BeQuietAndDrive

Tamago stated that he removed his rear seats, weighed them out, and they came out to be 75 lb's.

killerxromances

I don't see how the rear seats come out to 75lbs. Not saying anyone is wrong, but like i said...the integra weighed only 19lbs. Unless the rear seats are most of the weight in the rear... I haven't taken my rear seats out with the xb, and won't.. So, if they said 75lbs.. I guess...

matt_a

Am I missing something here? Why would you want to strip an xA down like that? I understand less weight = better performace. But xAs are NOT performance cars. Are you racing them in competitions or something? What big advantage is there to all of this? I mean, lets say you remove the passanger seat, rear seats, spare tire, stereo and you get a lighter battery. You may have lightend the car by what, 100 to 160lbs? If I have a passanger with me who's 130 lbs, I don't even notice a difference in performance. I'm sure there is a difference, but it's very slight. To gain that very small difference, I don't see how it's worth it to you to strip your car down to an ugly, one-person transport shell. It's still an xA, so it's still slow.

killerxromances

power to weight. its been discussed in the forums before, but thats the whole point. personally, i wouldn't go that far with my xb. im happy just doing some CF stuff and losing a few pounds here and there. however, every pound counts. 100lbs could decide a win or lose if the race is that close.

Tamago

i will re-weigh everything tonight and advise. i may have given you all bad info. i will weigh each piece.

~joel

Tamago

you just answered your own question.

yes.. we are..
that 100+ pounds makes a huge difference. also remember, cornerability increases when you drop the CG, and by removing ANY WEIGHT above the car's CG, you are LOWERING the car's CG.
you are thinking straight-line performance here

matt_a

Oh, okay. In that case it makes peferct sense. I thought people were doing this to their daily driver just so it would be a tiny bit faster in the occasional traffic light race against some kid in a civic. If you are seriously racing then yeah, I get it.

Ashe_WCM

the xA has potential to be serious contender in the SCCA, if classed right.
As for lightweight battry's (i know it's battery) check out this website.
http://www.performancedistributors.com/batteries.htm

Tamago

http://www.scca-susq.com/

your local SCCA club!

killerxromances

I will be interested in seeing what number you come up with. I doubt 75lbs, but if this is true.. I might consider changing out the rear seats for lighter seats.

cya

Tamago

i will include seatbelts and all bracketry in this measurement, as they are all out of my car replaced by 1 14lb momo smack in the middle, and about 2 lbs of aluminum bracketry

XaRS0888

yeah my rsx's rears seats only weight in at 25lbs. i know the xb's rear seats is larger than the XAs but 75lbs is just too crazy........

Tamago

official numbers are in.

large half of seat: 27 lbs
small half of seat 14 lbs
head rests: 1lb total
seatbelts 1lb total
seat bottom 9lbs

that's 52 lbs i was off by a few lbs lol

seat bracket bar 8lbs

so about 60 lbs for back seat assy.

now, here's some more
storage cover 4lbs
trunk floor 7lbs
tools (jack/wrenches) 13 lbs
donut 24lbs
tool holder 3lbs..

the lbs add up

BeQuietAndDrive

[/quote] Oh, okay. In that case it makes peferct sense. I thought people were doing this to their daily driver just so it would be a tiny bit faster in the occasional traffic light race against some kid in a civic. If you are seriously racing then yeah, I get it.[/quote]

If that were the case, I would agree with you.

My xA is no drag car. It's quite slow in a straight line.

However, I as well as Tamago and quite a few others autocross our xA's. That 160 pounds gone will do plenty for a car in autocross

But, to answer your question, removing 160 pounds would not do much for any car as far as 0-60 or 1/4 mile, although it would help slightly.

The real advantage would be in the corners, and braking.