Gutted the trunk and took out the passenger seat, no more stock air box, heavy exhaust is out the door too. Also, cf hood. Next to go: radio and A/C. After that, Spoon dry carbon coupe top, lighter wheels.

 

is this becoming a track car ?

 

why didn't you take out the carpet and the stuff in the trunk ?

 

Track car??? I hope so

 

It's not becoming specifically a track car, but yes I will be tracking it. My gf is too scared to ride w/me, and when I go out with my friends we always take their cars anyways. I've used the passenger seat maybe 3 times since I bought the car. I figured it was one of the quickest and easiest ways to cut down on weight. Trunk carpet will probably go along with the radio on my next day off.

 

same thing with my s2k. if it dont make the car go faster...out the door

 

sounds like you shoulda bought a sport bike...

 

how much weight did you actually shave by taking all of this out?

 

I haven't had a chance to get all the stuff on a scale, but the list of what I took out will give you an idea. A spare tire, jack, lug wrench, a few other misc tools, the plastic tool organizer, the seat and seat rails, stock airbox replaced with K&N typhoon, stock exhaust replaced with SS 3" custom single. Overall, the car is at least 100 pounds lighter than stock. Once the radio, trunk carpet, and A/C are out the car will be 200 pounds lighter than stock. Once I'm done taking stuff out, then I'm going to start the process of replacing the soft top/motor, lightweight battery, lighter wheels and brakes etc.

 

A common misconception about carbon hoods is that there lighter then stock, 90% of the hoods out there are the same weight or actually heavier then the aluminum hood. I beleive only the top jdm companies dry carbon hoods are lighter then OEM, and thats only by a couple pounds.