Tuner says I am fat

[spdracr0]

Well actually he didnt, but lets hear ways to shed some weight off of this pony. It needs a diet and a realistic one. And on another note I am 20lbs down, so I am trying. 40 to go...race weight..

 

[Sloppy12]

Spare and jack is a good start

 

[D.T.R]

There is a thread already addressing all your same question, with a list of parts you can remove and how much they weight.

 

[clean92lx]

These are all easily reversible and only takes less than 20 minutes to go back to stock. Start with the basics/free stuff. Take out spare, jack, trunk cover/mat, back seats, all floor mats, passenger head rest, engine cover, strut brace, and if you want, the passenger seat(65lbs alone). That will be about 100-110 lbs and about 165-175 with passenger seat out.

 

[TEG-84]

Hmm, title made me think this was referring to GT500Slayer who just lost another race...and had an this as his new excuse.

 

[TEG-84]

As the others stated plus, you might check into some lighter wheels, tires, rotors? Or pick up BMR's Tubular K-member and/or Radiator support.

 

[D.T.R]

These are all easily reversible and only takes less than 20 minutes to go back to stock. Start with the basics/free stuff. Take out spare, jack, trunk cover/mat, back seats, all floor mats, passenger head rest, engine cover, strut brace, and if you want, the passenger seat(65lbs alone). That will be about 100-110 lbs and about 165-175 with passenger seat out.

add bigs & littles, and you're looking at another 60lbs EASILY on top of those 175lbs... so you already saved well over 200lbs with easy, simple, reversible stuff.

 

[clean92lx]

My car is full weight right now but when I take all the stuff out that mentioned before, it feels like a whole different car. Definitely a very noticeable difference in acceleration.

 

[D.T.R]

My car is full weight right now but when I take all the stuff out that mentioned before, it feels like a whole different car. Definitely a very noticeable difference in acceleration.

I couldn't agree any more with this.

 

[Punisher1401]

remove front sway bar, rear and pass seat, floor mats

 

[JohnRichard]

Yes... Roman noodles for get to race weight.


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[BMR Tech]

Since your car is heavily abused at the track, would you consider a manual rack conversion?

If so, you can save HUGE weight up front with that, paired with the BMR Front stuff.

Our K saves about 22lbs.
Our A-Arms save 10lbs.
Our RS002 saves about 25lbs.
EPAS Delete for Manual saves about 20lbs.

That is over 70lbs off the front of the car, where it matters.

 

[Bud]

Yes... Roman noodles for get to race weight.

Gotta be careful with that ramen noodle diet, I've actually gained weight since I started it :shrug:

Since your car is heavily abused at the track, would you consider a manual rack conversion?

If so, you can save HUGE weight up front with that, paired with the BMR Front stuff.

Our K saves about 22lbs.
Our A-Arms save 10lbs.
Our RS002 saves about 25lbs.
EPAS Delete for Manual saves about 20lbs.

That is over 70lbs off the front of the car, where it matters.

^^^ That is a great way to take a lot of weight off the front and it all bolts up nice and easy.

 

[twistedneck]

Since your car is heavily abused at the track, would you consider a manual rack conversion?

If so, you can save HUGE weight up front with that, paired with the BMR Front stuff.

Our K saves about 22lbs.
Our A-Arms save 10lbs.
Our RS002 saves about 25lbs.
EPAS Delete for Manual saves about 20lbs.

That is over 70lbs off the front of the car, where it matters.

I would love to have the above, but is there any way to use the manual rack on the road? I've seen huge slow ratios and still very high steering forces.

 

[BMR Tech]

I am not a big fan of manual steering on a car that gets driven on the street a lot (mainly with wide front tires).....but it depends on what you want, and can handle..

I've got probably 25-30 customers running our front suspension set-up with the Manual Rack conversion, on the street. Most of them say they don't mind it. Some hate it. It's definitely much different.

 

[nonliberal]

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[spdracr0]

This is my daily driver.

 

[vortecd]

I'm all for lighter parts but not unbolting everything to get a good pass. I used to see grand prix owners do it at the track and it looked like they were having a garage sale. Your car should be the same weight at the track as it is on the street

 

[nosscort]

I'm all for lighter parts but not unbolting everything to get a good pass. I used to see grand prix owners do it at the track and it looked like they were having a garage sale. Your car should be the same weight at the track as it is on the street

Agree

 

[nonliberal]

I'm all for lighter parts but not unbolting everything to get a good pass. I used to see grand prix owners do it at the track and it looked like they were having a garage sale. Your car should be the same weight at the track as it is on the street

I don't know that I would agree with that. I view the track and street as two seperate things and try to have the car do its best at both. I don't have a problem prepping the car before going to the track.
On the track I might run slicks, swaybar delete, race fuel, ice in the intercooler.

On the street I use what's more, safe, practical, and convenient.