i don't know where you've been reading, but FSP allows bodykits.. oh crap.. not sideskirts.. but your car has sideskirts stock, so i'm sure you won't get flack for that..

http://www.scca.org/_filelibrary/File/2005SoloRules.pdf

it's 10 megs, so download with caution...

i know you run for fun, but you really should just move over to FSP..

 

Heh, I've got a hardcopy of the rules.

Sorry for the Hijack. Moved this to PM's

 

So, is it safe to say that by purchasing a light battery, say, 15 lbs, and removing rear seats, 75 pounds, you would get rid of about 100 pounds?

Is a full tank of gas factored into the "2340" lb's or a stock xA or is that dry weight?

 

you would be correct.. throw out that passenger seat too

 

Haha, I cant' get rid of that one. I need my car to at least seat another person.

I rarely if ever seat people in the back, however.

Only thing I'm worried about is if my car would look goofy, with 4 doors, and 2 seats..haha

 

Get Aftermarket seats for the front and Perhaps find a way to cover where the back seat should be..

 

just took out the back seats today, maybe weight about 30lbs all together.

 

Best (in my opinion) for weight reduction is carbon fiber. Although expensive, you're combining show with weight loss! They make several different CF products for the XB and quite a few for the Xa. TC stuff is just starting to appear.

Rear seats - 60lbs (ish)
Front seats - 35lbs (ish)
Spare tire - 20lbs

Have fun! cya

 

A good aftermarket seat will run 15-20 lbs

 

So, Let's see.

Replace two 40 lb front seats with 20 lb's.

Savings-40 lb

Replace 40 lb battery with 20 lb.

Savings- 20 lb

Remove spare tire- Saving 20 lb.

Remove rear seats- 75 lb.

Replace wheels with 12 lb wheels- 4 lb per wheel for 12 lb reduction.

So, a total of 167 lb's lost,..2340 lb stock-167= 2173 lb curb weight.

Not too shabby!

Can anyone think of ways to shed that last 73 lbs, for a sub 2100 lb curb weight?

 

Carbon fiber hood...i lost 12.5 lbs with the xb.
If you have an xb, Carbon fiber fenders will save you a good 40 pounds, if not more.

thats 52.5 right there... if you don't want you're a/c unit, take that out. That will save you an additional 50+ pounds. thats 102.5 right there.

 

Ah, I'll keep the A/C,haha.

My goal is to keep the car nice while reducing weight. I've got a brand new car..I'm not quite ready to tear out everything yet,haha.

Everything I listed above, however, are all items that would not detract from the xA's "niceness".

The worst thing would be removing the rear seats, which could easily put back in in minutes.

 

xb's rear seats weight 75lbs?

 

who said they were 75lbs? the rear seats may weigh 25lbs. if you count all the brackets holding the seats in place, maybe 30lbs. i wouldn't say more than 30lbs. when i took the backseats out of my first car (97' integra) it only weighed 19lbs.

 

oh, and i don't blame you for wanting the a/c! however, if you want weight reduction, you don't need it there. sort of like how type-r's a/c is an option, and some high performance cars. theres not much out there for the xa as far as CF and FG goes... slow process because the Xa isn't as popular as the Xb/Tc. Sales wise. I give it a few more months, and more will be available. you could remove all the inner-panels and replace them with a light weight material. but you'd only save maybe 15lbs doing that. only so much you can do when you talk practical.

hope it goes well...
cya

 

ok you stated it's 60lbs ish

 

ok maybe i misunderstood him with the above line "Remove rear seats- 75 lb"

 

Find someone to make a CF rear hatch. that has to be good for near 50 lbs.

Replace all your glass with Lexan. Glass is heavy, lexan is not.

 

Oops, i meant 30lbs like i said most recent.. sorry for the confusion.

 

Where??