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Weight Reduction 25gt Four. Power/weight Ratio

Kei_ayanami

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Hi guys does anyone here have any experience regarding weight reduction on the 25gt four version?
How much weight can the car lose? is it possible to lose around 100-200kg ?

instead of chasing hp gain and wasting a crap load of money wouldn't it not be better if i just remove useless crap off the car and give it a better power to weight ratio.

could you guys list me down what can be removed and how much kg roughly they are.

The only things I can think off is the following things not sure how many kg each item is as well..

back seats ?

spare tire ?

sound deadening ?

air con ?

what else can be removed that will still keep the car street legal?

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Back on topic, some GTT weight reduction estimates from here: http://www.skylineowners.com/forum/21-tuning-technical-questions/172043-r34-gtt-weight-reduction-loss.html

5kg Sound Deadening

5kg carpets
20kg race seats (providing you remove front & back, all the seat belts and tensioners then replace them with light side mount rails and fibre/Kevlar shell.
20kg air con gubbins including the matrix behind the dash
7kg sound system – 4 speakers, sterio, amp boxes etc
7kg Hicas removal. Providing you just swap it out for a locking collar
15kg light weight exhaust. Yep, probably – if you lose all the silencers, cat etc
8kg coilovers – depending on what you get, you’ll probably lose 2kg a corner.
You can also lose weight through
- Bonnet
- Boot lid
- Wings
- Wheels & tyres
- Doors
- Strip down the loom
- Bumper braces
- Headlights (if it’s just a daytime track car, you don’t need them)
- Glass (replace with Lexan for the rear ¼, side and rear window,
- Cast manifold for tubular (will save you a bit)
- Replace electronic wing mirrors with static
- Remove electric window motors
Remember you need to fit a cage which will put weight BACK INTO the car, as will corner weighting.
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