I'm shooting for 2500lb's. Ambitious you think? I'll some time to do a complete write up on everything I have taken out, and/or replaced to make my car lightweight. Give me a few weeks.....
I would certainly hope so. Sounds like there is some more work to do. How's it going? All this talk about weigh reduction is making me hungry. :biggrin:
Have any of you added a roll cage yet? You have to remember to drop off enough to compensate for all the needed safety stuff that you have to add back on as well... or it's really not a fair comparison.
I pulled in this morning for a quick weigh to get a ball park where I ended up, stepped out... and the scale was undecided between 2600-2620. Forget the NSX-R.... that's on a top down late model T wet!! That's just about how much my gutted S weighs yet look at the size of this thing! I didn't gut mine time attack style either... for my purposes I am actually trying to sit mine toward over-built so it will last 8 hours!
In fairness, for comparison here their are also significant differences.
First, I have a robust roll cage, fire, etc... and all the safety equipment. That adds up to a lot right there. Further, I kept a lot of stuff I otherwise probably would not have otherwise on a standard build simply due to application/preference- bigger battery, power steering, driver cooling, cock pit adjustable everything, adjustable column, 4 way ABS, huge brakes, big tires, over-built cooling and oil systems, full aero kit with full belly pans, wheel liners, big ass wing, street exhaust, etc.... the shit adds up quick.
Last, relatively... I still have all the trimmings (non-essentials like more stock wiring than I should, latches, the stock dash, some trim for cosmetics I could easily throw off, etc...) just to keep it a little more civil.
So basically, yeah If you guys are going to play hard ball I could just ditch all that stuff and drop 200lbs tomorrow... and see 2400 or less pretty easy. But for now you know this feels pretty good, I think I'm at least in range as I'll have to carry ballast anyway. If you think about it.. I added all that shit this year and I still lost 60+lbs !!! Not bad, but you know...
... I think next year that maybe it is time for John Stage II?
Polycarbonate wind screen, tilton pedal set, new A arms, little more use of bagged carbon.... some time to pick up some new blades for the sawzall on the way home... don't worry we'll see what we can do about these slow nsx-t's. :wink:
BTW: I took out the Windshield wiper Motor last night and weight it. I was 1xx with the windshield wiper and 1xx - 10 without it. Not quite the 15 - 20 as previously estimated by others.
With the actual wipers, I think that's another 5 lbs, but I was too lazy to do it at the time..
I think it's one of the cool mods to do, and as others have said, it's really high up... you don't want that kind of weight screwing up your center of gravity.
On the center of gravity - I've asked this before, why does no one produce a Carbon Fibre roof top? Of course the steel/alluminum pieces inside the roof need to stay, but I see at least 10 lbs that could be saved.
There's gotta be a good reason, or someone has to just start doing it.
Paul, it would be very expensive as it is a structual and very significant safety item. Some of the SCCA guys use a gentleman I know out of California which makes a 6 layer vacuum infusion carbon plug for some models sun-roofs. If you have to ask about the price.... :wink:
