eclipse weightloss

[turbo=good]

One day I took out my seats, tire, and jack. I noticed a little more kick(it might have been in my head) Anyway, Does anyone know what I can remove that reduces weight? My car is daily driven so I want my seats and I might need the spare tire. So what else is there?

[90GSTforME]

Well easy answers are the A/C and sound deadener. If you dont mind road noise pull up your carpet and remove the sound deadener all over the car. A/C system is pretty heavy but depending on where you live you might not want it gone. Also swapping out stock parts for lighter ones, but this can cost a lot of money.

[turbo=good]

I've heard of removing heat shields from the exhaust. what do you think?

[Donnie]

Don't mess with the heat shields. They weigh in at a total of maybe one pound and the entire time you are running hard without them, you are melting the plastic parts under the car. Not a good choice unless you replace them with header wrap.

A better choice for weight reduction is:

Floor mats
The hatchback trunk cover thingy
Back seats
The cover over the spare tire
Empty the washer fluid
Lose all the bull crap stereo eqipment
Empty the glove box and console
Run on 1/4 tank of race fuel
Replace the battery with a smaller, lighter unit
Replace the stock rotors with lightweight units (see comment below)
Lose the A/C, PS, and ABS
I have a 10lb. flywheel and Centerforce clutch. These are good weight reducers too.

The most important weight loss should come by way of lighter wheels, tires, and rotors. Less unsprung weight = easier to make the tires move = faster 0-60, faster 60-0, and better handling.

[DRagtop]

..and fast a week before the track event ;)

[ForceFED]

To add to the list:
Bumpers
Charcoal Canister
Lightweight Hood
Yank Interior Completely
Lightweight Race Seats
5pt Harnesses
Spare Tire and Everything to do with it.
Replace Glass with Lexan

and the list goes on......

[lee]

whats the weight of 1G AWD stock? also, whats the lightest street driven awd you have seen and what did it weigh in at?

[ATKChemist]

...Or you could run your ass around the block a few times. That might not be the easiest, but it will work. Once you drop that weight you won't be sweeting like a pig without the AC. HA!

Zach
'92 Laser RS Turbo AWD
"RSX"

[turbo=good]

Wow! I had some of those things in mind but it is a daily driver. I never thought of emptying the washer fluid. I don't need it any since I always seem to clog the sprayers with car wax.
How do eclipses drive without power steering? How do you go about ripping it out?
If I had another car to daily drive, my eclipse interior would be gone.
Hey LEE, 1G eclipses fwd = about 2600 lb so figure + 300lbs for awd. 2G range from 2900-3200. My friend has a 1g fwd that weighs 1800 lb just from saying goodbye to the interior.
Thanks for the info on heat shields, I was thinking of getting rid of it.

[kpresa]

don't forget the exlax, also you can completely remove the rear wiper and sprayer system. I left my sprayer and reaimed it so I can shoot the windshield of people riding my ass. Works pretty good.

[BoostLE]

took it off and replaced that area with an apex fmic. the support seems pretty heavy, 20 lbs maybe. Hope it doesn't get me killed.

[Peter 92TSI]

Yeah, anyone here removed their front bumper? I was thinking about doing so, and going with a 2G intercooler kit like the Large Greedy, but if I crash that would probably be no good. Would a 2G kit work if you removed the bumper?

[Viprklr]

Originally posted by kpresa
I left my sprayer and reaimed it so I can shoot the windshield of people riding my ass. Works pretty good.

LMAO! I think I'll do this. Everyone out here in hicksville likes ass ridin'

[kpresa]

Anyways my project laser didn't have a front bumper when I bought it. I was in a pretty good wreck with it too and it didn't seem incredibly hard. I didn't even learn about the missing bumper until I actually removed the wrecked bumper and then learned about 3 weeks later that there was supposed to be a stell bumped back there. http://www.dejontool.com has an aluminum replacement bumper I am thinking about getting.
I doubt the bumper is actually needed that much. If the crash is significant enough then it will just go to the crumple zones.

With regards to the sprayer. It only gets like 7-8 feet right now but I am looking at my old nt fuel pump and I believe a replacement one may flow better too. maybe make it like a fuel line with the pump always running and a return line with a pressure regulator then just have some sort of solenoid or electrical valve. I have way too much time on my hands don't I?? :)

[Trys_Hard]

Originally posted by Viprklr
Originally posted by kpresa
I left my sprayer and reaimed it so I can shoot the windshield of people riding my ass. Works pretty good.

LMAO! I think I'll do this. Everyone out here in hicksville likes ass ridin'

Very Very Funny! :D
I want to do this also but I'm afraid I may be shot at by a real gun on the freeways here in LA.

