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Old 05-24-2013, 08:38 PM   #1
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Old 05-25-2013, 04:55 AM   #2
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By going "commando" you can shed several ounces via an underwear delete. Just use caution when opening or closing the clamshell.
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Old 05-25-2013, 08:20 AM   #3
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Awesome! I wonder how much that is! Gotta be $$$$
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Old 05-25-2013, 08:57 AM   #4
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personally I think they made it too complicated - you have to bring your car to florida to get it fitted. I would rather a fg shell that fastens at the spinlocks and rear trunk latch and that's it. still waiting.

for weight, seats are a good one. beware the cheap knockoff seats. without some form of certification (ie, fia) you are taking a chance with a very important piece of safety gear.

if you do a bumper delete, better figure out how you tow your car if you need too (tow hooks screw into the bumper).

LW battery will get you 20 lbs or so. you know those braille batteries they sell on suncoast? they are just rebranded deka batteries; check out the deka etx14 and an $8 terminal kit (take care on which side the +'ve terminal is - you can get either). and forget expensive custom battery brackets; another $8 at any autoparts store will get you a universal bracket that fits.

air conditioning pump weighs 20 lbs or so.

oz allegheritta wheels (sp?) are relatively inexpensive, look excellent (really fill out the wheel wells) and save a minimum of 5 lbs rotating mass at each corner.

secondary air injection pump is light, but removing it gets rid of 50% of the hoses cluttering up the top of the engine (the other 50% is that f'ing aos ...).

take a dump before you drive and get titanium fillings in your teeth. good for a few more pounds.
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Old 05-25-2013, 12:20 PM   #5
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My stock seats were about 50lbs ea. with rails and mounts. Cobra FIA seats bolted to the floor with FIA mounts are about 25lb ea.

Stock battery, 45lbs >>> Shorai lightweight 5lbs
Stock exhaust 45lbs >>> lightweight loud-ass muffler 20lbs ( I didn't do this)
Spare and tool kit- 30lbs
Carpet kit around motor and floormats 22lbs
I like A/C and a working top so I left em alone.

160lbs might be worth 1-2 seconds per lap on a racetrack when you don't have a ton of HP to work with. Depends on the track and the driver.
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Ha! I often wondered about the weight savings if any by filling the tires with helium.

Do we have any physicist's out there?
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Ha! I often wondered about the weight savings if any by filling the tires with helium.

Do we have any physicist's out there?
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:43 PM   #8
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Looks like the bucket seats are a no go for me. I use the car on my day off to take my 13 month old girl places and a child seat just won't fit. I've been researching and there's no bucket seat wide enough and no child seat narrow enough. Smallest width child seat I found was 45cm and the widest bucket seat is 41cm. 😔

I've got cold air induction filter , ud pulley , headers , decat pipes and exhaust. Though my exhaust is getting lighter every time I drive the car. It's spitting all the wadding out and getting louder, I don't think it's gonna stop.

The spares gone and the tool kit.
I use it as I said and for track days so was looking for a little bit more of an edge.
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put a gt3 seat in the driver and swap the passenger between stock and gt3 as required - four bolts.
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