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Ballarat
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September 2003
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weight reduction
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Wed, 14 January 2004 05:35
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would a small level weight reduction have much of an effect on performance? for instance, would removing the back seat, carpets, door panels, spare tyre and little interior things like that have a significant effect on say, 100m or 1/4 mile times?
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Perth
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May 2003
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Re: weight reduction
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Wed, 14 January 2004 05:37
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in a word no maybe a few tenths 
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Lost in the K hole
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May 2002
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Location:
Perth
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May 2003
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Re: weight reduction
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Wed, 14 January 2004 05:54
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and you think you would get 200kg from the rear seat,spare tyre,and some plastic
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sunny coast, qld
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October 2002
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Australia
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: weight reduction
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Wed, 14 January 2004 06:21
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I remember when I had the sub box out of my boot, and stripped it completely (prolly 50 odd kg of weight), I could light up the back tyres in the wet without even trying
With all that stuff in there she took a bit of coaxing, but without it, baaammm, sideways city
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I wanna go Hawaiiiiii.......
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November 2003
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Re: weight reduction
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Wed, 14 January 2004 09:53
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Hey Ed,
what about removing 100kg from a 350rwhp 1650 kg car ?
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: weight reduction
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Wed, 14 January 2004 10:02
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not a huge amount
although I will say, taking 50kgs of stuff, + spare + all rear trim pieces made a different to accel... but also lightened the rear end a lot, and reduced handling
depends, of course, on what the weight split of your car is
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Location:
Colac, Victoria
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May 2002
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: weight reduction
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Wed, 14 January 2004 14:22
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money spent on weight reduction never gets the same results as money spent on engine/suspension/brake mods.
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Location:
Melbourne
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November 2003
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Re: weight reduction
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Wed, 14 January 2004 15:00
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| draven wrote on Thu, 15 January 2004 01:22 |
money spent on weight reduction never gets the same results as money spent on engine/suspension/brake mods.
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Even for handeling after you have done all that? I suppose it would in a track car, if you had like... $1,000,000 to spend on it. 
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: weight reduction
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Wed, 14 January 2004 15:01
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once you start looking at custom fibreglass panels, recaro seats, etc etc the price is well into the thousands
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sydney
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November 2003
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Re: weight reduction
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Sun, 18 January 2004 09:49
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when my ke70 pvan had the 4k still in it i removed heaps of metal from the back, it basically covered the part of the floorplan where the seats would go in a sedan (thats the best i can describe it) at the time i also removed the interior, passenger seat (mx5 buckets) and subs.... would have been no more than 100- 150kgs all up but man did that little 4k rock and roll!! im talking 3rds in a straight line, and handling like a go-kart! couldnt have weighed more than 700kgs by this point as the area where the windows go had previously been replaced with aluminium panels as well.
moral to the story- the program works if you work it. DONT put all your eggs into one basked. noone wants to drive a 1900kg-300hp fridge when the can drive a 900kg 150hp rocket.
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Location:
Perth
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August 2003
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Re: weight reduction
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Sun, 18 January 2004 13:01
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well if you want weight reducation you can always remove the engine for less wieght
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Anyway, it is very loud while driving and i don't recommend it to anyone who does regular long trips. But I love listening to the sound of my 1jz rumble as well as all the bumps in the road