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Dont forget the wheels! Throw some Motegi trak lites on there!
Massive weight can be saved in the wheel department, and its unsprung weight too, triple bonus. Forged aluminum lugs if you want to get all crazy about it. Replace all glass with lexan or completely remove what you can get by with removing. Pull the supports out of the hood and trunk so they are just skins, remove all latching hardware, cables, hinges, etc and replace with those body locks or aluminum pins from autozone. That'll get you CF hood and trunk weight for damn near free, freeing up more fundage for seats, wheels, tires, etc.
I assume you've pulled up all the sound deadening material from the floor of the car? Thats something like 20+ pounds right there.
Getting picky: Pick up a set of el cheapo aftermarket side mirrors. Stock units weigh around 2 lbs each, those cheap ebay ones weight a little over a pound for the pair. "spoon" mirrors ftw! lol
P.S. Leave your bumper supports alone, they weigh less than 10 lbs each and you'll love them if you smack a wall or bump another car fairly hard. The safety they provide far outweighs the weight penalty of having them, and may save your car from being totalled in a minor collision.
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One more thought: I know you got headers already so you saved the weight there. You might see if its legal to remove the rest of your exhaust and have a pipe dump out right next to the front wheel. Lots of weight savings there. Aftermarket intake manifolds are usually alot lighter than stockers too, but thats $400 for a few pounds... kinda going too far there.
Massive weight can be saved in the wheel department, and its unsprung weight too, triple bonus. Forged aluminum lugs if you want to get all crazy about it. Replace all glass with lexan or completely remove what you can get by with removing. Pull the supports out of the hood and trunk so they are just skins, remove all latching hardware, cables, hinges, etc and replace with those body locks or aluminum pins from autozone. That'll get you CF hood and trunk weight for damn near free, freeing up more fundage for seats, wheels, tires, etc.
I assume you've pulled up all the sound deadening material from the floor of the car? Thats something like 20+ pounds right there.
Getting picky: Pick up a set of el cheapo aftermarket side mirrors. Stock units weigh around 2 lbs each, those cheap ebay ones weight a little over a pound for the pair. "spoon" mirrors ftw! lol
P.S. Leave your bumper supports alone, they weigh less than 10 lbs each and you'll love them if you smack a wall or bump another car fairly hard. The safety they provide far outweighs the weight penalty of having them, and may save your car from being totalled in a minor collision.
Good god, I've edited like 10 times...
One more thought: I know you got headers already so you saved the weight there. You might see if its legal to remove the rest of your exhaust and have a pipe dump out right next to the front wheel. Lots of weight savings there. Aftermarket intake manifolds are usually alot lighter than stockers too, but thats $400 for a few pounds... kinda going too far there.
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