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I have recently been doing some upgrades to my car and my mechanic wants me too loose the stereo as to get the weight down to the minimum. He has already pulled the air conditioning system and heater core out.

I rarely drive the car but want the stereo for the odd occasion that i do. Is it worth keeping for the two times a year i drive the car or should i accept the fact that he is infact correct and racecars dont need stereos..Its not like i can listen too it when i am racing anyway... am i just beeing a noob for wanting too keep it?

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Not that much in it Adrian. Removing the four speakers + headunit would probably net you a couple of kilos. There's the wiring loom on top of that but if it's the standard stuff I wouldn't call it excessive.

If you do want to keep the stereo but save a bit of weight, bin the rear speakers and strip the wiring back from the loom - acoustically they don't do a whole lot.

Stripping the deadening from your car would net you a fair bit though.

It appears I have left myself logged in at my mechanics workshop....again....

This is the first I've heard of this topic although I must admit, I'm interested in the outcome of the discussion.

(very cheeky Mr Gatt!)

I've actually heard of people running times.

Then stripping stereo etc out (But this included subs etc)

Taking out spare wheel etc etc.

And running slower times. They just didn't seem to manage the traction the weight gave them off the mark.

LOL that is funnnny!

I think loose it. Because really what kind of quality are you going to get out of it, its a race car... so no sound deadening = no sound quality, noisy exaust and all that crap, so once again you wont hear it properly...

Just listen to some music before you leave the house and humm to it! Also think, sell the stereo more money for the car! :)

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