How many of you have gutted your Si and what weight did it put you at.
Please give a description of your mods and how gutting the car effected noise inside the car.

 

a waste we have such a nice interior.. why make it ugly?

 

A few have removed the back seats and carpeting, but I dont' believe they'ved weighed it.

Hopefully I'll be stripping my car down for a few weight tests in the next 6 months. Sorry it's not sooner, but I will be weighing everything that comes out.


Steve

 

I've weighed all the parts that go in the back end, including seats, seatbacks, decking, carpet, jack/tools, spare, seatbelt buckles, and it totals up just shy of 95lbs of weight.

I did not remove the plastic panels or speakers, though I suspect there's about 10 lbs worth, and more if you take out the rear seatbelt winders (though I suspect they are welded to the chassis)

When you drive around with it all removed, you hear a louder exhaust and wheels (of course) and you also hear the slight whining of what might be the fuel pump or something coming from the rear...If you're bushings are old in the rear suspension, you'll probably hear something there too at low speeds.

The car does feel a bit looser and peppier. I would gut mine and refinish the back end with some light decking and carpet if it were allowed in auto-x for my class...I've only had 2 passengers in the back since I bought it in June '02

 

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maybe some people want to use their car for more than cruising the block. maybe racing...who knows. but if you aren't going to post something intelligent while trying to get your post count higher, than you're wasting your time at h-t.

 

Found my breakdown of parts:

Jack: 4 lbs

Spare Tire: 26 lbs

Upper deck tray, cargo floor board, and cargo floor matt: 5 lbs

Rear butt cushion: 9 lbs

Right Rear 60% seat back: 26 lbs (the center shoulder harness hardware is inside there)

Left Rear 40% seat back: 14 lbs

Misc Seatbelt hardware and panels: aobut 10 more lbs.

 

Thanks for all the help!! Yes some people do not buy the car just for the looks my car was bought for a purpose to race i want to autocross it and maybe some road racing. Plus i bought a hatch and sold the gsr because i do not like people in the back of the car and a hatch just looks right without backseats

 

the sound deadening materials are like 40 lbs.

have fun scrapping that bull **** off

 

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Why would they weld the winders in? What if they had a problem and had to be replaced under warranty, I thought all seats belts were removable?

 

you dont even own a rsx or ep go post somewhere else.. theres maybe 1 person who uses there ep3 for all out race car that posts on this board..

besides how old is refering to how many posts some1 has? see i make my opinions about the car not about you.. but hey if u feel better make fun of my posts feel for it..

gezis i hate ppl who come and try to start crap on boards.. such a waste of time

 

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besides how old is refering to how many posts some1 has? see i make my opinions about the car not about you.. but hey if u feel better make fun of my posts feel for it..

gezis i hate ppl who come and try to start crap on boards.. such a waste of time
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excuse me??? i don't think i have to own one to be able to post here. you can have knowledge and not own something. or you can be learning about a car, such as myself. and for your info, i am going to be purchasing an EP next summer. i wanted to wait until the 04 came out with its revisions. plus i ended up purchasing a mercedes, a 190 turbodiesel with manual and limited slip. plus an ultra-rare factory body kit. it was something i couldn't pass up. so i put the EP on hold for now.
i'm not starting crap, you came on here initially starting crap about the guy taking stuff out of the car. i stated the reason why he might want too. and you'd be suprised how many people race their EP or DC5 on a track.
and from many of your other posts on h-t, you haven't contributed much regarding EP's.

nOOb

 

One other mod that helps is to get rid of the lead acid battery and replace it with a smaller dry cell. We used a Genesis battery -- only weighs 14 pounds. Still more than enough power to start up the car, but a little strained if you have an upgraded audio/video system.

Best Regards
Greg W.
NEUSPEED

 

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Green Bean, you're right, I looked in the Helms, and the rear side belts are held in with two bolts. The middle belt inside the 60% seat is welded in to the frame of the seat. (dont ask how I know )

NEUSPEED, wheres the best place to get a Hawker Genesis?

 

yes i too would like to get this battery i was orignally going to buy a honda motorcycle battery with a higher cca capacity. Wil that also work?

 

so far i have gutted out the back seats with the seat belts, carpet, the big chunk of pos wool under the carpet the spair, the jack, the back panles and the front dorr panels with the speakers in front and i've lost atleast close to 80 lbs from what i was told at joteck. but you do hear everything in back alot louder.

 

I have taken out about 150lbs out of my car. If you want to see pics goto ephatch.com and search under the members rides link for my name NemesisITR, (I joined ephatch when I had a 2001 ITR)

 

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Yeah thats it.. one... what a tard...

I rarely post, I race my ep3 as much as possible road racing, autocross and drag (all legal).