What's going on everyone. Let me state I'm not a fan of gutting a car by no means. I saw a thread on highboostforum.com that was real interesting how David Buschur the owner of Buschur racing weighed what the stock exhaust weighed next to aftermarket one. Same with carbon hood, certain aftermarket suspension, and so on. There was a entire page from what he added to what members came up with. Nothing crazy nor anything that destroys the integrity of the car.

The link from highboost
http://highboostforum.com/forum/show...ight+reduction
Maybe we could use the link to give us some ideas. If there is a thread already about weight reduction for the S can someone please give me the link because nothing came up in the search engine. Also I picked force induction because I figured most would benefit from this that may race their cars next to the car and wash section if you catch my draft.

Lets get this started!!!

 

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/507...ght-reduction/

 

Check out the Racing And Competition forum if you want more on weight reductions, auto-x guys are nuts and weigh everything that comes off and goes on. Me personally, I don't sacrifice comfort over weight reductions. There is always the option of building more horsepower as well. lol

 

Thanks for the link. I'm more so about trying to find ways to reduce the weight without ruining the car. Best way to put it is imports have a chance against domestics because of our WEIGHT. That's why some turbo civics are beast on the highway when traction isn't taken into account.

 

Unfortunately for the most part the body is pretty light. The easy ones are replacing the exhaust with a lightweight single, lighter wheels, and removing the passenger seat. Once you get past that you're really looking at gutting out the car or removing the luxury bits (A/C, radio).

If you are in the position to be really concerned about weight it's probably a track car, and then you don't mind stripping it down. Just my 2c.

If you're SUPER spendy, I believe you can ship your car to Opera Performance and have them whittle the car down significantly (2167 lbs!!).

 

^^^ Just want some ideas. I plan on going with a single exhaust and a muguen hard top to drop some weight. I have Advan RG1s on the car now which are light. Not sure next to stock though.

 

Remove the bumper beams, spare tire/toolset/jack, install a lighter battery, remove the a/c, air pump, install aftermarket seats (MUCH lighter than leather)

 

Does anyone use an aluminum driveshaft?