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#62 ·
Iv'e got the 1.8l eclipse and i have gutted my car as far as you guys. U bend where seats used to bolt up too, and all the exhaust shielding, my door glasses, the crash bars, the regulators, bump reinforcements, all sound deadening material, whole dash, all components of a/c and p/s systems, gas tank and filler neck, im think about ditching the rear brakes, rotors, calipers, lines, and emergency brake handle. What do you think my car weights? I don't have the engine or trans in it otherwise I would of weighed it already.
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#65 ·
clipse909 said:
Iv'e got the 1.8l eclipse and i have gutted my car as far as you guys. U bend where seats used to bolt up too, and all the exhaust shielding, my door glasses, the crash bars, the regulators, bump reinforcements, all sound deadening material, whole dash, all components of a/c and p/s systems, gas tank and filler neck, im think about ditching the rear brakes, rotors, calipers, lines, and emergency brake handle. What do you think my car weights? I don't have the engine or trans in it otherwise I would of weighed it already.
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Why are you doing this to a 1.8? And why would you ever think about taking the rear brakes off? Are you just going to leave your car in gear when it's parked? Have fun chasing it down a hill...
 
#66 ·
I said i was thinking about it......I'll probably get some cross drilled slotted rotors anyway. I dont live near any steep hills nor park on any. This car hasn't even made it on the asphalt yet. Why a 1.8? Because it's mine and I can do whatever I want to it. I asked a question in previous reply what do you think it weighs?

If you park your car on a steep hill in first gear it wont go anywhere. If you put on your e-brake and don't put your car into gear and the e-brake cable snaps (rare) what are you gonna be doing? Chasing your car.......
 
#67 ·
Dude NO!!! Don't remove your rear brakes. They also help slow your car down. ;) And you wouldn't get enough of a performance gain for it to be worth it.

Also something else for everyone to try. On my VR4 I removed the front hub assy (the part that the wheel bearing and wheel studs are in) and I ground off part of the flange that sets agains the wheel. I started out removing about half the thickness from the outer circle (space between the outside of the wheel studs - outside of the flange) Then I ground off some of the flange in a U shape between the studs. If I was to do that again I'd drill big holes in the flange rather than grinding it down cause it took forever.
I've had the hubs on there for about 6 months like that with no ill effects, and this is a 3700lb car w/me in it. You probably won't remove even 5lbs but it's rotating mass so it does help.
 
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#68 ·
AWDlaser said:
well, any ideas on what to hack up on the front of the car without any Ill effects?
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im thinking about cutting out the inner fenders and rewelding with aluminum

the front of my car might turn into a tube from, just might i wanna see if i can catch up the goodwill project
 
#69 ·
are you talking about building up something like this http://www.shearermotorsport.com/gallery/Russ Coxe/target7.html and then fabbing up brackets to fit the radiator? I think that would be really cool and hoepfully shave a substantial amount of weight. man I need to get a welder and learn. what about using "tubular," crossmembers or even K-members, I know its big in the F-body world as my friend has one on his SC'd '94.
 
#70 ·
Haha, that is awsome. I bet you could fit a cat in the turbo inlet. :eek:
 
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#71 ·
well, the back is done, for now. heres some pics. as far as the front goes I went ahead and ripped off the intercooler and radiator to see what I could hack up. I'm thinking since it is a street car that I will only cut out the bottom black section and replace it with a tubular U- bend that will be welded in, what do you guys think, will I actually save weight doing this. the rear is pretty light now I want to remove some weight in the front.
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#72 ·
You can save 10lb with a Fidanza flywheel.
How light are your wheels? You could save a lot with those as well. Both of these also will increase your whp. =) Just some ideas.
 
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#73 ·
Ohh by the way if anyone wants to know the brakes weigh in at 47 lbs for calipers, rotors all lines and e-brake handle. With this done; im upgrading the front brake to 95-99 dual calipers and some cross-drill sloted rotors. I'm ditching the rear spring/shocks for firestone bags kinda like the ones on a frieghtliner columbia. Also getting ready to mock up the rear end in aluminum, and im pop riveting aluminum plate all throughout the car.
 
#74 ·
AWDlaser, are you going to be putting a cage in?

You are going to need one after removing that u-shape in the rear. When you tore it out you tore out most of the support between the strut towers and will see significant flex in that region without a cage.
 
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#76 ·
Dayyyum!! :eek: My car is at 2920# with easy weight reduction. I plan to get it to 2800lbs and stop there. Can't get too carried away since it's the daily. :)
 
#77 ·
I use to have a HUGE list of how much stuff weighed. I weighed stuff like seats, seat belts with the motors and tracks, a/c componets, heater core (so not worth it) bumper supports, glove box, lower dash peice under the steering wheel...and lots of brackets and stuff. After a while bolts tend to add up also. The plastic interior peices are not enough to even matter. I had mine cut out like AWDlaser's and left the interior peices and got some speaker box carpet to cover where the rear seats were and the hatch area. Looked great and only weighed a couple pounds. I'll see if I can find that list though. Hope this helps.
 
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