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11-4-12 - added additional items

I think there may be a thread made for speed3 weight reduction, if so I will merge.

I have a bunch of parts to add to this week, such as hood, hatch, heater core and all AC equipment, etc.

GT front seats - 45lbs
Rear seat bottom - 13lbs
Rear seat back - 35lbs
Front door panel - 8lbs
Rear door panel - 5.5lbs
all rear belts, bolts and brackets - 19lbs
Bose subwoofer - 5.5lbs
Rear door Bose speaker - 1.2lbs
Spear tire and tool kit - 35lbs
Rear spare cover - 6lbs
Rear wiper motor, mount and arm - 6lbs
Console - 13lbs
Gloverbox - 11lbs
Front Bose speaker - 2lbs
DVD screen and full mount - 7lbs
DVD player and mount - 5.5lbs
All front bolts and trim - 11lbs
Front seat belt and mount - 8lbs
Front crash bar, bolts and insert - 29.8lbs
Rear crash bar - 26lbs
Battery - 39lbs
Full Washer tank and motor - 14lbs
Full tank of gasoline - 88lbs
Stock wheel and oem tire - 47lbs
Balance shaft assembly - 17.5lbs
Complete side air bag system - 12lbs
Base Amplifier and bracket - 6lbs
Carpet and insulation - 13lbs
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Nice race weight.

Taking a shit = weight-savings of 5 lbs.
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Nice race weight.

Taking a shit = weight-savings of 5 lbs.
still have about 100-120lbs left to remove too, I will keep posting the weights of everything I come across.
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Good stuff. Any pics of the car taken apart?
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Thank you for providing the specific weight info alongside the list of WR options. Nice post!
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Good stuff. Any pics of the car taken apart?
Literally nothing in there. There's a seat, steering wheel, part of the dash, and a cross member for his seat. I should have snapped a photo...
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Dan, do you plan on removing on the sound deadening?
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Dan, do you plan on removing on the sound deadening?
yeah its on the list before the cage... I started breaking some off its coming up very easy.
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Wow great shit, what's the weight of the car as it sits?
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Wow great shit, what's the weight of the car as it sits?
as of right now about 2479 with maybe 2 gallons of fuel
manu and MZRSPEED like this.
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Originally Posted by dturboman View Post
as of right now about 2479 with maybe 2 gallons of fuel
FOCK!


I bet that thing MOVES hahaha
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as of right now about 2479 with maybe 2 gallons of fuel
Traction issues????? Lol!
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Traction issues????? Lol!
Sweet bro
um yes 40+ pounds of boost and low weight tends to do that
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Because racecar! This is sick.
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Are you prepping this for racing or just a badass ride?

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yeah its on the list before the cage... I started breaking some off its coming up very easy.
Laying chunks of dry ice on top off the sound deadening for 10 minutes makes it come off effortlessly. Tap it with a hammer and it comes off like a sheet of broken glass.
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hey man,

first thanks for documenting this effort. I was thinking doing the same thing to save some weight but not going far as you did Primarily taking of the passenger seat, rear seat bottom and rear seat back plus empty out the trunk (spare tire, jack, etc, etc...) completely.

Here my questions to you:

1) How does the car behaves after taking out first the passenger seat and then the rear seats with respect to weight distribution. I mean with this following: Are left turns now, with the passenger seat off, more difficult than right turns?

2) How does getting ride of the stuffs in the rear (rear seats, trunk, etc, etc ) affects the weight transfer during racing?

I'm really really dying to know how this affects the the cars behaviour....

3) How does this weight reduction affects the traction on wet pavement? Assuming you have some good performance tires close to the R-S3 from Hankook.

Will appreciate your response and others feedback as well.


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um yes 40+ pounds of boost and low weight tends to do that
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hey man,

first thanks for documenting this effort. I was thinking doing the same thing to save some weight but not going far as you did Primarily taking of the passenger seat, rear seat bottom and rear seat back plus empty out the trunk (spare tire, jack, etc, etc...) completely.

Here my questions to you:

1) How does the car behaves after taking out first the passenger seat and then the rear seats with respect to weight distribution. I mean with this following: Are left turns now, with the passenger seat off, more difficult than right turns?

2) How does getting ride of the stuffs in the rear (rear seats, trunk, etc, etc ) affects the weight transfer during racing?

I'm really really dying to know how this affects the the cars behaviour....

3) How does this weight reduction affects the traction on wet pavement? Assuming you have some good performance tires close to the R-S3 from Hankook.

Will appreciate your response and others feedback as well.
1. I didn't notice any difference.

2. weight transfer is a topic that can be beaten to death with weight reduction, with my current Coil over setup I can keep most weight transfer on the front end with coils on max in the rear and 50% in the front... I also have a Whiteline anti lift kit to keep the front down.

3. I have Michelin super sports.. had the Hankooks and these run circles around them in the wet and dry. I have yet to have the light rear end lose traction no matter how hard I enter a corner in the wet or dry. - Limited miles doing this @ the current weight.
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yeah its on the list before the cage... I started breaking some off its coming up very easy.
how do you plan on doing it? I've looked into this as well and read some different ways of doing it. some people use dry ice, some people use this cold spray, some people use a heat gun. I tried and mine seems pretty stuck on there.
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how do you plan on doing it? I've looked into this as well and read some different ways of doing it. some people use dry ice, some people use this cold spray, some people use a heat gun. I tried and mine seems pretty stuck on there.
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hmm, I guess I'll have to try that.
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dturboman - did you ever discover the weight of the stock hood?

I have read conflicting reports from various aftermarket manufacturers about the stock hood weight.

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Super interested in how much the ac equipment weighs! I wanna do the alternator relocate and ac delete

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Wow... speechless... you sir, don't fuck around. I will remember this for when I finally transition my ms3 to track use only. Thanks for the in depth thread.
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Since this thread got resurrected, Awesome. You are my hero. Done a lot of the same things to mine (because race car obviously). Rear seats, carper, plastic, metal, spare, balance shaft, even cut a coil off my springs for weight (lol), wiper, ....

Makes my Vdyno look great since I don't know the weight reduction and just kept it the same
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^^said cut coil for weight^^ rotfl haha that's funny right there. What does your car weight in at? I want to weight reduce so bad. Currently the family mobile but hopefully nothing but track car soon.
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Never weighed it. I should take all the things out of my garage and put them on the scale to see. I'm guessing somewhere around 300 lbs

I cheated and added back about 1 lbs of sound deadening....
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