weight reduction - how light?

[nlzmo400r]

damn, well usually weigh about 18o or so, but ive been working out a little bit more than usual, and have lost a lil of the fat from before, im down to a tad under 17o now

[JustinStrife]

just remember fat weighs less the muscle per mass

I've been trying to gain 15 lbs for going on 6 years and the heaviest i got was 140 before losing it again

[MainEvent212]

i'm gutting my interior for daily driving :ylsuper

just cuz it's pretty much demolished

[MarkEmark]

yes 2000 is accurate, but only with sr20. About 2200 with KA. You have to rip out all unneccesary supports in the doors and side panels as well as the front and rear (including reforming the dash). Unless you have a roll cage, this can seriously effect your drifting ability and your handling without proper modification. In your budget i'm predicting that you will only want to remove your a/c, inner body pannels and carpeting in the trunk. Its a cheap and good start.

I saw a 2000 pound SCCA GT-3 KA-equipped 240sx as I said at a race. The guy wasn't lying to me. How are you so sure if this if you own a WRX? Do you have a 240?

[JustinStrife]

I actually like to ride around with some of the creature comforts...

You know what I'm talking about. CD-player. Air conditioning... Adjustable seats. Power steering isn't necessary but is nice in parking lots.

[IneedMoney]

if you are going to drag race then strip that ****** but in auto-x and stuff like that you will need to keep the car in a Balance, so if you remove some thing from the back of the car you need to remove some thing from the front of the car!

[civics91]

go get a cuting torch and cut every thing u dont need out and take out the spare tire holder this like 5 ply thich there is like 40 pounds

[LTSCUDRFT]

if you want weight reduction there is a company called nex that makes seats that only weigh 15 pounds or less, and just remove anything that you think you wont need, including the stupid sound deadener that stuff weighs a lot.

[LTSCUDRFT]

See...

http://www.speedstash.com/nexseats.html

[240SXer]

My race weight is 2965lb (S14+full interior+subs+180lb driver). I guess that's probably a lot of the reason why my car is so slow. What kinda weight can be dropped in an S14?

Infact, i've only ran at the track with my GF, so you can add another 110lb to that. 3065lb now.. No wonder i'm so slow.

[Hellion240sx]

dammit if i woulda know earlier!!!!!!!! er sooner!

[Chingon]

I'd worry about the structure of those seats. You know, as in "able to take a hit and not breaking"...

[crzycav86]

Try turning your coupe/fb into a convertable. Chop the top off and weld on some extra bars for structural support.. and you get a lower center of gravity

[Hellion240sx]

you need the roof blah blah blah. it ws discussed ion another topic about how the coupe/fb were better for drifting b/c of the roof

[JustinStrife]

it's what's called stability. Chasis rigidness...

I know i screwed up the spelling but oh well.

[PacManVR4]

What about the sound tar under the carpet and in the trunk. That good for about 15-25 pounds on most cars. You can realley tell when you toss the carpet back over it.

[crzycav86]

it's what's called stability. Chasis rigidness...

I know i screwed up the spelling but oh well.

That's why I mentioned to weld some bars for support.

[Hellion240sx]

yeah that^^^^

[Nismo_Freak]

no one mentions bumper supports, and battery changes?

[spitz7985]

because this thread wasn't supposed to be about how to drop weight, it was supposed to be about how much is possible to drop.

[JustinStrife]

I'd think it wouldn't take too much to shave off a couple hundred pounds at the last if you were serious.

You could drop it to about 2k I think if you removed absolutely everything in the car and just kept it a track car.