Gates311: Weight reduction on my Evo X
Jan 31, 2009, 03:06 PM
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firefighter81: The X is so fckin heavy because of all the ADDED metal to the frame (because of safety standards). If you have seen the frame of this car VS VIII's and IX's you can clearly see the difference, and that is where a lot of the extra weight comes from.
Ryan, you drop another 300 lbs that car is gonna be nuts! Can't wait! Let the cutting begin!!!
-Chris
Ryan, you drop another 300 lbs that car is gonna be nuts! Can't wait! Let the cutting begin!!!
-Chris
Jan 31, 2009, 03:17 PM
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Ryan- I really think your new rims will be too heavy for your setup. Keep the CE's and GIVE me the new ones
Hey look at it as another trip to hawaii for a good cause
Hey look at it as another trip to hawaii for a good cause
Jan 31, 2009, 03:18 PM
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This I am glad to see, so now people might stop saying that the main reason the X is so heavy is because of airbags. So every airbag together is only 14lbs, not a huge weight gain there.
Nice work on the car, probably the best looking X I've seen, and your car is actually my wallpaper on my work computer.
Nice work on the car, probably the best looking X I've seen, and your car is actually my wallpaper on my work computer.
Thanks....and 3,000 wont be too easy haha
Jan 31, 2009, 03:42 PM
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Yeah, I understand that the added metal to the frame is what causes the weight increase. It's just I keep hearing from people how airbags are making all new cars soooooo heavy, when it reality, they don't weigh much at all.
Jan 31, 2009, 05:41 PM
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Feb 1, 2009, 01:33 AM
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I just weighed my stock suspension components and got a grand total of 64.8lbs, while the stock exhaust from the cat back weighs a total of 42.8lbs.
Stock suspension= 64.8
Stock exhaust (mid-pipe and muffler)= 42.8
Stock suspension= 64.8
Stock exhaust (mid-pipe and muffler)= 42.8
Feb 1, 2009, 09:21 AM
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Some more info.... (thanks buschur)
Stock cat, 15 pounds
Stock air box, 9.7 pounds
Vibration damper (located behind stock FMIC) 3 pounds
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Looks like with a light exhaust and test pipe you lose about 33lbs of weight. Now we need weight of a O2 eliminator vs stock cast piece.
Also, switching to a aftermarket intake drops about 6.7lbs.
Good thread blacktrack.
Stock cat, 15 pounds
Stock air box, 9.7 pounds
Vibration damper (located behind stock FMIC) 3 pounds
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Looks like with a light exhaust and test pipe you lose about 33lbs of weight. Now we need weight of a O2 eliminator vs stock cast piece.
Also, switching to a aftermarket intake drops about 6.7lbs.
Good thread blacktrack.
Last edited by Guerillah; Feb 1, 2009 at 09:34 AM.
Feb 1, 2009, 10:42 AM
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Some more info.... (thanks buschur)
Stock cat, 15 pounds
Stock air box, 9.7 pounds
Vibration damper (located behind stock FMIC) 3 pounds
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Looks like with a light exhaust and test pipe you lose about 33lbs of weight. Now we need weight of a O2 eliminator vs stock cast piece.
Also, switching to a aftermarket intake drops about 6.7lbs.
Good thread blacktrack.
Stock cat, 15 pounds
Stock air box, 9.7 pounds
Vibration damper (located behind stock FMIC) 3 pounds
---------------------------------
Looks like with a light exhaust and test pipe you lose about 33lbs of weight. Now we need weight of a O2 eliminator vs stock cast piece.
Also, switching to a aftermarket intake drops about 6.7lbs.
Good thread blacktrack.
Feb 2, 2009, 10:54 AM
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Took off my front and rear crash beams off. Got a single ams exhaust with test pipe. Removed my rear seats and every thing from the trunk. Took all the airbags out too 
Now my mom is pissed! hos been yelling at me for destroying my car! I her tell "bish you said it was a race car now I'm really making it into race car its not your money ho!" 
Im trying to buid my car up like this one http://hksusa.com/info/?id=3656 -minus the 6spd. Can anyone tell me where I can get a HKS circuit attack counter or something similar ?
Thanks
edit NV I found it http://cgi.ebay.com/HKS-Circuit-Atta...em140281954314
Now my mom is pissed! hos been yelling at me for destroying my car! I her tell "bish you said it was a race car now I'm really making it into race car its not your money ho!" Im trying to buid my car up like this one http://hksusa.com/info/?id=3656 -minus the 6spd. Can anyone tell me where I can get a HKS circuit attack counter or something similar ? Thanks
edit NV I found it http://cgi.ebay.com/HKS-Circuit-Atta...em140281954314
are you sure she doesn't have an access to the net?
because if she does and find out this, she will take the car key away from you for a month at least.
Anyway that's the way to talk your mom for sure...
