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April 2003
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Weight Reduction
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Sun, 14 November 2004 07:08
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Over the last few weeks when I had time I stripped my Sprinter down and decided to do some weight reduction. I took out the sound deadening,carpet,heater box, air-con,back seat and pretty much everything but the dash pad,door trims and front seats.
I went to a weight bridge today and with about 2/3 tank of fuel and the car weighed in at 950kg
I have a 4agze,upgrade front brakes, modified tailshaft,disc brake rear end, 15inch simmons, 3 core radiator and other engine mods and thats about it.
I was hoping for less total weight then that .... can anyone tell me if sounds right or is the car to heavy for what has been taken out?
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Location:
South Australia
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Weight Reduction
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Sun, 14 November 2004 07:25
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Sounds 'bout right. 
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Location:
Castle Hill, Sydney
Registered:
February 2004
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Re: Weight Reduction
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Sun, 14 November 2004 08:12
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so you can take off about 25-30kg's for the petrol, thats pretty good if u ask me!
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Location:
Hornsby, N.S.W
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Weight Reduction
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Sun, 14 November 2004 08:22
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now all you have to do, is run a few laps of the block each day and do some DRIVER WEIGHT REDUCTION!!!
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Weight Reduction
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Sun, 14 November 2004 09:25
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Ive done similair mods and weight reduction and with a 4age was around 900kg...
The 4a-gze is meant to weigh around 50kg extra sound your car seems to be about right.
Other things you can do are:
* Light weight wheels/rims
* Optima 6kg Dry cell battery (move to rear of car)
* Replace glass windows with lexan (illegal/unroadworthy light none the less)
* Fiberglass/Carbon Fiber/Kevlar panels (hatch, guards, bonnet)
* Fixed back light weight racing seats
* What juzzo84 said!
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