Best way to shed some weight

[spinksy 0]

Right after owning an old 1.6 civic which had great power but no torque (180bhp & 117lbs/ft) I soon learnt the best way to go alittle faster after getting my bhp up was to put the car on a diet - I found loads of pointless heavy bits I could remove and ended up saving 80kg! (and acheived consistant 14.5 1/4 miles at Santa Pod)

What are the best things to remove on a VR6 Golf? I'll be removing the spare wheel and boot trim, was thinking of removing some of the sound deadening- anything else anyone would recommend?

[p0u1 14]

if your only using the car for racing in, just take the front seats out, slid them off the rails, then just strip as much as you can leaving the front rails and bits you want left in, but you will be lucky to get another 100kg out

[Ben Seabrook 4]

as above depends on if you want to use the car as a daily or just as a track/drag car mate ? can easily strip the carpets sound proofing etc out the cabin and save a load of weight, back seats etc

[spinksy 0]

it'll be everyday car and need all the seats.

I'll just have to have a proper look when I get the vr6 (given mate a deposit but havnt got the car yet)

the civic seemed full of pointless heavy bits lol

[Ben Seabrook 4]

well you can take a load of the sound deadening etc from under the carpet out but it will make it noisier obviously ! apart from that there isn't much tbh - change the front seats to buckets, strip spare wheel and tools from boot along with carpet etc from there

[spinksy 0]

yeah cool cheers!

[editionmatt 1]

air con if you have it?

[rosserooni 0]

Standard VR6 wll start about 1340kg, I got mine down 985kg, with two front seats and a full 10 point roll cage put in it. There is plenty you can strip out.

Interior: remove every piece of plastic you can see. Electric window mechs change for manuals, have a set for sale as it happens. Change windows for polycarb ones, have a set a for sale as it happens. Seats and rails are really heavy, lose those, replace with alloy mounts and lightweight seats. Remove sunroof and mechanism, replace with polycarb panel, have one for sale as it happens. Remove all carpet and spare wheel as already mentioned above. I never removed any of my sound deadening unless your going to race its just not worth the hassle, it takes hours and hours and hours. Remove all door cards, just use the foam insert. Remove seatbelts and pre-tensioners, replace with harnesses. Remove dashboard, heater blower, air con unit, glovebox etc. replace heater blower with all-in-one job from a vw polo. Get angle grinder, cut away inside of doors to suit but leave mount points for window winders. That should keep you busy inside.

Exerior/engine bay: Rear wiper, ditch that - useless anyway. Aerial remove. Aircon parts in engine bay remove. Stadard battery replace with Redtop lightweight job. Standard bonnet replace with carbon fibre, have one for sale as it happens (theres a pattern here). Front wings replace with fibre-glass / carbon fibre as budget allows. Loads and loads of metal brackets on engine which are useless, ditch all them. Is that enough?

[spinksy 0]

Great reply, thanks!

Now looking through the for sale section

[rosserooni 0]

You have a PM fella

[Lukey. 381]

airbags and the controller weigh a foookin ton, take the passenger one out, put a light steering wheel on and remove the controller from behind the centre console

[spinksy 0]

airbags and the controller weigh a foookin ton' date=' take the passenger one out, put a light steering wheel on and remove the controller from behind the centre console

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same as my civic then, i remember being well surprised by the weight of the airbags.

ill be removing them then :-)