Anyone know how muchall this weights in the fd? or how noisy it makes it inside lol..
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a couple of kilo\'s at the most, it\'s a horrible job taking it off, spent many hours with a scraper, screwdriver, hot air gun, thinners etc. cleaning floorpans ready for welding in roll cages. road noise and "feel" of the floor is certainly different after you take it all off. If you aren\'t fitting roll cage don\'t bother, there must be a hundred other things you can do to loose the same amount of weight elsewhere.
every little helps tho :)..
Well the a/c out and all the rats nest plus modded the plenum n pipes and removed every bit of unuse metel.. just looking for free weight loses lol.. guna keep the power steering tho, driving about the now without the belt n its a coont :(
If you have quite a loud exhaust then leave it in trust me, makes the sound in the cabin vibrate something daft and you\'ll need ear plugs to then drive it :Nono!
Although my FD did have a stupidly loud exhaust which did not help much :rolleyes:
mine isnt silly loud but is a little bit lol.. kinda tinny raspy rumble.. not heard anything quite like it.. might have something to do with all the porting iv done to the exhaust ports n manifold :S
Quote from: interloper393mine isnt silly loud but is a little bit lol.. kinda tinny raspy rumble.. not heard anything quite like it.. might have something to do with all the porting iv done to the exhaust ports n manifold :S
If its fairly quiet then might be alright chap :Party
thought more off you than that interloper.
i took my powersteering off and kept it off.
but proberly gained more kgs in muscle in my arm than i lost on the p-s lol
if its 2 loud ill just turn the stereo up :P
stero !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
do you know how haevy those things are.
yeah being sarcastic man lol, i aint got room for a fooking stereo with all the crap in mine :(.. i just sing very loudly :S
Take yer wing off and fit mini superlights :flamed You could always drive commando and save more weight :Laugh :eek:
surely saving up and buying things like carbon doors and boot lid would be a good weight save, plus lexan windows, the glass must weigh alot. I bet you the stock doors are very heavy.
Speak to Jon (AtomicRex) he has a very stripped out very light rx7 so knows what is worth doing to save weight, i know he has ALOT of carbon on his car
id like to go the carbon root but is way to expensive for me :S.. just looking at what i cn ditch, sound proofings coming out anywho.. the fact that the lexan glass scratches easily puts me off it.
As Mike says, its a pretty tedious job - freezing it helps :)
Dunno about weight, couple of kg sounds about right I guess.
As for noise, yes its loud. Add solid diff mounts and a dog box and its pretty nasty :D Worst thing is road debris - any thing bigger than a small pebble hitting the chassis at speed can be like a gun going off!
The doors are heavy, about 25kg each, then the dash is another 20-25kg, i reckon you\'ll loose the weight of a mate if you took just those 3 things off. Just wear your seatbelt and don\'t go out in the rain
doors are key for side impact, if you don\'t have a roll cage with proper door bars don\'t mess with them, they may save your life in a side impact. Some insurers are very funny about composite panels that replace crumple zone and impact resistant parts. (or at least they used to be!)
bloody hell youl;l try anything to beat me this year wont you whats next extreme diet,no polish on car,no socks,underwear.
bring it on if i had money to get a clutch then you should all be worried
lol
hows the car looking anyway?
i`ll give u a clutch then you`ll have no excuses lol, shes going for a comp test and remap on the 15th febuary, shud have everything finished and her running sweet by then..
why dont you just get a really skinny midget to drive your car, that would save weight :D
Quote from: sweetiewellswhy dont you just get a really skinny midget to drive your car, that would save weight :D
wheres the fun in that lol.. plus only me drives the rex :spank
buy an Auto and cut a leg off :)
Quote from: interloper393i`ll give u a clutch then you`ll have no excuses lol, shes going for a comp test and remap on the 15th febuary, shud have everything finished and her running sweet by then..
nah i think my times safe enough the now.
going to start rubbing it down sometime next week got to get a move on lol.
also going to leave the turbo rip out the now till it gets worse i can handle a little smoke coming out.
was looking at old pics from crail and she looked perfect the way she was so not going to add anything.