weight loss? what can should be cut out/ removed

[jamesmay]

Hi all...

Either me or the car really need to lose some weight, I like beer too much, so any thoughts on what can be cut out removed etc to save some weight?

BC5

Caged, blah blah....

still has rubber undersealing underneath and electric windows (groan)

aircon gone (inc under dash bits, but needs heater)

i have seen one with a fibreglass bonnet but it seems a minor saving for a lot of work to make?

Any thoughts?

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Removal of sound deadening

[jamesmay]

long gone...

[loner]

The alloy bonnet is lighter than some carbon fibre ones... in the case of an STi anyway.

How much money do you have for this project? Once you have pulled all the none essential stuff off the car it gets expensive.

Here are some cheaper things I did... but on a WRX:

Replaced battery with a $70 motorbike battery.

Completely removed all sound deadening, carpet and interior trim.

Gutted the rear doors completely.

Gutted the dash completely... removed every trace of aircon/heater - DON\'T DO THIS

Removed all aircon parts from engine bay.

Removed all traces of stereo system.

Replaced front door cards with light weight plastic.

Removed bonnet lock and cables, and boot release cable.

Removed rear window wiper.

Removed electric aerial.

Completely removed handbrake system --- already had a hydraulic one.

Removed ABS system.

Removed SRS system.

Removed a big useless piece of metal from under the steering column.

Lightened rear loom... failed at lightening the front loom and needed a new one

More expensive stuff you could do:-

Alloy brakes.

Lighter seats.

Lighter wheels.

Lighter exhaust.

Replace fuel tank with a small cell.

Lexan windows.

Carbon panels.

The list goes on... but cost a lot.