[SldSnk]

What about the exhast heat shields not the ones covering the turbo but the ones under the car?

[Red97GSX]

OMG haha, making it spray ppl. I almost gurantee that some hick would rear end me in his ford or put some use to his gun rack. I think im gonna try that this weekend just for kicks though );)

[miamigsx]

I don't see why you don't remove the bumpers and get hollow ones they don't do much after 15mph and that's a good 60lbs lighter brakes that's a good 16lbs if you get good ones lighter wheels is a good 8lbs all the floor mats and carpeting behind the front seats is a good 24lbs the hatch and spare tire cover are like 26lbs light weight hood saves like 14lbs rear seats are like 24lbs.

60+16+8+24+26+14+24=172lbs or as if you were driving the car without you in it

[MoBoost]

http://www.dsmtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=8226

[Nick 92 TSi AWD]

My car is a quasi daily driver (when it's not broken):

no ac
no charcoal canitster
removed sound deadening
stripped rear interior
removed stock fuel tank and shield, replaced with fuel cell
13lb dynabat battery
no stereo
sparco racing buckets (soon as I actually pay for them...)
5 point harnesses, removed the stock rails
no spare (kept the jack and a tool kit, it's a good idea)
no front bumper support
TCE brakes (12.2" rotors are slightly lighter than stock, calipers are 7.4lbs lighter than stock, EACH!)

that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

[GSXguy]

kpresa, reaiming that sprayer sounds like fun

[GTVR4]

This place, http://www.magnusmotorsports.com/, sells a bunch of fiberglass body parts for DSMs. Don't know if the prices are Canadian or US dollars, hopefully the later. Of course its not the cheapest route, but gutting your interior has its downsides as well. How about a combination of both?

I'd like to take the bumper reinforcements out as well, but what are the legal consequences if I get in a wreck?

[Nick 92 TSi AWD]

Marcus's prices are all in Canadian.

I don't know but they can't be good.

[bluedragondsm]

I was looking around and seen this... magnus motor sports is in Ontario... They are a very good dsm company and thats where im getting my turbo engine from.

They rule very good people and good service only prob is marco is in hawai right now on his hunny moon :rolleyes:

[wc_one]

Originally posted by miamigsx
I don't see why you don't remove the bumpers and get hollow ones they don't do much after 15mph and that's a good 60lbs

The bumper reinforcements weigh 12 lbs each. And they are designed for 2.5 mph collisions.

[ryanman250]

About the windsheild washer squirters.
I aimed my frront ones out to the side of my car and spray it while I'm driving down the road. People that have their windows down get fu***n pissed off. I'll do it whenever I gtta pick up my little sister from High school and they get pissed but it is funny as hell. I also have one on each side of my car on the bottom under my doors. Whenever I'm gonna race someone that I know is faster than me I'll spray water in front of there tires and walla they ain't got any traction. It works. Just make sure they don't see you do it. I have'nt ever told anyone about it but since this came up I decided to post it. Might help some of you N/T guys out. I really don't have to use it around where I live but when I go to Houston or San antonio or Corpus christi sometimes I use it.

[turboniam]

Damn Ryan, your a sneaky one! :D

[eclipse1gen]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by turbo=good
[My friend has a 1g fwd that weighs 1800 lb just from saying goodbye to the interior.

Are you sure he lost 800+ lbs from losing his interior?

[1 fast POS]

YEAH...1800 pounds:confused: ?Sounds a little bit stttrreeeeeeeeeccccchhhed to me. As for the bumpers weighing in at 12 pounds each, not on a 1g they don't. I remember the day that I pulled both bumpers off of my 1g, with the impact shocks still attatched they must have weighed in at 40 pounds each. Since I replaced them with some ace hardware aluminum angle that weighed in at about 5 pounds total, it was a noticable difference.

[turboniam]

In a thread about a guy with a 1g with race gas and $700 worth of mods, he listed a link to a spread sheet that gave what the bumpers weighed.

I think they were around 35-45 pounds each!

[Laserjpb]

How the heck do you re aim the rear sprayer? The darn thing seems pretty inflexible to me. Also, how can you get it to shoot so far? Mine just gives a lame trickle....and I don't think its clogged.

[eclipse1gen]

:confused:

[HuBerT]

i didnt touch my stupid rear sprayer and it used to spray my roof and the it would blow back down....when my car moved at all.....

[DrSKooT]

These are my current mods and what I gained.
No spare tire
No Jack or anything else in the trunk.
Removed stock muffler, left the cat and resonator. Cut the pipe right behing the resonator.
Removed heatshield above where muffler was
Removed battery box
Removed cruise control
Removed front and rear bumpers inards and the little strut looking things attached to them.
all the nuts and bolts holding those things in.
plastic wheel well things in front
stock stereo and all the speakers.
floor mats... and I think that's it...

