i syill can't believe it's lighter than the bug! lol

 

i still can't believe it's lighter than the bug! lol

 

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Cool... What kind of terminals does that come with? Did you have to adapt your cables to fit?

 

It does not come with normal car terminals. I had to drill out the terminals on the battery a bit to make them bigger. Then I just ran a bolt through the terminals.

 

ok, so i have a few more to add to the list:

act prolight flywheel verified at 10lb 1oz
stock flywheel = 14lb 6oz
weight savings = 4lb 5oz
cost of prolight flywheel = 300 dollars
cost/weight savings = 69.77 dollars/pound

megan stainless o2 housing = 3lb 5oz
stock o2 housing = 6lb 11oz
weight savings = 3lb 6oz
cost for megan o2 housing = 100 dollars (ebay)
cost/weight savings = 29.4 dollars/lb

 

i weighed the stock flywheel recently..and actually got 13.5lbs..the act prolite was 10lbs

 

What about the roof from AMS (I think is who makes it) 1100 dollars and it saves 11 lbs over the stock GSR roof? But this comes into the same situation as all the unsprung mass 100 dollars a pound off the roof is a pretty good deal whereas 100 dollars a pound out of the middle of the car at the center of gravity would be a waste of money. So anyone looking at the thread needs to take that into consideration, especially if you're track racing.

 

Great thread Tom. Nice to see you doing something useful haha

 

Installation of Buschur Racing 3" Turboback Exhaust: 37 lbs. The stock exhaust weighs 60 lbs, the BR exhaust weighs in at 23 pounds.
Installation of Buschur Racing Mini Battery Kit: 20 lbs. The stock battery setup weighs 37lbs, the BR kit weighs in at 17 pounds.
Removal of Front Bumper Support: 13lbs.
Removal of Rear Bumper Support: 17 lbs.
Removal of Spare Tire, Jack, and Tool: 37 lbs.
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.
Lightest suspension and what we are all currently running here at the shop is the Apexi N1's, 36 pounds lighter than stock for the full set.
Removal of AC Compressor & Condenser: 29.6 lbs.
Steering Column Plastic & Metal Insert: 1 lb.
Installation of Carbon Fiber Trunk w/ out wing: 10.6 lbs. The stock trunk weighs 22.5 lbs.with no wing.
Stop Tech 335 mm Front Brakes: 7.7 lbs.
DC Sports Front Strut Tower Brace: 4.9lbs-lighter than stock.
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.

These are all verified weights from our digital UPS scale. I have many more but cut and pasted these from what is listed on our website.

 

do you mind posting the weights that you have that are not listed on your website.

Thanks

 

You should probly be a little more specific, I believe the Seibon hood is the one your talking about.

Gialla, Monster, C-West, Robispec are all lighter than 20.2 lbs.

For instance the Robispec hood is 11lbs..

I believe Gialla is like 14lbs.

Monster is around 13lbs.

Cant remember what the C-West hood weighs, but the wet carbon version is lighter than stock, and the dry carbon hood is obviously lighter than that.

 

The Robispec hood is not a streetable item, much to lightweight. There may be others that are a little lighter than stock, the specs from our site are from a year or more ago. The few hoods that I have seen come through here that are probably lighter than stock all sag when you support them by the prop rod, which in time is going to cause them to crack/break.

Here are some additional weights:

Front windshield 25 pounds, lexan 8
Rear windown 13.5 pounds, lexan 6.3.
Rear washer bottle, empty 8 pounds.
Apexi N1 suspension, 34 pounds which is 30 pounds less than stock.
Robispec hood, 9.9 pounds
Robispec trunk, 9.5 pounds
Robispec trunk skin, 4.4 pounds
VIS carbon fiber hood, 21.6 pounds
VIS carbon fiber trunk, 11.9 pounds
Stock EVO hood, 20.2 pounds
Stock EVO trunk lid w/no wing 22.5 pounds
Stock EVO front rotor, 21.35 pounds
Giro Disc front rotor, 17.4 pounds
Stock EVO rear rotor, 14.6 pounds
Giro Disc rear rotor, 11.1 pounds
Project Mu front rotors, 18 pounds
Bear front rotors 15.8 pounds
Tein DBL adj aluminum suspension 46 pounds
Stock EVO suspension 64 pounds
DMS 50mm suspension, 58.2 pounds
EVO9 stock wheel 20.2 pounds
SSR 17x8.5 wheel w/Neova 245-45-17, 42 pounds
Megan Racing coilovers 41.8 pounds

I am sure I have some more but that's some of the best of it.

 

OK DB (that doesn't stand for David Buschur ) this is my once-a-year-to-do-something-useful thread. Glad to see you finally woke up to see how useful I am. In about 4 weeks, I'll have my car back up there to see if we can make you more useful. Got to get ready for May 7th. Trailer is completely ready. Yaahooo. Start icing down the beer.

 

9sec9 - Something on your first post seems odd to me

Apexi N1..........................................$28.85 ..................................39 lbs(stock 64 lbs)

You say that you save 39lbs but I don't think that is accurate. Perhaps the coilvers weigh 39lbs (saving you a more realistic 25lbs)

Can you please confirm the apexi coilover weights.

I apologize if I miss read the chart.