I think you can go lower than 2200lbs. To hit it however your going to have to think outside the box.

 

Dude, that is cheap !!!

I paid 2500 for a SS + another 800 for the down pipe ...

since the dollar is almost the same price, that is way to cheap ...

 

Is the image a joke, or you know something your not telling us ??

Cheers..

 

But that's only the Greddy Ti, the other ones are WAYYY up there. If you don't mind me asking why do you want to hit 2200lbs?

 

Power to weight ratio ...

 

Lol, sorry but the Evo is a still a 4 door sedan, it'll be damn near impossible unless yo get a full carbon fiber monoch chassis. 2800lbs no problem, you'll start to struggle when going to 2600lbs. How much power are you making? There's a nice trick but you'll have to have a full cage or something.

You can try drilling holes through your chassis at points were the material is only used to fill gaps. The tricky bit is you don't exactly know where the structual intergrity is needed nore do you know what you need to do to transfer the force that can't go there anymore to somewhere else that'll handle the load. It's a bit of hard work since not too many people have done this to an Evo. I've seen it done to a few S2000's but not really an Evo.

 

I seriously don't think it's possible to easily hit 2200lbs in a track prepared Evo. With a minimal cage, awd system, iron block and turbo system, the weight adds up. You'd have to do some serious modifications to hit that mark. Mods that prob aren't worth the money. Like referenced before, swap parts for custom parts made in lighter materials, cut out parts of the body, etc. But keep us all updated if you end up going for it.

 

Have you weighed your car yet?

Don't put too much stock in the claimed 1360kg weight. (I'm assuming that because you quoted that number, that you're talking about a GSR spec Evo - not an RS)

You have a monumental task ahead of you. To give you an idea, at a recent trackday, I put my Evo6 on the scales. 1450kg with me in it. (90kg driver) That was with the following weight saving mods already done:

* Empty fuel tank
* Boot lining stripped
* Spare wheel, Jack, Tools removed.
* All stereo components gone. (including door speakers and all wiring)
* Air Con removed.
* Rear Seats and belts removed
* Manual window regulators and carbon fibre doorskins
* Coilover suspension
* 2-piece brake rotors (aluminium hats)
* Lighter exhaust & Turbo outlet pipe.
* I/C spray reservoir removed
* NO cage
* Rays Gram Lights 17's with race rubber.

...so there's a fair whack of 'weight savings already done there, and I was pretty disappointed when the scales showed 1445kg

I have since replaced the seats - there's a LOT of weight to be saved there.
Also, the rear doors are extremely heavy if you're putting a cage in... just go for a carbon or fibreglass moulded panel to replace them.

Carbon Fibre prop-shaft is very desirable, but they don't make them for the Evo6 with an AYC. So - you might want to consider replacing the AYC with an LSD from an RS

...the list goes on, and get's very expensive ;-)

 

Well an easy way to tell if this goal is reachable of not is to COMPLETELY (seats and all) gut the car so that all you have is drivetrain and chassis and body panels. If that weight is not with 200 lbs of your goal then you probably wont make it without serious work. if it weighs 3000 stock I dont think there is 600 lbs of stuff to gut.
approxiamate numbers:
80= 40 x 2 front seats (removing htem and not replacing them other seats)
25= rear
20= carpet
60= dash and all interior sound deadening (completely removing)
30= trimming wire harness
30= crash beams
30= air bags
50= a/c and heater
50= trunk and spare
20= speakers and head unit
50= lexan windows
50= CF doors (hollow and no impact protection)
40= aftermarket exhuast
25= lightweight battery
10= wheel well liners
20= brake rotors
590 lbs Total weight lost

Those numbers are only estimates but they are reasonably accurate for getting a ball park idea. Doing all that would still leave you with 200 ish lbs to lose in addition to the fact that you need atleast one seat to sit on and a few zip ties to hold your gauge cluster on . Have fun though and welcome to the ranks of the weight loss ******

 

That's a excellent idea ... Once I strip the Car, I'll put the parts on you mentioned, and see if I'm close to it ...

Well, I thank everyone for there input and will keep everyone posted... I tend to strip the car over the X-mas break ....

Cheers...

 

try simpler things for the time being

clutch assembly..tilton has their twin at just 16lbs!
buddy club wheels....17" is just 14.45lbs!
Carbon roof...10lbs lighter
Carbon driveshaft....just over 10lbs!
carbon doors


but these are expensive options

 

try Jenny Craig.

 

You really think the wheel well liners are 20lbs. They are just a few pieces of thin plastic.

 

What about a weight lose program for you? lol j/k I don't know you or anything so hopefully you won’t be offended. The funny thing is that out of all the car guys I know all but one is skinny.

 

I thought you stripped the car out already.