GavinL Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Originally posted by Syed Shah Rear seats, and seat belts. Spare (19kg!!!) and tools. Lighter battery. Other smaller bits around car. I assume a decat and after market exhaust as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed Shah Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Yes, no cats and Hiper. Even more weight saved Have you weighed yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinL Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Originally posted by Syed Shah Yes, no cats and Hiper. Even more weight saved Have you weighed yours? I have finalised the weight of the car now so I will do it shortly. I have removed the stock traction control, that saved about 10kgs. I also replaced the stock speakers and boxes with lightweight dual mags which saved about 3kgs. Does anyone know the weight of the stock front mount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willson Posted September 2, 2003 Author Share Posted September 2, 2003 Gavin, is it difficult to remove the stock TC ? Funny how Toyota made a wank system that weighs 10 Kilos and the RaceLogic masterpeice weighs next to nothing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 10, 13 20 kgs saved , what does that = in hp , im keeping all me toys and running 100 shot nos or turning boost up a bit , had all this on the bikes , my mates honda owed £18,000 with all the light bits , joke was HE weighed 18 stone and was a good 2 stone overweight , you work it out , if you wanna go LIGHT rip out the whole interior and all the glass except the screen , this will make a difference , do you think 20 kgs will make any difference at all in ie 1/4 mile , come to pod in oct and fed ex willing i'll show you what makes a difference John:flame Dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 what date you all off to pod? its intresting to see where weight can be saved. rear seats are no use but would leave a nasty hole in carpet. would like to get a good time with rear seats in to compare against other stock turbo supras. i dont run with a space saver in mine. you can tell the difference when you have passengers and you trying to show them what cars like. when you on your own it feels quick. if you replacing an item like stock intercooler for a fmic it will add a bit of weight, so its swings and roundabouts. probably traction will be a big issue unless you runnig DR`s know a couple of people with astra 2liter turbos who run with stripped out interiors and one mate has nos on his. but its a fwd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 OCT 12 John:flame Dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by dude OCT 12 John:flame Dev thanks will take a ride down and might take part emaild you about fitting TC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 What TC i dont know anything about a TC , do you mean top cat dude John:flame Dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by dude What TC i dont know anything about a TC , do you mean top cat dude John:flame Dev its a TROPICAL CANISTER its a sort of canister for my nos kit it turns my 150 shot into 220 shot by increasing the flow and heat settings on the 30 pound bottle, sort of like optimize the flow and reduce friction in the intake swirl pot chamber. if its too big a job will get supraman on it BTW a battery is a battery as long as it starts car its good enough for me, big chunky ones look nicer. seen some with tiny batterys off motorcycles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by GavinL I have finalised the weight of the car now so I will do it shortly. I have removed the stock traction control, that saved about 10kgs. I also replaced the stock speakers and boxes with lightweight dual mags which saved about 3kgs. Does anyone know the weight of the stock front mount? Gavin, I still have my SMIC that came off the car so, will check this for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Dont know how many of you have seen this: http://www.moreboost.org/weights.htm It doesn't list the IC though Gavin... Gaz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinL Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by Peter Sharp Gavin, I still have my SMIC that came off the car so, will check this for you. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinL Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by dude 10, 13 20 kgs saved , what does that = in hp , im keeping all me toys and running 100 shot nos or turning boost up a bit , had all this on the bikes , my mates honda owed £18,000 with all the light bits , joke was HE weighed 18 stone and was a good 2 stone overweight , you work it out , if you wanna go LIGHT rip out the whole interior and all the glass except the screen , this will make a difference , do you think 20 kgs will make any difference at all in ie 1/4 mile , come to pod in oct and fed ex willing i'll show you what makes a difference John:flame Dev Who said anything about 1/4 mile times Dude The handling of a car should improve with less weight, especially removing weight from a nose of a front engine car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinL Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by gwillson75 Gavin, is it difficult to remove the stock TC ? Funny how Toyota made a wank system that weighs 10 Kilos and the RaceLogic masterpeice weighs next to nothing ! There are instructions for removing the stock UK/US TC on http://www.mkiv.com. The UK/US TC uses pumps and actuators to control rear braking as well as cutting power, look at the tech article you will see its a big bit of junk. I would imagine that there is no real benefit to removing the J-spec TC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by GavinL There are instructions for removing the stock UK/US TC on http://www.mkiv.com. The UK/US TC uses pumps and actuators to control rear braking as well as cutting power, look at the tech article you will see its a big bit of junk. I would imagine that there is no real benefit to removing the J-spec TC Thanks good to know. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willson Posted September 3, 2003 Author Share Posted September 3, 2003 Oh Ok fair enough, I will check the link out though. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syed Shah Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by dude 10, 13 20 kgs saved , what does that = in hp , im keeping all me toys Helping braking and handling, not just accelration. Also, UK cars have more toys anyway, and I am not removing any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400BHP Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by GavinL There are instructions for removing the stock UK/US TC on http://www.mkiv.com. The UK/US TC uses pumps and actuators to control rear braking as well as cutting power, look at the tech article you will see its a big bit of junk. I would imagine that there is no real benefit to removing the J-spec TC Sorry for being dumb but i can't find that instruction link on mkiv.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinL Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by 400BHP Sorry for being dumb but i can't find that instruction link on mkiv.com it's in the tech articles for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Originally posted by Peter Sharp Gavin, I still have my SMIC that came off the car so, will check this for you. So, the stock SMIC is 4.9 Kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willson Posted September 4, 2003 Author Share Posted September 4, 2003 Not too bad, how much does a typical front mount weigh ? And Chris's ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 I should be able to post up the weight of the HKS R-type when I get my broken one back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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