weight, stripping?

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doml89

how much does a standard almera gti wiegh? and how much would i save if i took the back seats, rear carpet, spare wheel and tools out? does it make a noticable difference to performance?

cheers
dom
 
About 1150kg ish i think the more you take out the more you will notice on accleration

Look at rowdy gti weight saving thread to get a good idea of what weighs what
 
I reckon its more like 1200kg with fluids and the usual tat found in most cars.

Mine is under 1000kg, but thats fully stripped. 925kg is probably about the limit with LEXAN windows and a carbon fibre bonnet.

Its the cheapest way to make you car faster. My car is around the 190/200hp per tonne mark, a CTR is 156hp per tonne for camparison.
 
doml89 said:
how much do you think ill loose by stripping the rear? what have you taken out to get it down to that?
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All i have inside is 2 bucket seats and a dashbord. All sound deadening gone..........i must be mad :roll:
 
doml89 said:
25kg is that it? i thought it would be about double that lol.
i cant use that link because im not a member.
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End of the day a think carpet is light, so are foam seats, and the jacks hardley a trolley jacks, Get stripping and enjoy

Im suprised how much the sound deadening tar weighs though
 
I stripped the whole rear of the pulsar i a had,rear door cards,seat belts,rear wiper motor,everything and it definitely felt faster but can't say for sure.When you put all the stuff together theres a fair bit of weight in it.
 
Check this link from the day we went Shakespeare dragstrip:

http://www.almeraownersclub.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=20552&highlight=shakespeare+today

2nd pic down is my car, notice how high it is at the back after stripping. Things stripped were boot carpet, boot board, jack, tools, rear seats, rear seat brackets, rear seat belts, parcel shelf, parcel shelf and speaker mounts, boot trim and slam trim, rear door cards and rear side panels and front door cards.

Left the spare wheel in incase i got puncture but as you can see from teh ride height a fair bit of weight was removed, every little helps :P
 
My sunny ZX was stripped. took 40-50kgs out and it did make it seem a fair bit quicker.

Sound deadening wighs lots. get it out.

Unsprung weight is your worst enemy (wheels) Get some night light alloys. Something like 15" pro race 1.2s or speedlines/rays 57s whatever, but the best acceleration gains are to be had on removing the unsprung weight.
 
well i weighed the spare wheel and that was 15kgs, i thought it would be 20kg but still not far off. i think at the weekend i will take some bits out and see how i get on. i havn't drove the car for about a month cuz of my starter motor going, i havn't got around to getting it sorted, but it should be fixed thursday. how do you take the seats out by the way?
 
I helped a mate strip a Mk6 RS2000 for rallying. It took both of us to lift the metal sliding sunroof out ! Lots of weight high up where you dont want it.
 
Have you got any plans to go even lighter rowdy?

Im not actually stripping my car, i was curious to see how much the seats weigh while its out, see i have a puddle inside my car... :( drying it out.
 
Just stripped the PAS which saved 8.3kg, alloy strut brace saved another 1kg......i`d like a CF bonnet, and that would be about it, taking me to around 970-980kgs
 
ermmm...yeah maybe. Fibre glass wings sound expensive, and i`d have to send the windows off to get a mould.
 
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