Weight Saving

[Elektix]

Morning gents and gentess',

This mornings great idea is as follows; with so little collated information on here and from the colonies on the matter I am starting a thread strictly for information on weights. I will update this thread periodically with peoples results.

So please, like with previous threads I have started of this nature do not clutter it with conversation and arguments about the numbers. If you wish to do so, start a fresh thread and link it back to here, or pm me and I will link into this post.

With the large influx of people breaking cars on here, and stripping them. We, in the UK have a notable opportunity to cash in on the crap residual value of our cars, and obtain as much information as possible from people performing this automotive autopsies as I will refer to them.

So preferable using the metric system, name of the part, and the weight. If you have a replacement part name it and it's weight.


These opening figures are from the yanks to get us going. I have converted them to KG.

Stock Small Battery - 9.57kg
Stock Replacement Battery - 16.78kg
Lug Nuts - 0.136kg
Engine Cover - 1.04kg
Battery Cover - 0.32kg
Emergency Tire Kit - 2.18kg
Car Jack with Case - 2.72kg
Stock wheels - 10kg a piece!
Rays MS-01 - 7.9kg each Rota's etc similar reduction.

Front Seat (power/leather) - 25kg
Front Seat (cloth/base) - 17kg (including sliders and mounting equipment)
Bride Vios III Carbon Kevlar with frames C.7kg each
Stock Catback Exhaust - 17.5kg
Stock Cat & Midpipe - 10.5kg
Stock Exhaust Manifold (with O2 Sensor) - 8kg
Stock Intake System - 5.9kg
Full A/C System - 8.2kg

Stock Aluminum Hood - 6.8kg

Stock Front Brake Rotors - 8.4kg each
Front Calipers and Pads - 5.9kg each
Stock Rear Brake Rotors - 5.7kg each
Rear Calipers and Pads - 4.1kg each

OE Front Shock Assembly w/ spring - 5.2kg each
OE Rear Shock Assembly w/spring - 5.7kg each

Front anti-roll bar 2.85kg
Racing beat front anti-roll bar 4.3kg
Fog lights 0.5kg
headlight washer with hose 0.8kg
4 brake dust covers 1.1kg
Strut Front Bar 1.8kg



Ok feel free to add your own. I will tidy it up and arrange things better.
Would be nice to know the weight of Tein Monoflex's and the air pump amongst others. I will weigh some tyres.

O and a biggy! If anyone could weigh all the useless insulation in the engine bay, under the carpets and anywhere else when stripping a car. Apparently there is ALOT to be saved there! Anyway, enjoy stripping your cars people. And hopefully we will have a solid list many will be able to refer back to, and get some notable gains from. Cheaper, and less of a 'snake oil' than some performance improvement methods I hear banded about.

Nick

[Will66]

I'll before and after mine when I start stripping it out.

[tyler82]

Thanks for taking the time to put all those numbers down! Weight saving is something that interests me a lot on the 8.

I was surprised to see that the Racing Beat ARB is heavier than stock! I was actually thinking about buying these but might have to reconsider

[olyoz]

They are heavier because they are stiffer.
I believe the standard ones are hollow and the racing beats are solid. They would cost even more if they were stiffer and lighter.

[zongoose]

Get the ARB, the benefit to handling will far outweigh (pun intended!) the increased weight. Heck if you want to compensate for it take the jack out the boot!

[Liam22]

I've almost finished stripping my interior (2006 231ps). Have been weighing it all as I go, but not item by item. Here are the headlines (all figures in kg):

Drivers seat 24.3
Passenger seat 18.1
Rear sears 11.4
Carpet + mats 14.2
Front door trims 5.9
Speakers + amps 7.5
Rooflining, roof trim and side airbags 8.7

Currently part-way through the horrible job of removing the adhesive soundproofing on the floorpan. Will update this when I've got it all out.

[Liam22]

Finally got all of the adhesive soundproofing out. Horrible job.

8.5kg, comprising:

- LHS floorpan, 2 pieces (as photo)
- RHS floorpan, 2 pieces
- Boot floor, 4 peices

[Bulldog]

Awesome post

[Nerdstrike]

Wow, even taking the layer under the layer under the carpet out! That's serious commitment.

[dilbert]

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[Phil Bate]

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SAI pump, pipe and control valve - 1.8KGs

[MadTaz]

Dan, don't you need that?

[Will66]

In a word, no. Especially if you have a decat.

[MadTaz]

So what's it's purpose?

[Will66]

It pumps air into the exhaust when the engine is cold to get the catalytic converter up to temperature quickly and reduce the emissions.

[MadTaz]

Ah cool, cheers

[Liam22]

HVAC system:

Fan unit, Heater unit, A/C radiator and pipework 10.0kg
A/C compressor, drive belt, tensioner and bracket 5.1kg
Refrigerant 200g
Coolant within heater unit ~200g

Grand total 15.5kg

[DanBass]

Dan, don't you need that?

Who's this Dan bloke? Lol

[Flameshades]

i did think that too Phil

carbon boot over stock saves you 4.2Kgs or there a bouts,
bonnet i think is actually heavier (my seibon is defo heavier than stock)

[Phil Bate]

Steve, Geoff - I have no idea what you two are talking about.

Carbon bonnets are heavier, but they sure do look purdy

[RupturedDuck]

Superb thread, thank you! Very useful as I am figuring out what to remove. All depends on what the MSA Blue Book says I can. It's free performance that I'll grasp with both hands.

[Danwells84]

Do you get an eml for removing the sai pump?

[RupturedDuck]

Great thread and very useful. I've to be careful as Roadgoing spec for my discipline is quite strict...

[warpc0il]

These opening figures are from the yanks to get us going. I have converted them to KG.
Stock wheels - 10kg a piece!

So that would for the 16" or 17" versions, as the Yanks didn't get 18" stock wheels.

[RupturedDuck]

I thought 16" wheels were not possible as did not fit over the front brakes?