I hear you on that Bryan.

 

Seeing your pictures with the UltraShip Digital scale reminded me that I wanted to get one of these scales. It's great for weighing all kinds of stuff.



http://www.amazon.com/Ultraship-Elec...4646519&sr=8-1

I found them for only $18.49 at Amazon.com. Note that this is without the cable/power supply. The scale will run on batteries, but I bought the Power Supply from Amazon, too. It's like $8.49.

This is way cheaper than the sites in the previous link. I bought one (from Amazon) and it's the real thing. It works well.

 

-Window wiper motor assembly: 6 lbs 11 ounces
-Window wipers (both): 2 lbs 11 ounces

 

Hoosiers weight a bit less as well. My 275/40/17 weigh #22.3 whereas the Kuhmo MX of the same size weighs 27.2 each. #20 savings.

 

Finally did my battery relocation into the tonneau so I can fuel cell the trunk.

 

Weighed in at 2824 lbs without driver. I was able to drop my weight 225 lbs from my last weigh in while adding a 12 point cage. Not too bad I guess considering the cage adds weight. It looks like with a few more weight loss mods, I can hit my goal of around 2700 lbs.The following mods were included during this weigh in:

Engine:

-ARC Intake
-ARC Intake Pipe
-350evo Throttle Body
-Motordyne Engineering 5/16 Plenum Spacer
-Motordyne Engineering Ported and polished lower plenum
-Crawford Headers
-Helix Test Pipes
-Amuse Ti Y-pipe
-Amuse Ti Exhaust
-Unorthodox Racing Crank Pulley
-ARC Oil Catch tank
-Denso Iridium Spark Plugs
-ARC Oil Filler Cap
-ARC Radiator Cap
-Braille B2015C Battery w/ battery mount

Drivetrain:

-350 Evo 3.917 Gears
-350evo solid race shifter
-Jim Wolf Technology Clutch
-Jim Wolf Technology Flywheel
-Stillen Engine Dampener
-Nismo Differential Cover
-Nismo LSD

Cooling:

-ARC Oil Cooler
-ARC Radiator
-ARC Cooling Panel
-ARC Underpanel
-Nismo Low temperature thermostat
-C-west CF Front Air Intake Duct
-Samco Radiator Hoses
-Nismo Power Steering Cooler
-Nismo finned differential

Suspension Modifications:

-Custom 12 Point Roll Cage built by L-Con Race cars
-KW V3 Coilovers
-350evo Front A-Arms
-ARC Front Upper Strut Bar
-Hotchkis Front and rear sway bars
-Stillen Toe arms
-Kinetix Rear Camber arms
-GT Spec rear lower bar
-GT Spec Chassis Ladder Brace


Wheels/Tires Modifications:

Rims:

Volk TE37 19x9.5 Front and 19x10.5 Rear +12 All around

Tires:

Toyo T1R 245/35/19 & 275/35/19


Braking:

-14 inch Rotora 6/4 BBK
-Race Brake Pads

Exterior:

-OEM 06 Bumper
-OEM Sideskirts
-JP Type-B Wing
-C-west Hood
-Seibon Carbon Fiber rear hatch with custom lexan window
-Seibon OEM style Carbon Fiber fenders
-AIT Racing Carbon Fiber Doors
-Craftsquare Carbon Fiber Mirrors
-S2000 Antenna
-Sparco Hood Pins
-2008 Bi-Xenon Headlights

Interior:

-Recaro SPG Racing seats
-Takata Racing Harnesses
-Momo 320mm steering wheel
-Splash Shorty Hub with quick release
-Defi BF Oil and Fuel Pressure gauges
-AEM Wideband A/F Gauge
-Evo-R Titanium Shift ****
-Zoom Rear View Mirror
-Crow Enterprizes window net

 

2824lbs with rollcage

if you missed it the first time

 

I pulled off one of my doors today and holy ****. even though it is nearly 100% stripped meaning outer shell and inner cover ONLY, it is Very heavey. 60 pound pall park.

If the C/f doors only weigh 9 pounds each, I think its worth it to shell out the loot. The doors are really the last thing i can think of to drop weight from the more forward area of the car.

 

How much are the doors? I just wrecked mine at VIR a week or two ago. the whole drivers side is trashed, and I was thinking about just putting a door skin back in its place ilo a whole door. so basically I'm out a fender, door, quaterpanel, and whatever else mechanical might be broken.

 

Ouch, good luck with that Bryan. Let us know if you need anything. Oh by the way here you go...

http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...=1&catalogid=2

 

Kwame: the OE door skin is ~$600 each, I think I might be better off going CF or fiberglass replacements. Kwame send me a PM with what you guys can hook me up with. Also looking for +10mm fenders. I'm ready to slap 295s on all four corners. :grin: I'm thinking I need 295/35/18 R888s for zdyaz this year.

 

Bryan, none of the companies that we deal with offer carbon or fiberglass doors. Well none offer "reasonably priced" carbon doors; the Amuse Dry Carbon Doors are slightly north of $8,500 . I'm sure some here within this very thread have purchased carbon doors elsewhere and hopefully they can share their experiences with them for you.

Same with the fenders. The only company that we deal with that offers somewhat reasonably priced fenders is Ings (FRP). These are the fenders that I have for my own personal car but they are only 5mm wider. Let me know if that will fir the bill for you and I can send you pricing in the am.

 

well I can stuff a 295 under a stock fender with 4 degrees of camber. so +5mm means slightly less camber and I need fenders so please pm me what you can.

 

I've seen some random brand C/F doors for $650ish. I have no idea about quality or weight but they are cheap...

Seibon wet carbons are like $1800
dry is $2500...

 

The cheap ones are sounding fairly promising. AS a track car it doesn't matter if seams are perfect, or if there is a mark or two on it, LOL. My car is on its 4th paint job and now needing its 5th.

If anyone has a bead on some of the "off brand" stuff drop me a PM.

 

I replaced the OEM spring buckets with Battleversion toe arms. We did weigh the items, but unfortunately I forgot the actual numbers. I will update as soon as I retrieve some numbers.

 

OEM aluminum spring bucket/toe arm 4.5 lbs per side
Battleversion aluminum toe arm 1 lb per side
Savings of 7 lbs total

OEM steel camber arm ~2.5 lbs per side
Battleversion aluminum camber arm 0.8 lbs per side
Savings of ~3.4 lbs

We forgot to weigh the stock coilovers vs. the Zeals... I guess they're pretty close though.

Don't forget the weight savings you can achieve by removing all the crap useless parts on the car like the gt spec bars

 

LOL thanks for the numbers Jeff.

 

http://www.raceonusa.com/index.php?m...ducts_id=18762

1248.. currently 20% off thought i share

 

Thanx for the link. I just got a used door for a price I coulnd't beat, so I will defer the CF stuff until the next uhoh.