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Best weight reduction mods??


Jamesy

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Lightweight wheels, tires, lug nuts

Performance seats

Rear seat delete kit

Aftermarket coilovers - AL or Steel housing both are lighter, AL housing can be much ligther then even equivalent Steel coilovers

ABS removal

Trac control motor removal

Trac control on teh throttle body and the motor

Lightweight Exhaust - Ti options available to

Lightweight Stereo system - remove factory amp, JDM amp's can be heavier then US amps even on a factory Supra.

 

A lot of these can be done as upgrades and weight reduction, hence having a nicer daily driver and it being quicker as well.

 

Hi guys

 

just wondered what are the best things to remove for weight reduction please?

 

Mine is a daily driver so dont want to go tooo OTT but i'd be interested to see what are the popular ones and how much they weigh....

 

So far i've removed:

 

Bonnet blanket (about 10grams lol)

Spare wheel

Jack

Tool kit

Stock a/bag steering wheel with lightweight Momo

 

 

Would rather keep things like door cards and back seats in as kids kinda like sitting on something!!

 

Antything in the engine not needed? I removed the Air Con system from my Skyline and that knocked off about 30kg!!!

 

Thanx! :)

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Lightweight wheels, tires, lug nuts

Performance seats

Rear seat delete kit

Aftermarket coilovers - AL or Steel housing both are lighter, AL housing can be much ligther then even equivalent Steel coilovers

ABS removal

Trac control motor removal

Trac control on teh throttle body and the motor

Lightweight Exhaust - Ti options available to

Lightweight Stereo system - remove factory amp, JDM amp's can be heavier then US amps even on a factory Supra.

 

A lot of these can be done as upgrades and weight reduction, hence having a nicer daily driver and it being quicker as well.

 

Thanx Nero ;)

 

How easy is it to remove the traction control (never use it anway) and the ABS?! :)

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A couple of hours on the trac control butterfly and module - basically remove the throttle body, then the parts. The trac control module/brake module another couple of hours to do that.

 

Thanx Nero ;)

 

How easy is it to remove the traction control (never use it anway) and the ABS?! :)

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A couple of hours on the trac control butterfly and module - basically remove the throttle body, then the parts. The trac control module/brake module another couple of hours to do that.

 

ok thanx mate..might wait and get the traction and Air con all removed at the same time ;)

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I'm wasted in this thread.

 

I won't be here all week. I've had enough. I hereby hand in my notice of chief humour maker in a thread not typically designed for laughter making or tom foolery.

 

if it helps your deflated ego i did a very small silent chuckle to myself when i read that, only a small one though :D

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I'm wasted in this thread.

 

I won't be here all week. I've had enough. I hereby hand in my notice of chief humour maker in a thread not typically designed for laughter making or tom foolery.

 

Oh I noticed and laughed, but i fear the wrath of Ian C for posting too many non-technical posts in the technical section! :D

 

Maybe Homer could indeed advise though on how to get driver weight down.

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