Reply With QuoteThose have to be removed before running an event.Originally Posted by Titus
Some weights can be found HERE.
Looks like the biggest hitters are:
38.00 A/C
37.00 soft top
33.00 Passenger seat
27.00 Spare tire and jack
Those have to be removed before running an event.
POS, I just noticed it, thanks for the new title!
Thomas
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Who me??POS, I just noticed it, thanks for the new title!
Please note my title...
Avatar change for new title!
Thomas
V-to-the-Dub
Axis Power Racing makes an OEM-style carbon fiber hardtop. I think it weighs about 10-15lbs with a Plexi rear window (more with glass).
You don't need one for CSP - a standard hard top will work just fine, since you'll only be using it for transit anyway (no need to race with the hard top on).
You can cut fenders for tire clearance, but you cannot replace entire body panels, iirc.
Your best weight loss in CSP is going to come from lightweight wheels (check), lighter engine components (header & intake), removing the soft top, update/backdate bracing, removing the a/c, and swapping out for the lightest seats you can stand. Andy Hollis used to use fiberglass kart seats, since they weighed about 5 pounds each. Not really comfortable for driving on the street, however.
Basically, if you're serious about this, you need to comb through the rulebook and start removing every extraneous part of the car that you can. Got a front airdam? Ditch it. A/C? See ya. Soft top? dead weight. Roll bar? Fuggedaboudit. Bracing? Not a chance.
You should be able to drop 200+ pounds without spending a penny... but you'll have a car with no top, tunes, or a/c.
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
This is starting to sound like the BUR.
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Dave"Opinions are like
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You read my mind. Do I want to drive home from a Mineral Wells event in August with no A/C and no tunes? Hell no!
Well maybe if he had one of these...You read my mind. Do I want to drive home from a Mineral Wells event in August with no A/C and no tunes? Hell no!
I removed the door speakers, but not the speakers in the seats. I don't really want to give up the tunes. I can live without the A/C.
Thomas
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Can you pull that with your new Toyota?
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Dave"Opinions are like
When you replace your seats, won't you be loosing those speakers too?
Wouldn't want to try pulling a closed trailer but it would handle an open trailer nicely!
Let me guess was last summer was you first summer in Texas?
Don't you have an IPod? What do you need a radio in the dash for?
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Probably will go to removable speaker boxes at that time. I'm not changing out the seats for a little while.
Thomas
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Second summer here in Tejas, but I'd take 110 here over 100 plus 100% humidity in FL and GA anyday. As long as the air is moving and I'm in the shade I've got no problems.Let me guess was last summer was you first summer in Texas?
Thomas
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My wife actually made that suggestion to reduce the race weight a couple of weeks ago. I'm just not comfortable driving with headphones in.Don't you have an IPod? What do you need a radio in the dash for?
Thomas
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quoted for truth. I think actualy that might be illegal? Becuase you can't hear emergency vehicles and whatnot. I use my iRiver with my head unit becuase I rigged up an aux input and just ran a wire to come out where my ash tray used to be and I just set it in that little spot and it works great. No quality loss like an FM tuner either.
It's not bad... provided you quickly take a shower when you hit the house.You read my mind. Do I want to drive home from a Mineral Wells event in August with no A/C and no tunes? Hell no!
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