cast aluminum wheels dont even hold together sometimes lmao

 

the TA car had poly windows... the rear ones could be done, door and front would be hard. Also sunroof replacement, did anyone make glass replacement or delete kit?

 

I think it was declared no; you would have to make yoyr own replacement... Which wouldnt be too hard

 

hardtop ftw

 

Foximus ripped his entire sunroof out along with all the crap associated with it. I think he said he just threw a piece of plexi glass up there.

I know at one point we discussed a carbon fiber piece but its just not cost effective.

 

CF parts aren't made to be cost effective It would look tities. Be sweet if there was a way to swap the glass with CF or plexi and still be functional.

 

well yeah but when your building a racecar and dont need to look like mr. fancy pants F the CF lmao.

i would assume the glass is the least of the weight i can imagine that whole track system has to be a heavy hitter. Can alway go from sunroof to moon roof with a stick and a piece of plastic lmao

 

Would be cool to make a simple plexiglass piece, rip the seals off the sunroof glass and apply, and make it so you can just pop it on and off as needed. Haha.

I believe i read once that everything together is around 40 lbs. and thats weight on the top.

Granted a sunroof-less car has metal in place of it but we also still have supporting sheetmetal 'framework' around the sunroof.

 

just get a big stick on cowl induction hood scoop jobber and put it over the hole backwards.

then you could duct the sunroof scoop into the passenger seat to keep the ladies underpants cool and dry from riding in such a magnificent automobile. No one likes a skunked out interior

 

if she is stinkin that bad she is getting the ol' ejecto seato cuz ...

 

This actually isn't a bad idea. Roof scoop like a wrc car so you get some fresh air on the track but also free up the glass weight.

 

if there was an easy way to close it/ seal it off from the elements. plus it would look goofy as hell being big enough to cover the sunroof opening.

Unless you made a fiberglass block off plate with a smaller scoop on it

 

Ya, a plate would cover it with a small hole/scoop. Not the whole sunroof as a scoop, that would be nuts hahhaha.

 

Per Foximus:Sl

so... weight savings:

Pulled OEM sunroof and track assembly, and replaced with a 3 layer piece of carbon fiber to drop 25 pounds out of the car.

Ditched OEM seats and went to Sparco fiberglass raceseat and wedge engineering brackets. Took 35 pounds per seat out.

Ditched rear seat and all trim, carpet and plastic in the trunk. i have to run the front cabin plastics for the class I race in, but if i didnt need it, its gone

 

I love the sunroof option way too much...HOWEVER. I would do a glass to CF swap that would still function if that is possible. hmmmm.

Rear seat delete and all that plastic **** is good.

I was with ryan gates with his first evo and he was even drilling holes in non structural sheet metal to save weight.

 

IMO it would be sick to have a CF sunroof panel that you can simply disconnect via some sort of latch and pop out and place in the trunk whenever you want.

 

I'm so happy I don't have a sunroof.

Come to think of it, I don't really have anything anymore

 

Has anyone mentioned you can save weight by running an almost empty gas tank? another place to save weight is just remove the calipers and brake rotors entirely, those things weigh a ton.

 

In all seriousness, I am doing a brake line delete. Not for weight reduction though haha

 

stfu,, trooolololllll

 

lol I'm deleting most of one of the rear brake lines for my proportioning valve. Converting from the diagonal split to front/rear. but I'm adding the valve, which probably weighs what the line I'm deleting does

 

What we need is a rear brake delete, but only have the ebrake...then you can just ebrake drift like a freaking WRC CHamp!!!!!!

 

fixed

 

Rice, what you need is a spelling lesson

 

lolol collld