I've weighed all of these items and came up with 123lbs. The next thing on my list is to remove the sound deadening under the carpet.

I heard somone once say something about scrapping the sound proofing stuff off the bottem on the car and here is my opinion. Don't do it. =) I dont' think I've ever been dirtier. It's like rolling around in tar. I also cut myself twice changing the blades in my scrapper. they were hard to get out because of the gunk on the scraper. I spent 4 hours scrapping, I got most everything off the trunk, under the gas tank, and all along the driver side of the car. Everything I scrapped off ended up weighing 3 lbs plus what ever was all over me. Also I came up with a lot of newly uncovered metal. Which I assume is going to rust sometime soon so I'm keeping my eye on it. SO, if you're pulling your hair out over 10 lbs, don't mind a 2 hour shower, don't mind having the gunk you couldn't get off on you for a week, don't mind the bottom of your car rusting out, oh, don't mind cleaning your shower for another hour.. GO FOR IT! Oh, and if your babysitting your girlfriends white dog, don't let it hang out under the car with you while you're doing it.

:D

[James92TSi]

Moved to Body Tech.

[DSMturbo2]

Originally posted by kpresa
don't forget the exlax, also you can completely remove the rear wiper and sprayer system. I left my sprayer and reaimed it so I can shoot the windshield of people riding my ass. Works pretty good.

oh man my secret is out. i love doing this. its the best mod ever. people go nuts and always back way off when you give them a squirt between the eyes:D

[shott17]

Originally posted by turbo=good
My friend has a 1g fwd that weighs 1800 lb just from saying goodbye to the interior.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid73/p252eb43b4ac1b2f495e9661b92252214/fb6b9643.jpg


we ripped out the interior right down to cutting sheetmetal out of the doors of our team car and w/ steering wheel and 1 seat she is still 2740 lbs weighed at the track.w/ out driver. and that wasnt w/ just the interior gone either.

[B430]

Originally posted by shott17

we ripped out the interior right down to cutting sheetmetal out of the doors of our team car and w/ steering wheel and 1 seat she is still 2740 lbs weighed at the track.w/ out driver. and that wasnt w/ just the interior gone either.

can you list what other weight reduction was done to the car? i intend to put my car on a serious diet too and would ideally like to get it to ~2600 w/o driver with somewhat of an interior (2 seats, dash + roll cage)

[shott17]

check ur pm box

[wildfire0310]

hey Turbo, was up.

who car are you talking about weighting 1800. The only two I can think of would be Jasons and Greg. I think Jason weights in at about 2000 and has a little more then interior guted and Greg well Gregs is a street legal race cars so half is stuff is light weight. So whos car or are they not on the board:confused: :confused: :confused:

[kobykris]

I've dropped about 300lbs off my eclipse.

bumpers, ac, rear hatch, ect...

[kobykris]

I'm right at 2840lbs with 1/3 tank of fuel.

A fiberglass hatch would really help, or doors if they make em

[GimmieBoost]

I'm not sure how much I've dropped...here's a list incase any1 gets bored and wants to try to figure it out lol

spaire tire, jack, tools, tire cover
rear seats, seat belts, and all the brackets
rear speakers and speaker mount plate
carpet padding, sound deadner
the wood peices under the carpet
manual front seat belts conversion
removed glove box and lower half of dash
removed windsheild washer system
fog lights and wiring
a/c system and heater core
front and rear bumper supports
there's some other lil stuff that I can't think of at the moment

Next step:
lighter rims, racing seats, 5pt harness, cf hood, lexan rear window, and lighter battery

My car didn't come with abs, power windows or door locks, cruise control, or any of the other options

I still have the interior panels all around since they are very light and some speaker box carpet where the rear seats and tire cover use to be.

[djsuperwho]

If you drive the car only in summer you might wanna remove the heater core unit under the dash and ducts, it weights 50 pounds.

[GimmieBoost]

50 pounds? Mine weighed in at about 20 and that's everything. It was a total pita to get out 2 unless u take ur entire dash out.

[4stringstylin]

I'm looking to replace my doors and fenders with oem fiberglass panels. I'm having alot of trouble finding anyone who produce these. Does anyone know of any companies that will make these parts

[shleppy]

Squidskins, up in canada.

[k1tty]

i know the doors are hella heavy.. those got pulled off the 1gb talon last night.. prolly could gut those pretty good..

[hdawg06]

For a daily driver I wouldn't go all out on weight reduction.

