Does anybody know any way to effectively make the Z a little bit lighter??? Is there anything in the Z taht is really heavy??? Seats...cats...spare tire???

 

take fat chick out ..... thats what i did...

 

you can start with the spare tire and tools, but are you looking to replace parts w/ light weight ones or just remove excess weight?

 

right now im looking to just remove my excess weight...when i get back from afganistan wi want to replace all heavy items. But let me know what weighs alot that is pointless or can be replaced.

 

Rickdogg's Z isn't a Nismo, but he started stripping out his Z hard core well before it was caged. Have a look:
https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....light=rickdogg

 

question is how extreme??
in that case....seats, spare, air conditioning, cruise control, panels, radio, covers, carpet...

 

well luckily i bought the base model, so i dont have to worry about Cruise control or none of that other stuff, lol. Thats why i got a base model. I dont want to go too extreme but i would like to shave a couple of pounds off of the old tank, lol. It is my daily driver so it has to be somewhat comfortable. And im keepin the A/C because it gets like 120 degrees here in NC in the summer, lol.

 

off topic man but, i saw your myspace page and see that you have a AVIC system....whic one is that....do you like it ?

 

AVIC??? lol

 

Rear trunk carpet, trunk cardboard cover, spare, tools, jack-stand, removable leg carpets, battery cover, and brake fluid cover = over 100lbs. And that's a considerable loss.

 

Nobody said rear windsheild wiper. Put some test pipes on. The cats are real heavy.

 

I heard the cats are extremely heavy, but...I plan on getting the Stillen Supercharger and i was told by someone who had the kit not to put testpipes or highflow cats on my car with the SC because I would lose power.

 

carbon fiber!!!Anywhere wheres needed...

 

thats not even close to a 100lbs loss.....

 

I've heard that the engine weighs about 1000 lbs. Take out the engine, instant weight saving.

 

 

take out your 8-track player and your Doobie Brothers tapes!

 

For a start you got that massive hunk of plastic and sound system behind the drivers seat.

One thing to keep in mind when stripping out the weight is to keep it balanced. If you don't it will alter the dynamics & screw up the handling.

Pardon me if this comes across as being rude, but if you are using the Z as a daily, are you thinking about racing it too? To my mind this is the only reason you'd want to be stripping weight out of the car. Then you can go nuts, lexon in the back window, side windows, strip out all the carpet, all the plastic covers in the back, plastic dashboard and keep going. Then once you cage it & SC, you're increasing the weight.

Good luck on your project.

 

CF Hood, CF hatch, spare tire, your OTHER spare tire (aka your belly) haha jk, but speakers, radio, pass seat, airbags, lighter rims... list goes on... power steering pump... if you are strong u dont need power steering...

 

LOL , thats worth 1 pound if that .