I just wanted to know to what extreme is everyone going to with there DA's on the dieting issue since the cars are so heavy. also post pics etc etc maybe give some other people ideas since the DA scene on here seems to be growing more and more. I just have the spare and jack out. I'm waiting to go more extreme once winter comes and I have bought anohter nice daily driver then most interior will come out. What about everyone else ?

 

get some jdm 1 pieces (plastic). get jdm front bumper with the jdm bumper support. gut it. no subs/speakers/radio. take out the sunroof and fill it. that should be a good start

 

All the general stuff you can do

No AC
No PS
Lightweight Battery
CF Hood
Lightweight Rims
Lightweight flyhwheel
Remove interior
aftermarket header (stock one is heavy as hell)
Lighter seats
Lexan Glass
Remove rear wiper
remove rear attenna motor
Remove sound deadening.

 

Take off the bumper support itself.
A fiber glass front and rear bumper
Fiber glass or carbon fiber fenders
Spare tire goes outta there
Smallest battery you can find that has enough power to crank the car
Take off the stock air box add short ram air intake
Take off bumper support in back
If you have a spoiler it goes bye bye
after taking the carpeting off the hatch you will see metal supports in the hatch (on the hatch itself) take a dremel and grind some down.
Take the saftey side impact bars out of the doors

While taking out the sound deadning take a heat gun and scraper to take it off.

 

if you have abs, take that out as well. thats a heavy *****. also there is the heat shield on the header, get a light crank pulley. rear wiper motor. yea.

 

why does everyone say they are sooo heavy? they are heavier than a civic...no ****. but lighter than a gen3 integra.

make sure you don't lighten the rearend too much, you'll have way too much weight up front. move the battery to the back.

please don't comprimise the safety of yourself and any one else. keep the bumper supports and side beams in. i was involved in a major accident a few days ago, in the E-class, where i was pushed by a tow truck into a tahoe. the roads were icey. if it wouldn't have been for excellent crumple zones, abs, and airbags i would be hurting much more. if the car is strictly for the track, please use a roll bar. might add weight, but well worth it.

race plates makes a c/f replacement for the sunroof hole. there is a guy on http://www.g2ic.com that is making c/f front fenders too. might take some weight off the front end.

 

hey thanks for all the replies all of this stuff sounds great. also i dont have a sunroof nor abs i have a 90 rs. one thing i agree with drasitically is the stock header is heavy as a bitch. anyone have any pics of theres gutted?

 

look up g2turbo on here, he might have some interior pics...

 

this is my daily driver.. when i go to the track the jack, black plastic and my tools are removed. there are others on g2ic that totally stripped there interior.. i think they where weighing at around 2300 pound area

 

2300 without driver im guessing?

 

Oh ya fill the rear wiper spot with a cap. Take off the whole exhaust use pipes straight as possible with little bends and if bends use mandrel bends. Go with some 15" rota slips with lighter tires. Go get 2 light racing seats.

 

i attributed to a post a few months ago, about some kid believe weight reduction was just plain stupid...i then went through every method of reducing weight, how much it costs, and benefits... i cant find it, but it was a lot of weight and pretty good information. if anyone can find it, feel free to post the link up, it had some good stuff...

 

How much does each trim level weigh stock?

 

weight reduction = better than buying performance parts. if you can take a stock da and lose 1000 lbs.. you'll be a lot faster than a car with 5 grand invested in it running full interior <N/A> . not only that it'll handel a lot better and gives you super gas milage etc etc hehe the advantages are too many to list.

currently...
no spare and jack, header, full exhaust, intake, CF hood =o, 20 lb battery, lil bit lighter wheels, no rear wiper, jdm front bumper support. I think total savings is about 120 lbs.

It is like losing a person.

 

ihave a 90 gs, abs, ps, ac, almost an empty tank was 2730 with me in it (i wieght 180) full interior but no spare, floor mats, etc. they are heavy cars but creature comforts are nie. i really wanna get rid of my abs brakes.....

i think a lexan hatch glass would be awsome that hatch glass is a heavy mo fo!

 

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http://www.edmunds.com for all your g2 integra specification needs

 

Lowest I have actually been in (and helped with) was a 1990 RS, gutted interior, racing seat+stock passenger seat, sound deadening removed (all of it), jdm b16, powersteering completely removed, stock exhaust manifold, 17" RG knockoffs, Tanabe Sustec coilver suspension, Tanabe exhaust .. 2100lbs without driver.

If he went and added an aftermarket header, 15" wheels, CF hood/fenders, jdm bumper support, lexan windows, etc., removed the passenger seat he would have been well under 2000lbs without driver. Mind you, a roll cage would have added a bit of weight back.