weight reduction in a speed3

[quickspeed6]

What have you guys done and how much was the difference? i know in my speed6 i took the sapre tire out, turbo back exhaust and megan springs i went from 3586 down to 3410!!!

[phillyb]

i've taken off the dynamic damper, which was about 1 pound. it freed up about 17 whp. #4 is what i'm talking about

[phillyb]

and yes i'm joking

[quickspeed6]

Originally Posted by phillyb and yes i'm joking

i look at this and was like ............WTF this dude is on crack LOL!!

[AmillieMS6]

cocain is a hellava drung

[EvilSpeed3]

If Phillyb smoked crack, his name would be Phillycrack, and he would have sold his Speed3 for crack.

As far as weight reduction, don't carry fat women in the car. That keeps it fast.

[demonspeed]

Originally Posted by EvilSpeed3 If Phillyb smoked crack, his name would be Phillycrack, and he would have sold his Speed3 for crack. As far as weight reduction, don't carry fat women in the car. That keeps it fast.

+1

Its my daily driver, so its as fast as I can make it without taking from it.

[titaniumSS]

Interested in the same. I'm going to take my spare out now. AAA is nice to have in case I ever need a spare lol. So is a fiancee that drives your other car and can bring the spare to you lol.

[EvilSpeed3]

You can take the entire interior out of the back, and cover it with the little storage tarp thing behind the rear seats and keep a large blanket back there. The sound deadning can come out. New front seats with no side airbags should save a few pounds. If you wash your car often, you can take the windshield washer resivoir out.

There are better ways, such as adding performance parts. Weight reductions aren't really necessary unless your just hXc. Nothing wrong with being super hardcore.

[titaniumSS]

lol I know I'm just looking at unnecessary things like the spare. Not sure about anyone else. This is my daily so I like the amenities.

[corbs]

cf hood - 20lbs
new tires/rims - no idea
stripped my entire interior - 40lbs exactly

[dbrier]

Like corbs said, one of the best things you can do is lightweight wheels and tires.
Some 17 lb wheels will not only shave 28lbs from the car, it's rotating weight so can figure it at double to triple the weight.
Pay attention to tire weight too and you can reduce even more.

[titaniumSS]

Sadly, the lighter wheels I want are pretty costly, so that has to wait lol.

[johnnyspeed6]

take the motor out

[phillyb]

turbo too. that little thing is heavy

[rodrigo]

im 1 min behind u philly

[Vin]

I let a race horse jockey drive at the track. About 100lbs. weight reduction.

[dbrier]

Someone was working on some two piece, stock sized MS3 front rotors that were 10 lbs lighter than the stock rotors.

[quickspeed6]

Originally Posted by corbs cf hood - 20lbs new tires/rims - no idea stripped my entire interior - 40lbs exactly

Believe me you will shave WAY more than 40 taking the entire interior out. The front seat alone is about 50... I guarantee that if you pull ALL of your interior out except your front seat you will loose about 150lbs!!!

This is the
cushion for the rear seat 10-15lbs
floor mats 6-8
backs of the back seat (at least 30+ lbs there)
front seat 40+ lbs
spare tire 45lbs
jack 10+ lbs


We know someone with a speed3 that we weighed and it weighed in about 2750 with a full interior strip except for the front seat. He also had other things on the car that contributed to the weigh reduction. But when we took the interior out we lost about 150+ lbs

[Scatt Nasty]

BSD -15 lbs ? +3 whp ? anyone ?