Livable Weight Reduction Options

[Coomer]

Tonight was a sad night. On the way home I was on the freeway alone and a gutted, loud EF Civic hatch got next to me and revved for a minute. We slowed down to 60 or so, I dropped it down to third, and floored it until about 75(This was in a 70 MPH zone.) Sadly, the gutted EF pulled on me...I'm confident that it didn't have a B16 because it wasn't too fast, but it was obviously modded.

But anyway, it made me sad, and the whole way home I was thinking about what I could remove to save some weight off of my car. Here's what I came up with so far. Keep in mind that I want my car to still be daily-drivable and comfortable.

• A/C compressor, condensor, lines, and whatever else is hidden away in the dash that's related to the A/C (A/C doesn't work anyway)
• 2 10" Xtant subs in my very heavy MDF box and my JBL BP300.1 amp
• Spare tire (Fix-a-flat has worked fine for me before.)
• Passenger airbag (I don't think it'd deploy anyway since I have no driver's airbag)
• Airbag and cruise control computers
• That sound deadener stuff that's stuck to the metal of the floor (will be replaced with Ensolite foam)
• Added RaamMat sound deadener

I'm keeping my power steering/dash/carpet/seats for sure. I also am looking into buying some lightweight 16" or 17" wheels. What do you guys think? Is there anything not too important to comfort that I'm missing?

[Coomer]

whats the estimate on how much weight that'll drop?
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I think 100+ lbs. I'm going to weigh everything that I take out and everything I put back into the car, so I'll know for sure.

fender mounted intake stuff....you can get ride of
not much weight but its some...
jack..
plastics in the back...
anything you can unbolt pretty much is what i did?!?!
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I've already got the fender mounted intake stuff removed, the jack is a good idea too since it's not much use without a spare. Coupes don't have plastic in the trunk, but rather paper-thin carpeted pieces...all three probably weigh about a pound. I'm removing the false floor that covers the spare though.

I say keep your comfort intact.  Sure, things like the spare tire and jack and big heavy subwoofers can be ditched to save some good weight, but overall it wont make you noticably faster unless you go to extremes. (i.e.- removing passenger seat and back seat, removing the dash and trim, all audio, trunk panels and door trim, etc.)

If you arent to attached to your audio stuff, you could sell your subs and amp setup to somebody on here and use the money to buy the Megasquirt...or anything to give you more potential for power.
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I bet my subs, amp, and A/C components alone weight more than those three seats and every plastic panel in the car combined. I've had two sixth gens. stripped, one to almost nothing, and I know most of the cosmetic stuff is pretty light.

ok  coomer (and i'm saying this to be and ass or funny ) ...  go to the gym and lose some weight drop like 40 lbs....  the drive is usell the heviest thing in a car other then the engine and frame ...
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I've already lost 25 lbs. in the last few months.