin wonder how much that would be tho...... hmmmmm

 

take the tires off they just get in the way

 

Dont get VIS hood, they seem to be the heaviest Carbon hood made!

Remove all the sound detoning material from the Inside of the car!

Also if your going to drag race the car, remove all sway bars/ ties bars/ as they do nothing but hurt traction and add weight!

Eric

 

also will be using the car for autocross

 

o0h, whats your set up ( susp wise ) ??

 

My 2000 Civic Si 2271lbs. All I got is a Dash, 2 seats and a CD player

 

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was any cutting involved cuz i highly doubt that just gutting could reduce it 400lbs

 

lexan windows... remove headliner.... door panels... the stuff in the door... basically just look around your car.... and if you don't NEED it then pull it out...

 

i got my 98 Hatch down to 2160.... full tank of gas, cd player and cds, and a 44 oz Diet Pepsi haha

 

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what is the "STUFF" in the doors?

 

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Whats all the stuff that you took out, and do you have any pictures?

 

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Thats pretty good. I got mine down to 2240. Did you take the cross bar that resides under the rear seat out?

 

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yes i wanna know too!

does anyone know of a back seat brace that is 3 pieces all together in the ek? and where the hell is it? someone was saying that there is a 3 piece brace for the back seat that when removed weighs nearly 20lbs

 

lightest one I seen was 1850 lbs.....completely wet without driver...

do you own a plasma torch

 

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how did you go from 2612 to 2271? what did you do to acheive this?

all apologys to the H-T gods for a double post.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JUN EK9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">o0h, whats your set up ( susp wise ) ??</TD></TR></TABLE>

Tein SS suspension (will upgrade to Teins RE )
26mm front CTR sway bar
19mm rear SI sway bar (will upgrade to comptech and also SRR LCA's)
Spoon front/rear strut bars
and if i start tracking the car often enough then i will get the cusco 6 points bar

 

does any one have pics of the items that the have remove and how the car looks now ??

 

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was any cutting involved cuz i highly doubt that just gutting could reduce it 400lbs</TD></TR></TABLE> I also removed Bumper supports,A/C, all the interior(but seats and the dash),sound tar, Firewall mat,I have a 8lbs flywheel, removed the spare tire and jack, and so on.

 

Get a lightweight battery. From Hawker or Odyssey. Saves you at least 20lbs right there.

 

Nope i left the cross bar in..... I took out all the plastic crap in the back, back seat, spare tire, carpet and tar all gone, just 2-2000 Si seats and console up front and dash..... I also demo'd the bumper supports and more misc like wiper tank and pumps and junk u dont need...... Thats it so far no plasma cutter nothing, Yet anyhow.....

 

Cusco is a great choice for a cage for people wanting to save weight. The four-point can be lifted with only one finger!