What can i do to make my car lighter after taking out a/c stuff, trunk stuff? Thanks

 

if it is an Si you can get a sunroof filler... If you are going strictly for race pull out the other seat... Carpet?

 

take out bumper reinforcing bars - crash bars inside doors

 

If it is full race strip all the bottom undercoat......then repaint with epoxy primier. Especially worth the time in the front half of the car.
If it's a street car and want quick lighter fell...if you haven't already, weight one of your front wheelswith tire and compare to $$$$light 14-15" with $$$ light weight tire, or Half DOT tire like on the STI Subarues (sp) I don't own on
hope it helps
AJ

 

FAL makes lightweight lexan glass replacements.. fiberglass or carbon fenders & hood....

 

street car
1. get rid of every unnecesary bolts and brackets. use zip ties accordingly.
2. remove rear wiper.
3. get a fuel cell
4. light weight exhaust system
5. remove all stereo components, heater core , vents
6. get rid of the factory seatbelt mechanism. not for street
7. fiberglass doors and lexan. not suggested for street

 

strip sound deadening from interior.

 

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what's the easy way to do this?

 

I used a heat gun. I've heard of people using dry ice too, but don't know how well that works. The heat gun works, but it can get messy.

 

use a big hammer

 

dry ice is cleaner but can get expensive....

i tried using a torch got real messy

 

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i tried using a torch got real messy</TD></TR></TABLE>

20 bucks of dry ice from baskin robins will clear a whole crx interior of deadening, it isn't messy and it is quicker than a heat gun.

Do it on a cold winter day and the job will go 10x easier also

 

I found out this weekend that the bumper supports form The 90 Si and the 88-89 Dx are a little differents... The older DX bumper is a good 15 lbs lighter... My Si finally got rid of some of the junk in the trunk... Literally...

 

Is that also true with the '91 CRX Si reinforcement bumper to be that much lighter?
you have the weight on the old DX model? How much older? I'll check mine if needed, I've been painting the under side and wheel wells for upcoming event
Dry ice? very nice I've been building up my forarms for nothing
AJ
2095 lb. '91 Si CRX and working

 

i been thinking of getting rid of the bumper supports, but i wonder what will keep the bumper in place/shape once i do that? last time i took my rex to the scales, it weight in at 2040 with the B swap. After taking off the spare, carpet, passenger side seat, heater core/blower, the rear speakers, and the front and rear bumper supports, i hope the car gets down to at least 1900 LBS!

 

have to keep heater core, and want to keep as much weight in the rear in the can as I can, just weighd what I took off, 208something.....oh ya with full cage and race seat, oh and driver, at 182lbs.
AJ

 

dry ice is cheap, 4 lbs ($3.25) did my whole interior...

 

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Zip ties, thats really the only way but it does work well, the bumper is pretty hollow and light.

 

I dunno how safe I'd feel taking out the bumper supports.

 

fiberglass hatch. CF hood. fiberglass doors. lexan everywhere. light weight wheels. all sound **** gone. everything but the guage cluster gone... aka the whole dash and everything behind it.bye bye stock seat belts one 4 point to replace it.

ive only gutted lightly and im at 1980 lbs right now and im in a hatch. have fun.

 

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They protect you to like 5 mph tops, thats it

 

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They protect you to like 5 mph tops, thats it</TD></TR></TABLE>
that's the only reason why i'm willing to take them off!

 

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They protect you to like 5 mph tops, thats it</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

i left my front bumper support in for safety of my b series and the back i took off used all orig screws and made a bracket for the top of the bumper that just bolted in and kept it in alingment with the taillights, also on our drag crx cut the rear lip off the si bumper, to reduce drag.

 

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To protect you up to 5 mph