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Going to AutoX this weekend. My Mini still weights 700 pounds MORE than the other SMF cars but I do scare them. The top five in our Tire SMF Class finish within 1 second of each other and I am in that mix.
Next I really want to Lexan my windows to save more weight...Later I will try to get more horsepower with some kind of Turbo Upgrade
what parameters did you change to code the restraint errors?
- Replace window glass with plexiglass
- Remove doors
- Remove gas struts from hatch
- Remove bumper aprons
- Crash diet for driver
- Sand body panels down to bare metal
- Helium in tires
Those are some ideas. You didn't say they had to be good ideas
I have seen a couple people on here that bought a smaller battery to save a few pounds, but I don't know those details.
My Stock Battery was 52 Pounds!!!
My Lithium Battery is 6 Pounds and works great ...It was $699 but worth every penny
Buy lighter wheels and tires. Check out Eneki RPF1 vs. stock wheel weight. Also get the lightest tires you can find. Unsprung weight is a performance and handling killer . Race teams send thousand$ to shave that weight off. You can drop nearly 40 lbs with new wheels and tires and in the process gain approx 10 WHP and wheel TQ.
I have some TrakLite 189x8.5 Wheels that are pretty light with some 265/35/18 YOKO A052 which weight 22#s each
I reckon your list is good Darby. I assume you've done battery, right?
I've good wheels/tires, and am running a base model of the same car, and I was at 2,770 when last corner weighted (no ballast).
I bet you can get 20# out of the seats, the rears aren't as heavy but could be deleted if you have not done so.
But I assume that you understand that our chassis, lovely as it is, will not be top rank nationally against 320hp 2,200 pound Hondas and their ilk. I have watched SMF up here in the NER for quite a while, and my example is a car called "Smurf"...
I shall be quite interested in what your final weight becomes.
Cheers,
Charie
I am down to 2695# now. I still want to drop at least another 200 #.
I did replace the stock seats with 2 Race Seats and lost another 44#s
Do you have airconditioning still onboard ?, there you find 20 kgs. - hood/ makrolon boot lid ea.12 kgs, ..... 12 kgs exhaust. Latest our 3,5 kgs seats as extra for "The few" which can be chosen to replace the already 11 kgs lighter Recaro of the base model.
The boot lid with makrolon window:
I really do need the Carbon Hood and Rear Hatch with the Glass Change
