I heard the other day of guys putting dry ice on the sound deadening foam stuff for a while then taking a hammer to it, supposedly it just cracks off in chunks easily that way.

Other than that get carbon fibre boxer shorts and go on a diet.

 

Except for the hammer part that's not a bad idea. I've been trying to think of a way to remove my dynamat since I rarely listen to my stereo at high volumes anymore. Might have to try that. I've also seen video that dry ice works to remove small dents, but not sure I want to try that

 

edit* i found the thread on those but does anyone happen to have a picture of them on the car? or just what they look like?

 

Here

 

for autocrossing i think you need a passenger seat, for the instructor. so i would keep that in

 

Bah.....told you it was off the top of my head. Knew I would forget something.

BTW -- if I were to remove all of that stuff, a cage would likely go in the car because it would be useless to me on the street. It would be a track only car.

I weighed mine when I took them off....I think they were a total of 12 pounds IIRC.

Power steering doesn't matter too much at high speed. There are few race cars (if any) that have power steering.
Removing crash bars.....not if you want to be safe.

 

does anybody sell lightweight aluminum crash bars like some of the subaru shops do? Some evo shop has to of made them. I am not sure if that would effect your airbag sensor since the aluminum is more shatter prone that the steel ones that are designed to bend to absorb energy.

 

E2Lancer you forgot cf doors on your list! Gotta keep that weight down

 

Now that's just not PRACTICAL! CF everything FTW.

 

Sorry, I just had to:

 

do a search...theres a ton of links on weight reduction...here's a start for you since there's a lot of misinformation in this thread already:




titanium lugnuts from japan saved 4lbs (1lbsx4)

The Buschur Deluxe upper IC pipe with mini battery saves your aound 24lbs


Mini battery kit : save 18lb
Cat delete pipe : save 10lb


60 lbs, the BR exhaust weighs in at 23 pounds.
Removal of Intake Bracket & EGR: 5lbs
Removal of FMIC Sprayer Bottle: 5.4lbs (empty) 11.5lbs.(full)
Installation of Buschur Racing Intake: 4.1 lbs.
Removal of Interior Sound Deadening & Padding: 17.5 lbs.
Replace Factory Rims w/ SSR Competiton 17" wheels: 6.4lbs (Weight loss using stock size/brand tires will be more, this is a total weight saved factory in the a larger tire (255/40/17).
Replace Factory Suspension w/ DMS Coilover Setup: 6.6 lbs. The DMS suspension weighs a total of 58 lbs. while stock is 64.6 lbs. OR You can use the HKS RS Suspension that has a total weight of 48 lbs. which will save you 10 more lbs.
Removal of AC Compressor & Condenser: 29.6 lbs.
Steering Column Plastic & Metal Insert: 1 lb.
Stop Tech 335 mm Front Brakes: 7.7 lbs.
DC Sports Front Strut Tower Brace: 4.9lbs.
Remove Brake Shield: 1.5 lbs.
A carbon fiber hood is HEAVIER than your stock hood. Our stock hood weighed 20.2 lbs. and the carbon fiber hood that we purchased but never installed was 21.6 lbs.


A/C 30 lbs
Sound Deadening / Padding 17 lbs
Misc under dash Brackets 3 lbs
Door crash beams 25 lbs ???
Rear Seat 21 lbs
Rear Speakers 8 lbs
Front Seat Belt stuff 10 lbs
Under car brackets 10 lbs
Fuel Cell Conversion 40 lbs ???
Smaller radiator 20 lbs ???

Rims 20 lbs
Dry C Hood 15 lbs
Dry C Trunk 8 lbs
Lexan Glass 60 lbs ???
Suspension 25 lbs
C Driveshaft 35 lbs ???
Stereo/speakers 17 lbs ???
Heater/Blower 25 lbs ???
Window Motors 25 lbs ??? (I may do just the backs since there wont be a seat anyways)
Rotors 20 lbs ??? (The only reason I havent is because I will most likely use smaller brakes to fit smaller tires)


EXTERIOR / BODY
Door Crash Beams (All 4 doors) 25
Under Car Brackets, hangers and braces 7
Front motormount subframe beam 8

JDM front bumper (no support beam) 7.9kg 17.38
Front strut tower bar 3.3kg 7.26
Bonnet 7.8kg 17.16
Wheel with tire 20.5kg 45.1
Radiator 4.5kg 9.9
Intercooler 4.2kg 9.24
Oil cooler core 1.4kg 3.08

INTERIOR
Blower motor 6.8
Firewall Sound Deadening 14.2
Front Seatbelts/mounts/bolts 10
Heater/AC Core 7.2
Metal steering column insert 1
Misc under dash Brackets/ducting 3
Rear Seatbelt stuff 10
Rear Seat Area Sound Deadening 6.5

SUSPENSION / BRAKES
Brake dust shields 1.5
DC Sports Front Strut Tower Brace 5
DMS suspension 58
Front strut tower brace 8
HKS RS Suspension 48
Stock Rotors -> PF 2-piece rotors (Both front) 4
Stock Suspension 64.6
ENGINE / UNDERHOOD
A/C Fan 6.4
AC Bracket 4
Compressor 14.1
Condensor w/ lines 9.8
Evap / Purge Stuff 9
FMIC Sprayer (Empty) 5.4
FMIC Sprayer (Full) 11.5
Intake Bracket & EGR 5
Intake Manifold (Stock) 7
Refrigerant 3.5

Stock intake -> short metal intake w/ filter 4