Weight Reduction
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darronwall
, Oct 31 2011 09:34 PM
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Posted 01 November 2011 - 08:17 PM
Ricky's old diet posts were immense!!!!!!
SteveA has made a decent list too of bits you can lose, but I agree with George Daz, leave your wallet in the van and you're sorted
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Posted 02 November 2011 - 04:43 PM
I would leave the undertrays on too. These actually help with the air flow under the car. You want as flatter bottom as possible to maximise air flow speed underneath. Removing these will save weight, but that will probably have less effect than the aerodynamic disadvantages 
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Posted 02 November 2011 - 05:19 PM
hopefully to something that warms its own tyres up so it doesnt have to weave around like a twat on the sighting laps and comes out of the pits in a decent manor and respects the fact that someone may be closing on them at a big rate of knotts
Another crazy guy about weight saving is Gilles (Rugissante). A very complete topic there:
http://www.myspeedst...opic.php?t=5572
That car is for sale. Gilles is moving up, but will not tell us to what.
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Posted 03 November 2011 - 12:29 PM
wow, did you have a bad experience with Gilles on track?
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Posted 03 November 2011 - 12:30 PM
Actually, I saw that Reverie is selling carbon undertrays for $$$.I would leave the undertrays on too. These actually help with the air flow under the car. You want as flatter bottom as possible to maximise air flow speed underneath. Removing these will save weight, but that will probably have less effect than the aerodynamic disadvantages
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Posted 03 November 2011 - 04:17 PM
It's the complete undertray (at least the part that is not included in the chassis), isn't it? 
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Posted 03 November 2011 - 07:55 PM
The biggest gain is in my opinion the wheels/tyres
After that comes some mechanical parts like:
Aftermarket, manifold and exhaust system
Flywheel
Battery
Fuel tank
EGR-Valve
Headrests
Stereo
Balance-shafts
fog lights
Removing these will have great impact on weight without compromising comfort.
Going further will cost more, give less and make the car to "raw" for most people.
Think trough what your goal is.
It's not good economy to waste a nice daily driver and realise that you wanted something else...
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