Weight loss is an easy way to increase your acceleration times. However it is not as easy as it seems. This time we will tell you some ways to make your car lighter and we will give you some tips about what to do and what not to.
We will first discuss 4 stages of making your car lighter and afterwards we will give you some important tips. We will not say how much weight you will lose per part as this is different for every car.
Stage 1: Cheap weight loss.
This is what you can get rid of while driving a cheap daily. In this case you want it lighter but not that much that you will reduce comfort and driveability. Also all mods are easy to undo.
Interior:
rear panels
headliner
floormats
Dual DIN to single DIN radio
only front speakers
change climate control or airco to regular heating reguliere verwarming
remove central door locking system
go from electrical to manual mirrors
Exterior:
Spoilers
fog lights
Logo's/badges
engine bay:
plastic covers
anti noise material against hood and firewall
Stage 2:
comfort and the amount of trouble is not an issue anymore (we assume you have done everything in stage 1 already.)
Interieur:
door panels
Airbags
all plastic covers around pillars
carpet
noise reducers on floor
passenger seat and rear seat
midconsole
parts of dashboard
change regular heating to 12v blower
jack and spare tire
audio
Exterior:
Polyesther hood
replace sunroof by bung
windshield wipers
windshield washers
headlight washers
solid headlights instead of pop up headlights
lightweight wheels
Hoodpins instead of latches
engine/suspension:
Swaybars
abs
power braking
power steering
change regular piping to aluminum piping
lightweight resevoirs
smaller radiator
slimfan
Cruise control
Stage 3
The mods may cost money and the gains will not be that high anymore in comparison to 1 en 2.
Interieur:
Lightweight seats
Lightweight dashboard
Lightweight cluster
Lightweight battery
remove all brackets
Lightweight wire loom
window mechanism
Exterior:
Carbon/kevlar hood
Carbon/kevlar trunk
Carbon/kevlar roofplate
Carbon/kevlar bumpers
Carbon/kevlar doors
Carbon/kevlar sideskirts
Carbon/kevlar fenders
Polycarbonaat windows
Lichtgewicht mirrors
remove umper braces
engine/suspension:
less displacement engine (big n/a to small turbo for example)
Drysump setup
Carbon/kevlar intake
Carbon/kevlar valve covers
Titanium exhaust
lichtgewicht axels
(n/a) ITB‘S
(f/i) Topmount intercooler
Electricwaterpump
Lichtgewicht suspension
Lichtgewicht steering column
Magnesium velgen
Stage 4
Ongelimited stage. even though the above things can be done by a privateer with a large budget, the final stage is something that almost no privateer will do. There is hardly any chance that these cars are still streetlegal
Interieur
tube frame
Exterior
Carbon/kevlar body
Carbon/kevlar wheels
engine/suspension
Lichtgewicht racing engine
Lichtgewicht gearbox
Carbon/kevlar brakes
Carbon/kevlar suspension parts
This was part 1, in part 2 we will go more in detail about the laws of weight distribution and how we can use weight devided by racing types. Basically following everything on this list will do more harm than good in most cases.
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