Folding down the back seats to save weight thread - link?
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What a wonderful idea !!! 
Corsa driver said:
It only carries 1 person, Me. It has no extra weight in the car, all glove compartments, cubby holes and the boot is empty. The rear exhaust may or may not add power. It has only ever run on Optimax, I know you get more boost out if this fuel on bigger engined cars but every little helps. The tyres are always inflated to 38 PSI to give extra grip and less tyre slouch. Often I put the rear seats flat, this reduces weight. (Like why you crawl flat across a frozen pond so as not to break the ice). I regularly drive with around £10 of fuel, again weight saving, and often I use engine cleaner in the fuel load to remove debris from the fuel injectors. The car is always clean improving aerodynamic progress. I have timed the 0 - 60 at 9.3 seconds, and this shaves a couple of seconds off the standard time. Hope this answers your question.
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The rear seat thing, It is rare that I fold them down, but it has to be said that when folded they remove a bit of weight. Vertical seats exert more downward force because the energy is focused on a smaller surface area. When horizontal, the weight is spread and so is less per Centimetre squared.
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The rear seat thing, It is rare that I fold them down, but it has to be said that when folded they remove a bit of weight. Vertical seats exert more downward force because the energy is focused on a smaller surface area. When horizontal, the weight is spread and so is less per Centimetre squared.
Thanks
I remember this from before and feeling sorry for him.
I thought he had meant it would lower CoG, which to a tiny extent I suppose it would (not enough to make a noticable difference to a Corsa mind).
However upon reading it there, it appears he fully did mean it actually reduced the cars effective mass.
I thought he had meant it would lower CoG, which to a tiny extent I suppose it would (not enough to make a noticable difference to a Corsa mind).
However upon reading it there, it appears he fully did mean it actually reduced the cars effective mass.
Ive read about that on here before but this is the first time that ive seen the thread. If that profile pic is his car then he's on here too, i'll try and dig up his profile and a thread of his on extreme detailing.
Profile - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...
Profile - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...
Edited by jonnydm on Wednesday 20th June 12:35
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