how much weight can i save by guttin the cavy from the front seats back. is it worth it??
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Spare tire and jack are worth a good 50 lbs. Seats are 20-25, some carpet, rear deck, probably 125 lbs total. So 12.5hp net gain, or you could keep your interior and buy a 62mm throttle body and get the same gain
Plus your car wouldn't look like you just drove it out of the junk yard.
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or take on a diet for yourself instead of your car, that alwasy helps too.
already got lo intake mani and 56 mm tb pacesetter header and catback. tryin to get more.. and more.... and more... and more.....
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CHM (babyboy) wrote:or take on a diet for yourself instead of your car, that alwasy helps too.
i weigh 135 pounds and i am 5'8 if i went on a diet i would be ethiopian. the car needs to go on a diet. rear seat, spare and jack are already gone, deciding on whether to take the carper and rear deck lid off.
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ohh yeah, yalls hoods on the cavi's are heavy as @!#$, prolly goin to get a CF one soon
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sappyL61 wrote:delslo9 wrote:CHM (babyboy) wrote:or take on a diet for yourself instead of your car, that alwasy helps too.
i weigh 135 pounds and i am 5'8 if i went on a diet i would be ethiopian. the car needs to go on a diet. rear seat, spare and jack are already gone, deciding on whether to take the carper and rear deck lid off.
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rofl? WTF does that mean?? i guess it was funny.
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lmao, it was just a suggestion. i know i could stand to lose some weight...
so do yall think it would be worth it. ohh yeah there is a neon in lake charles that is totally gutted (only one seat and a dash) and everytime u say something it echos LOL i bet the music is goin to sound trippy. LETS GET STONED AND JAM TO MUSIC IM MY SHELL!!!!
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how much weight would you lose by switching to a carbon fiber hood or trunk lid
i lost 30 on the del sol and the oem sol is is WAY lighter than the cavy's
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i helped put on a CF hood a few weeks ago we didn't weigh he hoods but it felt like we lost maybe half the weight vs. OEM. DJcluless cut the spare tire well out a put in a lighter piece sheet metal to cover the hole.
Cinny wrote:i helped put on a CF hood a few weeks ago we didn't weigh he hoods but it felt like we lost maybe half the weight vs. OEM. DJcluless cut the spare tire well out a put in a lighter piece sheet metal to cover the hole.
how much did the spare tire well weight??
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In the end, this all depends on what you want out of the car. If you were building a track-only car then yes, it would be worth it to remove everything you can.
For a daily driven street car like mine though, I'd much prefer it not look like it's been dragged to the ghetto and chopped up and I'd like to be able to carry passengers in the back now and then.
If ALL you care about is how fast it is, then go to town and strip it. Only you can decide whether it's worth the effort though.
Wild Weasel wrote:In the end, this all depends on what you want out of the car. If you were building a track-only car then yes, it would be worth it to remove everything you can.
For a daily driven street car like mine though, I'd much prefer it not look like it's been dragged to the ghetto and chopped up and I'd like to be able to carry passengers in the back now and then.
If ALL you care about is how fast it is, then go to town and strip it. Only you can decide whether it's worth the effort though.
he doesnt mind the ghetto chop and he hates havin passengers in the back. Ok we are guttin that biznatch
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Take pics, it'd be sweet to see
ok we are doin it friday
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delslo, I gutted my cavi, and yes, youll def. feel the butt dyno diff...I removed to spare, jack, all trunk paneling, rear bench,rear plastic paneling, rear deck, and the rear carpet...maybe shaved 120 lbs total...but one thing no one has mentioned yet, is that your stereo is going to sound like SH*T.
had some rockford fosgate and sony xplode upgrades, and I guess the rear deck and backseat muffled (in a good way) the sound...unfortunately, it makes even nice replacement speakers sound like someone is singing into a coffee can. I put back on my rear deck, and the backseats, and now I have a decent sounding stereo again. I guess it all depends if you mind.
Also, just a suggestion...you can save some extra weight off the undercarriage (i.e. heat shields, fender linders, baffling, etc.)...maybe take another 20 lbs off that way, too.
Thought it might help ya...good luck!
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so how much time was shaved off the 1/4 mile then?
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hell mine is gutted, becuase my lazy ass hasnt put it back together since i got it running. It looks like hell, and talk about exhuast drone.
...wikkymaster, no joke, never run the quarter mile, so couldn't tell ya.
No dever dyno'd, never gtech'd...pure *ss dyno, heheheh....but by that test, felt like i musta gained at least a couple of tenths..
I WOULD like to give it a run sometime, geez, I hope I am at least in the high 15s...
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anybody have an idea how much the spare tire well weighs??
anybody know how to get the back part of the backseat out, i know the cushion just pulls up and unclips but the backing i cant figure out
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DUDE shave the bitch lol I plan on cutting out the rear deck this weekend. I guess i like simplicity , less @!#$ in the back less weight, and faster car. can't go wrong there!!! also there are ways of making it look nice.
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