[turbokidd666]

ant one have pics of how stripped their cars are.

[MissGSX]

..and fast a week before the track event ;)
Well, fortunately for me I only weigh 95 lbs... :burnout:

[Morpherex]

Well, fortunately for me I only weigh 95 lbs... :burnout:
eh... anorexic?

And I hate to say this, but.. umm..
My car is a Japanese import
A japanese car imported from Japan is LHD?

I think you mean it's based off of an import.... Japan had no eclipse IIRC.

[MikeB_4G63]

don't get rid of the PS, if your gonna drive alot you'll need it. mine went out one day, well the belt broke but the PS was gone. I had to man handle the damn steering wheel to turn. its a bitch when your stopped. when your going fast it gets better. jus take the belt off an see if you like the feel of no PS. if you like it ditch it then. ITs a BITCH!!!!! :tat:

[fullmoon]

One day I took out my seats, tire, and jack. I noticed a little more kick(it might have been in my head) Anyway, Does anyone know what I can remove that reduces weight? My car is daily driven so I want my seats and I might need the spare tire. So what else is there?

Carbon Fiber is ya best bet for about 3 grand you can shave about 600-800 lbs off.

But you got a GST so ya may not wanna get crazy with it you need to keep some weight on those front tires IMO

[shleppy]

carbon fiber everything dosen't even equal 100 pounds savings. At most the hood will save 30, the hatch saves 10(its the speedglass that saves another 20), fenders save 5, and you can do door skins which save 30.

[turbo_se-r]

What about a carbon or at least lightweight driveshaft for the awd guys. Does anyone make one? I know on other awd and rwd cars that I've owned that made a big difference...

[rhinop21]

LMAO! I think I'll do this. Everyone out here in hicksville likes ass ridin'

Dude you live in hicksville!! I go back everyother christmas, i thought the youngest person living in hicksville was 70.

[Jp90Talon]

Holy old ass thread......

[thegchild04]

http://www.driveshaftshop.com/ to answer the question to the guy that likes to bring back old threads

[turbo_se-r]

sorry, result of searching without looking at the post dates.... better than a bunch of stupid threads from a noob, right? Just proof that I search better, read more, and use the FAQ's. Hence the low post count.

[swade]

searched really? (http://www.dsmtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135843&highlight=race+diet)

hmm

swade

[96CFGST]

Carbon Fiber is ya best bet for about 3 grand you can shave about 600-800 lbs off.

But you got a GST so ya may not wanna get crazy with it you need to keep some weight on those front tires IMO

Posting in an old thread i know. Last night i stripped the back of my car plastic, seats, tire, jack, belts everything but the wiring, rear wiper (just cause i dont have a plug for the whole yet), and speakers. Not sure on a weight but it was three large heavy boxes of parts and hardware.
I always thought a CF hood and fiberglass fenders would help. It does make sense to have more weight over the wheels though. Am i putting my self at a disadvantage if i do this? I know of countless FWDs that have them.

[bbbenjamin]

Wow i read this whole topic and there are alot of good idea. Especially the one about the wiper blades. roflll. Anyway i've been trying to scout a carbon fiber hood and all i can find is one's for 600. It doesnt make sense to me to shell out that much money for 30 pounds. Is there a cheaper option. Crazy question but would it be possible to make my own. Thanx. BTW before i get flamed for suggesting making my own i have a full paint booth in my garage. and i am jst getting into the scene.

[boardbreaker118]

don't forget the exlax, also you can completely remove the rear wiper and sprayer system. I left my sprayer and reaimed it so I can shoot the windshield of people riding my ass. Works pretty good.
Thats so badass! i dont even ave a rear sprayer. :(

[dunkmid345]

Has anyone done the cut out of the spare tire holder?
I have seen where people have just simply cut it out and put like a peice of sheet metal or some sort across it and and welded it.,
My car is a quasi daily driver (when it's not broken):

no ac
no charcoal canitster
removed sound deadening
stripped rear interior
removed stock fuel tank and shield, replaced with fuel cell
13lb dynabat battery
no stereo
sparco racing buckets (soon as I actually pay for them...)
5 point harnesses, removed the stock rails
no spare (kept the jack and a tool kit, it's a good idea)
no front bumper support
TCE brakes (12.2" rotors are slightly lighter than stock, calipers are 7.4lbs lighter than stock, EACH!)

that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

[DSM4LIFE-AWD]

Here is some serious weight reduction.

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo271/dsm4life-awd/DSM-Build-Thread/P_01747.jpg

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo271/dsm4life-awd/DSM-Build-Thread/P_01743.jpg

http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo271/dsm4life-awd/BackUp/DSC00554.jpg