I bought a 95 H23 Prelude a few weeks ago. I used to have a civic (hence the screen name), and i like the prelude a hell of a lot more, but lets face it, ludes are fat *** cars. I wanna do some little weight redux stuff, without it looking completely gutted. Anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking maybe taking the rear seats out since the only people that can fit back there are midgets who lost their legs in 'nam? Please help!

 

CF hood, lightweight battery, remove sound deadening material, remove jack and spare tire, remove PS/AC, racing seats, light weight wheels

 

This topic seems to go on, but you could do many things CF body parts, lighter battery, shave the crank, lighter seats, lighter wheels etc...just make sure you take your time with such a task, mines nearly gutted out but still working on it. Have fun with it though I do sure miss some luxeries.

 

Buy a plasma cutter and watch the pounds melt away

 

i took out:
AC
lighter wheels
gutted from front seats back
washer resoviour

Plans for near future:
SRS
ABS
PS
Cruise control
balancer shafts
crank reduction
racing seats
sound deadning
here and theres.

I think i can get down to 2400 in street form.

 

I've removed my--

-A/C(all related parts exc. stuff behind dash)
-P/S
-ABS<---pain (25 lbs)
-All ABS related stuff(computer, sensors, lines, etc..)
-EVERYTHING behind front seats(cut out rear shelf)
-CC (.005 lbs)
-Sound deadening tar(20 lbs)
-SRS(airbags, wires, sensors, and computer)
-Stock hood for CF hood
-Misc. lighter parts(all pulleys, exhaust, intake, fans, header, etc..)
-Washer reservior
-Spoiler
-Carpet
-Rear bumper support
-Radio+speakers

Haven't weighed it yet, so I won't guess anything...

Oh, yeah, Welcome to Preludes

 

^ yeah thats what i want to do also, but gota have a radio and speakers man. i was at 2680 when I just had sruff out of my trunk out and light wheels so Im guessing you should be around 2300-2400.

 

I don't think that's a 'comfortable' driving car

 

preludes just werent build to be insanly light drag cars. you spent all the extra money to get a prelude, and you just turned it into an old civic. why not just go with a frame with tires and a motor?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by h22a193 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i took out:
AC
lighter wheels
gutted from front seats back
washer resoviour

Plans for near future:
SRS
ABS
PS
Cruise control
balancer shafts
crank reduction
racing seats
sound deadning
here and theres.

I think i can get down to 2400 in street form.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I wouldn't do this, it's not worth the weight to lose
the reliability of the crank, you could make that up with a lighter flywheel

 

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=776885

 

well i know that a comfortable driving prelude will never be as light as a civic, im just looking to shed a few uneeded lbs off. But thanks for the help everyone

 

i took out cruise control...weighs a good 5-10 pounds and engine bay looks cleaner....any1 have pix of clean engine bay....i might be getting rid of all the accessories soon and would like to see what it looks like...also how much does the rear bumper support weigh and how hard is it to remove it? thanx

 

--I already know that people think blue=rice....so thanks anyway...
--I don't mind the car without P/S, A/C, or sound deadening either...

But here's my cleaned out bay with dirty tranny and rust spots--







I'll probably get a lightwieght battery soon...

Still a bit dirty from the tar....Don't miss a thing, though...


Maybe that's too much for a lot of people, but I like it....All flames accepted...

 

1st off don't matter what color it is, cuz it looks good....second damn that **** is gutted!!!! loving the eninge bay! what header is that??? looks like its serious as hell!!! and lastly...whats it run? :-D

 

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Thanks, cheapest way to go faster, and fun to do...It's just a DC header that's been wrapped...and lastly...I haven't run it yet, nor have I dynoed it yet, but hopefully soon...

 

dc header? damn looks good lol....where can i purchase some wrap like that from? also what other mods do you have??? thanx kid

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hOndafienD 04 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">! what header is that??? looks like its serious as hell!!! and lastly...whats it run? :-D</TD></TR></TABLE>

looks like a dc header w/heat wrap

that is an h23 isn't it?

 

yup h23...

 

I got the wrap here--http://www.alamomotorsports.com/products.html Look under cooling and then Thermotec Wrap...

Yeah, it's an H23, always will be

-New H23
-CF hood
-Intake w/ApexI filter
-DC header
-Carsound cat + Magnaflow can
-Custom compression bent 2.5 exhaust
-UR crank and alt pulley
-AEM filter, rail, and FPR
-Walbro 255
-MSD SCI, SS coil, and Crane dist. cap...YYaaaayyyy...
-Magnecor wires + Denso Iridiums
-CSV and EGR mods
-DC short shifter
-1.5" drop w/Tokico blues...meh
-Greddy Oil catch thingy
-blah, blah, other little stuff....

It's far from done


Modified by Hawkze_56 at 2:27 AM 6/3/2004


Modified by Hawkze_56 at 2:49 AM 6/3/2004

 

what are your plans? boost??? thanx for the link

 

BUILD THE **** OUT OF IT!!!.....oh, yeah, then boost...and badass suspension..

 

niiiiice! i just weighed all my parts i took out so far and i got a total of 28 pounds!!! woo hoo!!!! next...lightweight battery....how hard is it to take out the abs system? if it weighs 25 pounds i wanna take it out....

 

Here's how-https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=830502
It's a pain and you need several parts, flare nut wrenches, and lots of time...

Total weight loss was about 25-30 lbs....

 

thanx a lot!