Less weight = more power; Have you lightened your Z?
#761
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because its not really worth the effort that really isnt a "beast" its roughly 10 or 15 lbs had mine off several times. even the stock k member isnt that heavy nothing like say a third gen camaro where the front k member weighs 100 lbs and you can drop 60 lbs going to a tubular one.
plus fabbing up aluminum structural parts isnt good unless your a OEM, you will find most replacement parts would be DOM tube and heavier then that mostly stamped piece but better stiffness as a result.
plus fabbing up aluminum structural parts isnt good unless your a OEM, you will find most replacement parts would be DOM tube and heavier then that mostly stamped piece but better stiffness as a result.
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I know there is a chunk of steel attached to the back of transmission roughly 4x4x4 held on with hefty bolts and rubber feet.
IIRC it is for harmonics. These cars have horrible harmonics at certain rpms, around 3k being the worst and that was Nissan's attempt at balancing it I think.
Read a post on here, op claiming he was running car through rpms on a lift and at around 3150rpm, which is where the rasp is bad, he said his entire exhaust system started to vibrate so bad it became blurry to the eye.
So I dunno if its the best thing to remove but it probably weighs at least 1lb.
Btw thanks to the dead thread lover. Never seen this thread before and it was a really good read for the last two days at work. I wanna try some of this on my car, just scared to ruin something so nice.
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Very interesting thread, never knew it existed. Been wanting some days just open the hatch and start tearing *hit out.
So for all you that have done this, How much weight do you have to strip off the Z before you noticed a difference in the cars performance? 100lbs? 200?...More?
So for all you that have done this, How much weight do you have to strip off the Z before you noticed a difference in the cars performance? 100lbs? 200?...More?
#772
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Very interesting thread, never knew it existed. Been wanting some days just open the hatch and start tearing *hit out.
So for all you that have done this, How much weight do you have to strip off the Z before you noticed a difference in the cars performance? 100lbs? 200?...More?
So for all you that have done this, How much weight do you have to strip off the Z before you noticed a difference in the cars performance? 100lbs? 200?...More?
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#779
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recently weighed my race car so i thought id add it to this thread.
car was 1311kg (2890lbs) with 1/2-3/4 a tank a fuel.
which i was quite happy with since its got a full FIA spec cage and a vortech setup which both add quite a bit.
also still have original doors, hatch and bonnet. etc so still plenty of weight to save.
an interor shot from a few years ago
one from last year
car was 1311kg (2890lbs) with 1/2-3/4 a tank a fuel.
which i was quite happy with since its got a full FIA spec cage and a vortech setup which both add quite a bit.
also still have original doors, hatch and bonnet. etc so still plenty of weight to save.
an interor shot from a few years ago
one from last year
#780
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recently weighed my race car so i thought id add it to this thread.
car was 1311kg (2890lbs) with 1/2-3/4 a tank a fuel.
which i was quite happy with since its got a full FIA spec cage and a vortech setup which both add quite a bit.
also still have original doors, hatch and bonnet. etc so still plenty of weight to save.
one from last year
car was 1311kg (2890lbs) with 1/2-3/4 a tank a fuel.
which i was quite happy with since its got a full FIA spec cage and a vortech setup which both add quite a bit.
also still have original doors, hatch and bonnet. etc so still plenty of weight to save.
one from last year