chris_uk
Premium Member
Registered: 8th Jul 03
User status: Offline
|
ok i have a 1.2 16v. yes i know they aint fast!
but for saving weight i have got rid of the original bonnet and got a fibrebglass one.
and am thinking of removing rear seats 2moz.
got rid of the spare 2..
what else could i get rid of?
|
Rileysport
Member
Registered: 18th Jun 04
Location: West Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
all ice, plastic boot trims, passenger seat, dashboard
|
chris_uk
Premium Member
Registered: 8th Jul 03
User status: Offline
|
dont want it to look shite in there..
gunna get some Monza's they should be lighter than normal ones.
but what else..
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
Your car is a road car. Not a Grass track racer  Pulling out the interior ain't gonna do jack.
|
L330wnz
Member
Registered: 9th Mar 04
Location: Norwich, Norfolk
User status: Offline
|
hey man just push it...will be quicker as ur fat ass wont be in it 
only joking fella
|
Greasemonkey
Member
Registered: 17th Apr 02
Location: Drives a Tractor
User status: Offline
|
put the missus on a diet
|
L330wnz
Member
Registered: 9th Mar 04
Location: Norwich, Norfolk
User status: Offline
|
^^ thats wot I did
|
ffls
Member
Registered: 29th May 02
User status: Offline
|
Change seats for lightweight ones, the original weight a ton
Change exhaust for a stainless one (and Exhaust manifold)
Remove all the emission crap (air injection etc)
Open the interior of the doors and remove as much as possible
Remove rear windscreen and windscreen motor
|
chris_uk
Premium Member
Registered: 8th Jul 03
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by ffls
Change seats for lightweight ones, the original weight a ton (getting 2 monza's
Change exhaust for a stainless one (and Exhaust manifold) no cost 2 much
Remove all the emission crap (air injection etc) explain! 
Open the interior of the doors and remove as much as possible no
Remove rear windscreen and windscreen motor
motor has gone.
|
Adam_B
Member
Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
Pulling out the interior ain't gonna do jack.
you being serious?
|
PaulW
Member
Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
dont want it to look shite in there..
gunna get some Monza's they should be lighter than normal ones.
but what else..
I find this is a much better look than having an interior 
[Edited on 02-08-2004 by PaulW]
|
Stu_22
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Luton
User status: Offline
|
Theres a lot of thick foam in the front foot wells this stuff can weigh a fair bit rip it out and put the carpet back
|
ed
Member
Registered: 10th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
Pulling out the interior ain't gonna do jack.
you being serious?
In this type of car yes.
|
Adam_B
Member
Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
Pulling out the interior ain't gonna do jack.
you being serious?
In this type of car yes.
|
miles
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
dont want it to look shite in there..
gunna get some Monza's they should be lighter than normal ones.
but what else..
I find this is a much better look than having an interior
[Edited on 02-08-2004 by PaulW]
I can see an easy 10kg's of sound deadening still in there!
|
chris_uk
Premium Member
Registered: 8th Jul 03
User status: Offline
|
seats and all carpet are out.. 
cant really say its made alot of difference..
|
miles
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
User status: Offline
|
Without loosing loads of weight you wont notice it. I bet it sounds faster inside though 
|
TOMAS
Member
Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
Youve either got to PROPERLY strip it (i.e no interior at all and no underseal) to save weight or dont bother. You'll hardly notice a diffo if you remove seats/wheel etc. Why may I ask do you want to loose the weight?
|
miles
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
User status: Offline
|
Taking the seats and spare out is the single easiest weight saving, so the best place to start. They are also easier to put back than most things. Once you've done that loosing more weight takes a lot of time effort and eventually money.
Changing standard front seats to crap cheap steal framed buckets saves practically no weight, although people think they do. Ditching the rear seats, fitting decent buckets, then fitting a rollcage weighs about the same as standard as well.
I guess he wants to loose weight so his car goes faster, handles better and brakes better.
|
chris_uk
Premium Member
Registered: 8th Jul 03
User status: Offline
|
i wanna make it lighter because it handles better and brakes better. not fussed about going fast but its ok if it does. 
if does sounds alot faster
the reason i have pulled it all out is because im putting a system in the back.
and finally..
i grinded the bolts off int he end
|
westsidecorsa
Member
Registered: 4th Sep 02
User status: Offline
|
chris i have taken the bench and bolts from the seatbealts out of mine, but now im stuck, see if u can help me!
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=162729
|
TOMAS
Member
Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
Your on about weight saving and your putting a system in the back! Your mad I got rid of my system and it must have weighed in at around 60-70Kg 
|
