i have a 2002 s2k and it is my daily driver, i spend alot of time out on the water as i am a second captian on a commercial fishing boat, and spend 8 months in the middle of nowhere, but the s2k is my only car so i need to maintain come aspects of the car. my car currently weighs 2651lbs. i have stripped the trunk, have a t1r 70 exhaust and a v2 intake and thats about it. i am willing to do just about anything to get the car lighter but i have only a few things i need to keep.
1. radio w/cd player
2.storage compartment
3. airbags
4. electric window control (unless theres an easy way to make them roll up)
5. parking brake
aside from that im willing to take out just about everything. i will replace the stock battery when i need a new one with a lightweight battery. i am looking for writeups of how to remove the rest of the interior that i dont need as well as other info on how to get my car lighter. i know i havent made the commitment of making the s2k an all out race car but if i can lose 50-75lbs from my car i would be happy, any more and i would be extatic. please help me out, i want to take my S to the next level, while still keeping come creature comfort. thanks.

 

I switch my stock seats with Sparco Evos when I go to the track... They are deffiantly lighter, never weighed them though

 

AC and/or Heater,
carpet can go
Rag top (or alteast the motors) and get a hardtop
seats


The AC and Heater will get you atleast 75lbs.

 

-1 Mats/Visors
-30 (5 Gal Gas)
-12 Optima PC600 Battery
-15 Recaro SPG (1)
-32 Remove passenger seat
-18 Tein RAs
-5 Center Console
-10 Stock Rollhoops/Plastic
-2 Washer Fluid
-3 Cruise control unit
-30 Wilwood Dynalite Brakes/Rotors
-1? Hood insulator
-5 Flywheel
-10? T1R test pipe (no cat)
-20 AC Compressor + lines + Radiator + Fluid
-5 AC Evap Core + rubber hose
-20 Stripped Hard top
-8? Rear sway bar
-15 Volk CE28s
-15 Header

That's over 250 lbs and you can still keep your car civilized. But if you can spend 8 months of the year out on a god-forsaken boat, maybe you should consider gutting everything!

Seriously...the weight of the interior pieces are minimal. Honda did a great job keeping door panels, carpet, etc. as light as possible, so if you focus on the interior you're only going to only lose a lot of comfort without losing a lot of weight.

 

bumper supports front and back=20lbs-ish

rear tower strut bar?

 

Rear strut bar is superlight.

Bumper supports? What's the difference between the (real) bumper and bumper supports?

 

I would not recommend removing the bumper supports and they aren't anywhere near 20lbs. If you remove them any amount of impact, even something that wouldn't even scratch your car normally could cause serious damage. It's a bit like saying you should remove the impact beams from the doors.

 

How about removing that steel welded brace that runs across the front of the engine and replacing it with a x-brace?

 

I ran w/o my bumper bars for years. Yes if you crash it can be worse, but not that much worse. They're only good for like 15mph. Cement is cement, you put it in a wall w/ or w/o the bars you're fuct.

But now that I race and the likely hood of car-to-car contact has gone up so much more I run them again.

They're ~8-10lbs each.

 

bumper support is the metal beam that connects the two main chassy rails. it's approx. 5X5" and the width of the trunk. take off the bumpers and you can't miss it. I'm pretty sure it's at least over 15lbs front and back.