LOL @ my car being in the pics.

 

LOL, that is irony isn't it

 

Ok, the car is getting there. All weighing is done at the same station with as close to 1/4 tank of gas as possible. When I bought the car it was 3180 with full interior and it did not have catalytic converters.



March 09': I gutted the rear but re-installed the cats for smog, and netted down to 3120.

May 09': I got a set of lightweight wheels, Bride seat, JWT clutch and FW, and lightweight Braille battery, which netted down to 3060.

For June 09': I ordered the Motordyne single-side race exhaust and will reinstall the test pipes. That should drop me to about 3020, however, I also purchased a Kirk Roll Bar which will bring it back up around 3100 in race trim. Then I'll get real corner weight numbers and balance from there.

 

Scott, I take it you have no plans to gut the doors? There is so much weight in there...glass, window motors, and the linings.

-Don

 

Thanks for the suggestion, Don. I'm not against gutting the doors, actually, and removing some weight from ahead of the car-center would be good. I can't remove the glass at this time though, as the car has to stay outside. Any idea how much weight is in there?

 

I don't have a hard number, but I have a friend who gutted his boxster (for the spec boxster series), and I was REALLY impressed with how light the doors felt. He even left the structural beam in place even though he had a full cage built. In any case, he told me that he's saving thousands of $$$ by not buying a cf door as he was able to come very close to min weight. I've swung open a 997 GT3 Cup car door before, and although the boxster was not nearly as light, it was way lighter than a non-gutted door.

I'm guessing about 20lbs per door for the Z. That little window motor is hefty, and there are quite a few bolts inside the doors.

 

What a difference the weight reduction makes!
I took a ride in Scott's Z and the acceleration just feels so much more responsive.
I have an '06 enth. and it was 3260 last time I weighed...feels like a slug compared to Scott's lightweight

 

Good stuff. My car is down to 3130, but I am hoping to get it down to 3050 here shortly.

When you say you "gutted" the trunk........you mean everything bare to the metal?

 

Dayum, you guys are dropping weight. I've cut 178.35 lbs. so far, I know its not much compared to you guys here. I still need to drop more weight

 

Yup, bare from the seats back. I left the rear speakers - they are like 2# total. I think I'll do the doors next, as Don suggested. I had the plastic out around the e-brake and the kick panels, but really didn't like it, so put it back in.

 

Alright. I have mine down to nothing, and the rear wiper removed (along with reservoir and motor). The thing I don't like is that I have taken about 30 pounds out of the middle of the car and 50-70 out of the rear. I would like to get 40 or so pounds out of the front of the car and even things out. I don't like that I could be throwing the distribution off. Also since most of the weight is coming off of the bottom of the car and raising the center of gravity. With that said I am going to go a pc680 battery here in the next weeks along with a new clutch assembly that is about 17 pound lighter than stock. Those two mods should drop ~40 pounds. I am also thinking of removing the steering wheel/airbag assembly, but am weary due to potential resale problems. Anywho.

 

^^^

sell it to a memeber will get brought...

just bumping one of my favorite threads...

gutting the trunk has to be one of the most felt mods for the car I did it and the car feels way lighter, interior noise is crazy listening to the radio/cd it has to be on 20 rather than 15 also on a quarter tank of gas is sounds like sex when your on it...nismo exhaust I mean sounds great...

I lub dis tread it mak mi hoppy wen wee lose weight...

 

I put just the rear mat and the undermat back into the trunk. No weight added, and it insulated some of the noise.

 

Scotts300: What are you using to mount your braille battery.........the kit they sell separately?

 

ive got C/F doors FS if anyone is intrested

 

I bought the battery used, however, the holder is just some ginned up wood from HD that's been painted.

 

Strip out your Z!

 

I read through this whole thread but i dont remember which battery was best for daily driving. There were too many mentioned... braille, odyssey, etc.

I want a lightweight battery, but i dont want it to die on me. All audio in my car is stock.

Any opinions? Thanks

 

My Braille lasts 3 days without starting. I don't leave it on a trickle charge, but it won't start on the 4th day. You could use it for DD without issue.

 

For people with the room weather and daily start up the braille is fine, but for people in the colder climates I would think twice.......I don't have personal experience with the Odyssey pc680, but know a few people locally who have them. One wouldn't start after about 36 hours of shutoff with temps below 15 degrees, but could go 5-6 days without start-up without problem. Honestly, both are pretty good option.