(06-08-2012, 07:54 PM)Jonny b Wrote: Iam getting engine mounts done soon bud, so I'll have a spare if you want to borrow?

(06-08-2012, 07:58 PM)Jonny81191 Wrote: I have a glovebox

(06-08-2012, 08:02 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote:

(06-08-2012, 07:58 PM)Jonny81191 Wrote: I have a glovebox

How much posted?

(06-08-2012, 09:54 PM)Ed Doe Wrote: I weigh 69kg (giggidy) and only drive in a manthong and raceshoes

(06-08-2012, 10:08 PM)Jonny b Wrote:

(06-08-2012, 09:54 PM)Ed Doe Wrote: I weigh 69kg (giggidy) and only drive in a manthong and raceshoes

and your gay as f*ck driving gloves lol

(06-08-2012, 10:19 PM)Matt Wrote: id say its worth it, mine certainly feels different, what would you be stripping to only get 54kg?

(06-08-2012, 09:54 PM)Ed Doe Wrote: I weigh 69kg (giggidy) and only drive in a manthong and raceshoes made from a fine weave of carbo-unobtanium glued together with rallye-owners' tears.

(06-08-2012, 09:59 PM)Niall Wrote: Book weight for the gti6 with a tank full is 1115kg. How have you come up with 1200?

(06-08-2012, 10:19 PM)Matt Wrote: id say its worth it, mine certainly feels different, what would you be stripping to only get 54kg?

(07-08-2012, 10:59 AM)Ruan Wrote: SERIOUSLY did you weigh the trim screws?

(07-08-2012, 11:38 AM)sam Wrote: i have a non air con set of the rallye engine i broke a while ago if your interested? looks good though chap

(07-08-2012, 02:47 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote:

(07-08-2012, 10:59 AM)Ruan Wrote: SERIOUSLY did you weigh the trim screws?

Yep!

(07-08-2012, 03:25 PM)Poodle Wrote:

(07-08-2012, 02:47 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote:

(07-08-2012, 10:59 AM)Ruan Wrote: SERIOUSLY did you weigh the trim screws?

Yep!

Bollocks, i was the sucker stood there with the scales. :p Gotta say though, was quite interesting to see what all the different bits weighed. Also, why the feck is there 100g difference between the o/s and n/s rear quarter insulation..? They were both the same size, same thickness and dry as a bone...

Dum, why are you buying a glovebox if you're only going to hack the dash apart in a month to try and even up the weight dist. again?

(07-08-2012, 03:44 PM)c.a.r. Wrote: For what it's worth, I wouldn't run a stripped out standard GTi6. The weight savings you've indicated so far just don't make it worth it, unless it was for competition. In which instance you'd be adding in a 50kg+ cage to meet with the regs anyway!

It's good that you're having a laugh and all that but I think I'd prefer a car with a full interior and just put up with the extra weight of it, as the benefits of having a full interior in this instance seem to outweigh the advantage of shaving the weight in the first place.

If you're going to do it then go all-out, strip, cage, buckets and harnesses. But you'll remember Nick!'s red Rallye from back in the day, it made little compromises to save weight and it was quite a chore to drive any great distance (such as to a trackday) - yes it's a bloody good laugh when you're having a hoon but this is never, ever 100% of the time, since we have traffic, crap roads and poor weather to contend with every day.

In a nutshell; stripped interiors look wank, are not nice to spend long periods of time in and ultimately the gains aren't worth it on the road.

Does your insurance co. know that you've shed all this weight? As a car is insured for carrying X amount of passengers (4 + driver in this case). I'd wager there's a possibility you can invalidate insurance policies without advising them.

(07-08-2012, 03:54 PM)Matt Wrote: IYO. Stripped interiors look the tits IMO, have it fully stripped from front seats back, with a net. Will be losing standard seats for buckets, standard seatbelts for harnesses, will also have a cage. Once done I intend to use it on as many trackways as possible. I don't see it being a chore to drive atall, infact feels better to drive, feels a lot nippier? Only down side is increased noise, but with decent tyres can be reduced

(07-08-2012, 04:00 PM)c.a.r. Wrote: Of course all my opinion!

I did like the 'theatre' so to speak of the journey time spent in Nick's Rallye (you might remember I got him to drive me up to a Christmas meet after I wrote off my GTi6...) but I couldn't live with it everyday. One other consideration is to make sure you don't need to reach anything from the drivers seat if you're installing harnesses. Those sunglasses? Keep them in reach. The MP3 player? Again don't put it in the glovebox as it'll be out of reach. Want to change a CD? Keep that in reach too haha!

Fond memories of doing 80 down dual carriageway and undoing my harness so I could change the CD!

Wait til the winter too. That carpet you remove is very good at insulating the car. Without it, it's bloody cold!

(07-08-2012, 03:44 PM)c.a.r. Wrote: For what it's worth, I wouldn't run a stripped out standard GTi6. The weight savings you've indicated so far just don't make it worth it, unless it was for competition. In which instance you'd be adding in a 50kg+ cage to meet with the regs anyway!

It's good that you're having a laugh and all that but I think I'd prefer a car with a full interior and just put up with the extra weight of it, as the benefits of having a full interior in this instance seem to outweigh the advantage of shaving the weight in the first place.

If you're going to do it then go all-out, strip, cage, buckets and harnesses. But you'll remember Nick!'s red Rallye from back in the day, it made little compromises to save weight and it was quite a chore to drive any great distance (such as to a trackday) - yes it's a bloody good laugh when you're having a hoon but this is never, ever 100% of the time, since we have traffic, crap roads and poor weather to contend with every day.

In a nutshell; stripped interiors look wank, are not nice to spend long periods of time in and ultimately the gains aren't worth it on the road.

Does your insurance co. know that you've shed all this weight? As a car is insured for carrying X amount of passengers (4 + driver in this case). I'd wager there's a possibility you can invalidate insurance policies without advising them.