Weight Saving

[MintyFreshRacing]

I believe I may win at the holy grail of weight saving. I'll get some pics this weekend. Yours is a better colour though!

[warpc0il]

Serious colonic irrigation or did you take the Alex Zanardi approach - too soon?

[MintyFreshRacing]

I think enough time has passed, you’re ok. Haha. On a serious note, what a legend he is!

[PeteH]

Not just a legend, but one of the nicest and kindest blokes you will ever come across.

[warpc0il]

Just watched the program with him and Billy Wiz. A couple of great guys.

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[350matt]

thing is there's not much low hanging fruit with this car, Mazda did a good job what with ally / plastic panels etc
and for most of us I'd say we still want the car to be a usable road car
so I'd like to know how much can you save whilst still keeping it useable and have 4 seats and not be afraid of a motorway journey

smaller battery - 5kg?
removal of airpump - 3 kg?
toyo catback over OEM - 5kg?
toyo manifold over OEM - 2kg?
sport cat pipe over OEM cat - 3kg?
scraping off of sound deadening under carpet - 5kg? a lot of effort this one
removal of passenger airbag? - 8 kg?

so minus 31kg? on a 1300 kg car? ( not including driver and fuel etc)

so 2% lighter......

or am I missing something?

[warpc0il]

The "leather" front seats are quite a lot heavier than the fabric, with all those motors...

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[Timmy2]

Hi Guys
I weighed everything as I converted my PZ into a track car so here goes all in Kg

AC Compressor 3.9
AC Condenser and pipework 2.0
AC Pulleys & tensioner 1.0
AC main pipes0.9
Secondary air pump ,valve, bracket 2.0
Front no plate plinth & lower rad grill 1.1
CD Player 2.0 If you are keeping the heater you need the radio circuitry as it links with the heater controls
Under sill rubber strips & and plastic floor panels 2.2
2 Rear speakers 1.85
2 Rear tweeters 0.25
Rear Amp 1.0
Boot rear plastic panel 1.0
2 Side air bag curtains 2.0
2 Boot side trim 2.12
Boot carpet 0.9
Engine cover 1.0
Rear wheel arch liners & mud 1.8
2 Rear seat bases 4.5
2 Rear seat backs 5.9
Rear cubby bin and cradle 1.1
Rear seat belts 1.9
Bolts from parts removed 0.5
2 Front door speakers and tweeters 2.7
2 front fogs and headlight washers and pipes 1.2
Original battery replaced with powerLite one 16.2
Rear exhaust changed from std PZ to Greedy 9.3
Rear disc dirt shields 0.75
Small alloy washer bottle 1.5
Under bonnet insulation 0.3
Hifi Amp wiring 1.0
Floor & boot floor insulation 7.4
Rear footwell heater ducting 0.6
Rear carpet bracket 0.3
Rear of centre console and compartment 1.2
Steering wheel changed to Momo 1.0
Full harness belt in place of Std one 1.25

Seat belt harness bar added 7.0 back in

I've had a bit of an add up and the 50/50 weight distribution is still not far out

[350matt]

so what does the car weigh now?

[ChrisHolmes]

After a quick mental arithmetic scroll down I get c77kgs!

[mrspiller]

After a quick mental arithmetic scroll down I get c77kgs!

That’s about right
Add cage
Roughly equal


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