Vauxhall Corsa 2.0 XE Club - Page 15

ad4mb1nns · 31-03-2008, 13:11

fibreglass wings, passenger seat removed, lighter wheels and brakes....

DaveB · 31-03-2008, 13:54

grp wings are approx .5kg diff a side so definatley NOT worth the effort.

Brakes; maybe
Wheels; looking into it
Passenger Seat; nup.

Jack · 31-03-2008, 14:01

Cut the roof off. You've got a cage, you don't need the roof.

In fact, everything apart from the floorpan can go. Just strap yourself in good so that you don't accidentally fall out.

ad4mb1nns · 31-03-2008, 14:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveB

grp wings are approx .5kg diff a side so definatley NOT worth the effort.

Brakes; maybe
Wheels; looking into it
Passenger Seat; nup.

ah ok.

but then again 5kg is 5kg.

at least cut out spare wheel well?

DaveB · 31-03-2008, 14:45

Spare wheel well starts as a flat piece of metal, and a machine 'pushes' the spare wheel shape into it. Therefore, cutting it out would not save weight

ps. I said HALF a kg per wing, not 5kg per wing

ad4mb1nns · 31-03-2008, 15:04

ah rite..

oh i missed the .

ad4mb1nns · 31-03-2008, 15:05

what else you got planned bar wheels and brakes then?

DaveB · 31-03-2008, 15:12

Hopefully getting it on the rollers this Saturday if I get chance, other than that I just plan on driving it, and fixing it when I break it

ad4mb1nns · 31-03-2008, 15:14

cool, where you going for rollers?

DaveB · 31-03-2008, 15:20

www.theracingline.co.uk

LongLiveTheNova · 31-03-2008, 15:21

Quite suprising that weight. I would of expected less.

Did they charge you to weigh it?
I want get mine weighed.

DaveB · 31-03-2008, 15:53

yeh public weighbridges charge you. It cost me £6

if you google "public weighbridges" and stick in your nearest town/city they normally bring a few up for you to choose

ad4mb1nns · 31-03-2008, 16:28

yea u told me about that took me ages to find mind.

i wa booked in for last week but cancelled cos of that chassis problem

DaveB · 01-04-2008, 07:43

all repaired now then?

ad4mb1nns · 01-04-2008, 13:24

yea just got a knocking noise from back but cant find it to save my life. going to aquire your help sunday to help me find it.

DaveB · 01-04-2008, 13:29

Thanks, plenty more educated people than me will be going to the help. So I'm sure someone will be able to look. It's normally the exhaust catching on the rear beam

ad4mb1nns · 01-04-2008, 13:36

well ive shook it about cant hear owt...

but ive got creaking aswell so gunna order sum new bushes and go from there..

am i alright to meet u at yours sunday before u go to slaithwaite?

DaveB · 01-04-2008, 13:38

yes

ps. Stop spamming my thread

ad4mb1nns · 01-04-2008, 13:41

sorry. you started it...

PERALBOY · 01-04-2008, 15:18

Difficult for you to loose much more weight without either going on the atkins diet for a week before every track day or going bonkers with a hole cutter.

djivesp · 01-04-2008, 15:25

you could do something with the roof - new m3 style

would help bring the centre of gravity down a bit too!

DaveB · 01-04-2008, 15:35

Roof'll be staying as it is, bar maybe a roof vent as its fkin hot inside now I can't have the window properly down!

Hopefully sourced a kevlar passenger seat with alloy mounts, so that should shave another 10kg off

ad4mb1nns · 01-04-2008, 15:37

just have the kevlar as a drivers seat and no passenger...

DaveB · 01-04-2008, 15:52

djivesp · 01-04-2008, 16:03

aaah yeah seats, of course !! i had an idea for a project not long ago involving seats and kevlar/grp, uh ohh

... how heavy are the standard seats ??
i take it they're about 15 kilos then

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