(16-12-2013, 12:22 PM)Piggy Wrote:(16-12-2013, 12:19 PM)budd Wrote:(16-12-2013, 11:52 AM)Piggy Wrote: 10kg....a lot of effort for 10kg where you could save a lot more in places where its easier to get light.
IE, put me in the car...im 60kg. Thats a good 10kg lighter than most other lads on here!
Or just have a good dump before you jump in and dont wear damp jeans or big boots
10kg is 10kg no matter where it comes from and that's just the tar stuff, plus your a good 30kg lighter than me so I guess I need to try harder than most reducing weight, but your right it assumes you've already removed the more obvious candidates, chipping the sound deadening is pointless if you still have stuff like ICE and A/C etc
and rear seats, seatbelts, airbags, electric windows etc etc etc
yep the list goes on, but there's a point when the car becomes virtually un-useable on the road, I remember a particular journey to the Isle of Man in my old Nissan SX200, no carpets or sound deadening, no A/C, no radio, no rear seats my 6 month old daughters Recaro baby seat ratchet strapped to the roll cage, straight trough 3" exhaust, paddle clutch etc, etc ,etc the car was well on the way to been a proper race car which is fine for the track but definitely not pleasant on the road, it was like spending 2 hrs in a dust bin with someone hitting it with a stick the wife wasn't best pleased, mind you it was worth when we got there 360bhp, Toyo r888s, lightweight car and no speed limits it's pretty much as good as it gets
