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Originally Posted by ike84
At this point I would work in gutting everything down to sheet metal, core drivetrain, minimal wiring, and safety equipment. After you get your 6 point installed (before or after the cage) then I would feel safe removing airbags. The car already has an impressive rollover resiliency, which is why I wouldn't necessarily wait for the cage to do that step. 6 pt is a must though.
Gutting creature comforts (door cards, windows, trim, dash, top motor, hvac) will give you impressive weight loss. Don't forget to go after the emissions equipment too (evap system, sai delete, and a new exhaust system) as there is a lot of weight too.
Guys get pretty extreme with this, going so far as to even removing the passenger windshield wiper lol. There are plenty of posts in here about it.
If this is your first go with the wiring, cut them one at a time (or at least just a few at a time) and then make sure she still turns over. That way you don't have to sort through 100 cut wires to figure out which one to splice back together.
Understand that you will inevitably run into CELs with this setup so be prepared for your prerace ritual to check all dtcs. Remember that if a fatal DTC is thrown the CEL actually blinks at you so as long as that isn't happening you're probably fine.
Btw, can I have dibs on your steering wheel when/if it comes out?
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Thanks, that's awesome info. Yes, this will be my first time pulling looms. I've seen photos of what I'm in for when the dash comes off. Looks like a spaghetti monster is going to throw up in my car. I will be setting aside a lot of time for this, and hope my patience is up to the task
I have someone else interested in the wheel already, but if that falls through it's yours.
I plan on keeping wipers in case we pick up light rain during a track day, but what about A/C and heater core? I was intending on removing both but I've been wondering about whether I want to retain any defrost capabilitiy or not. Does the defrost on these cars use heat or cold air? I think I remember it blasting heat. normally for track days, we run with windows down, so I doubt fogging of the windhshield will be an issue, and when it pours hard enough to ask us to pull windows up, I'm probably going to have to retire the day anyways as the car isn't really all that waterproof anymore
Should I just pull both A/C and heater core and just keep wipers? Does anyone make a heater core bypass for the coolant lines?