weight reduction
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...Radio out
...all speakers out
...leighter wheels
...leighter exhaust
...de-cat pipe
...passenger seat out
...all carpetting out
...spare things in car and other stuf, out
...don't put to much fuel in
...don't put to much screen wash in
...lighter battery
...all sound dettening out
...lighter rear window(plastic?)
when you want to get even lighter then thinner materials...or the carbon what you don't like to pay
Thats what come up for now
GTRene
...all speakers out
...leighter wheels
...leighter exhaust
...de-cat pipe
...passenger seat out
...all carpetting out
...spare things in car and other stuf, out
...don't put to much fuel in
...don't put to much screen wash in
...lighter battery
...all sound dettening out
...lighter rear window(plastic?)
when you want to get even lighter then thinner materials...or the carbon what you don't like to pay
Thats what come up for now
GTRene
Rear window and roll bar cover
Footwell divider and passenger footrest
Passenger seat (replace with kart seat if competing in Production class sprints etc.)
Driver seat adjuster (fix it in the right place for you)
Boot carpet (maybe boot box too?)
Heater matrix
Driving lights
Empty washer bottle
Footwell divider and passenger footrest
Passenger seat (replace with kart seat if competing in Production class sprints etc.)
Driver seat adjuster (fix it in the right place for you)
Boot carpet (maybe boot box too?)
Heater matrix
Driving lights
Empty washer bottle
how about removing both front and rear clams.
ok its a vx220 in this case but still...
also how about no doors
www.vx220.org.uk/forums/uploads/post-2-1142420888.jpg
ok its a vx220 in this case but still...
also how about no doors
www.vx220.org.uk/forums/uploads/post-2-1142420888.jpg
smtwtgh said:
Depending on current spec ( ) try not eating for a bit - dead cheap too!
6ft 1 and 10st 10. Any thinner and it'd be ill!
I like that photo with no clams!
Car was corner weighted the other day - only 6kg difference left to right on the front, 12kg left to right on the rear (with 16litres of fuel and me sitting in) so we didn't adjust anything. However, total weight was 801kg which I thought was a bit high so wondered what I could do to lower it without spending any money.
bogie said:
not that much - engine and box is about 120Kg
I wouldnt want to run a motorbike engine in a 750Kg car though...they barely last 10-20K miles between rebuilds in Westies and such like
Hayabusa and bike gearbox should lose about 40kg, so maybe 710kg - lighter wheels, seats out, rip everything out etc and you could maybe just about get 650kg.
A 1500cc Hayabusa should give 210-235bhp depending on state of tune and around 110lb/ft torque. That torque figure's not that far off a standard K.
The bike gearbox should help acceleration greatly, it'd just have run through a diff off a K-series engine car.
I think it is very "do-able" and whilst I appreciate your concerns about longevity, it's not exactly going to be a day to day car! I think if it lasted 15k it'd be worth a go, especially considering how cheap Hayabusa engines are getting. How long would a 190bhp K last between rebuilds?
>> Edited by tuscan_thunder on Friday 17th March 14:22
yup...and thats why the busa engine isnt a popular conversion...Geary did one abotu 3-4 years ago...it didnt last very long....plus not many people want to blow £10K and end up with an engine as flaky as the VHPD...they are paying £10K to get a 200bhp bone stock engine that will do 100K miles and not having to worry about relibility
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