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| paulos |
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weight reduction for my car altho i still need it to seat 5 people as its a daily driver but it would be nice to get rid of any parts whihc can be replaced by something lighter
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| eboost |
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hole saw, some silicon and s**t load of helium???
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| low_ryda |
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lol eboost.
theres not alot you can do apart from removing underfelt,sound deadening and un-necessary trims like inside the boot etc. seriously if you still want a daily driver with lightweight advantages the best place to start would be the rims.i've seen some pretty light rims out there and most i've seen on daily drivers crack from the poor state of our countries roads.
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| Troy |
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its a falcon why would you want it lighter, should of bought a light weight
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| TROYMAN |
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take out everything you dont use, aircon,spare wheel,seats,doors,bonnet, guards, dash. ect..
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Not really worth taking out sound deadening mate as you will not really gain much. A friend of mine once had a hq manaro. He pulled the door trims off and molested his doors with a hole saw
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maybe buy a fibreglass bonnet, i forget which company makes them, there was a group buy here awhile ago
Remove back seats/rear door trims and tell your mates to get their own car Lightweight wheels as mentioned. Also replace spare wheel with a spacesaver from late model falcons Remove aircon system, keep stereo gear to a minimum (headunit, 2 front speakers) i reckon all these would add up and save a noticable bit of weight |
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| tickford_6 |
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Posts: 6449 Joined: 11th Nov 2004 |
cut the ribbing out of the bonnet and boot lid. gut the boot and get a space saver spare wheel.
no rear speakers amps or CD changer hole saw the un-needed parts of door behind the trims. perspex side windows (rear 1/4 window and rear door windows) remove any optional parts you dont use, A/C, power windows, heater, ect. light weight wheels light weight race seats for the front with light weight alloy mounts remove any wiring the factory put in for optional and up spec models that isn't being used. |
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| Slick |
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Remove all carpets, roof lining, trims and scrap all the tar like stuff they spray under and in the car for sound deadener.
replace the bonnet, boot and front quarter panels with fibreglass one's. replace the wheels with lightweight ones. replace or machined your drive shaft from a ultra-light aluminium ballet. remove all the seats and use a wooden crate as a seat. or for less hassle, force feed it...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5lHdZ8gF6E
follow this step by step guide. ull b right
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Sell the EL and buy an EA1 as they were a couple of hundred kilos lighter.
BenJ
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| jvangent |
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another thing is if u have a t5 in then u can remove the battery and pushstart it...... could save u a few kgs.. get light weight seats... remove all the power window motors and etc from the doors.... back seats out.... light weight tailshaft.... light weight wheels.... nothing in the boot.... smaller petrol tank..... door trims out..... get a custom made alloy block made up??? carbonfibe bonnet and boot. dont know what else u could do.......
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| tickford_6 |
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Posts: 6449 Joined: 11th Nov 2004 |
how about you try this for reducing the heavy.
Replace all non-critical nuts, bolts and washers with alloy versions from these guys. http://www.probolt-australia.com/Home |
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| paulos |
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ah dont worry guys l8r this year il be upgrading to a ba xr6t engine so il already have weight advantage over the ba's and bf's
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you can always leave the spare tyre behind
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