Weight Reduction 25gt Four. Power/weight Ratio

[Kei_ayanami]

Hi guys does anyone here have any experience regarding weight reduction on the 25gt four version?
How much weight can the car lose? is it possible to lose around 100-200kg ?

instead of chasing hp gain and wasting a crap load of money wouldn't it not be better if i just remove useless crap off the car and give it a better power to weight ratio.

could you guys list me down what can be removed and how much kg roughly they are.

The only things I can think off is the following things not sure how many kg each item is as well..

back seats ?

spare tire ?

sound deadening ?

air con ?

what else can be removed that will still keep the car street legal?

Edited October 30, 2015 by Kei_ayanami

[Ben C34]

Whole car.

[Hadouken]

Remove motor. It's only a de in any case.

Could out walk it.

[junkie]

starting with a DE and AWD is a bad idea

[Hadouken]

remove 2 of 4 wheel nuts on each wheel

[Ben C34]

Do a poo

[Burger]

Remove the bonnet. You don't need it anyway.

[V28VX37]

Back on topic, some GTT weight reduction estimates from here: http://www.skylineowners.com/forum/21-tuning-technical-questions/172043-r34-gtt-weight-reduction-loss.html

5kg Sound Deadening

5kg carpets

20kg race seats (providing you remove front & back, all the seat belts and tensioners then replace them with light side mount rails and fibre/Kevlar shell.

20kg air con gubbins including the matrix behind the dash

7kg sound system – 4 speakers, sterio, amp boxes etc

7kg Hicas removal. Providing you just swap it out for a locking collar

15kg light weight exhaust. Yep, probably – if you lose all the silencers, cat etc

8kg coilovers – depending on what you get, you’ll probably lose 2kg a corner.

You can also lose weight through

- Bonnet

- Boot lid

- Wings

- Wheels & tyres

- Doors

- Strip down the loom

- Bumper braces

- Headlights (if it’s just a daytime track car, you don’t need them)

- Glass (replace with Lexan for the rear ¼, side and rear window,

- Cast manifold for tubular (will save you a bit)

- Replace electronic wing mirrors with static

- Remove electric window motors

Remember you need to fit a cage which will put weight BACK INTO the car, as will corner weighting.