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post Jul 5, 2005 - 1:36 AM
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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.) wink.gif
  • 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?


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post Jul 6, 2005 - 3:12 PM
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Just out of curiosity, what didn't you like about the lightweight flywheel?


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- Coomer   Livable Weight Reduction   Jul 5, 2005 - 1:36 AM
- - Dr_Tweak   Well, you're going to have a hard time with th...   Jul 5, 2005 - 1:52 AM
|- - Coomer   QUOTE(Dr_Tweak @ Jul 4, 2005 - 11:52 PM)Well,...   Jul 5, 2005 - 2:02 AM
- - Dr_Tweak   Well, that's a good idea too   Jul 5, 2005 - 2:04 AM
- - Hanyo   you dont really need back seats. There isn't m...   Jul 5, 2005 - 5:54 AM
- - SimmaDownNow   I have to agree with removing the back seat. I rod...   Jul 5, 2005 - 6:46 AM
|- - ghostdog   the back seats in our cars are not that bad. try s...   Jul 5, 2005 - 9:26 AM
- - playr158   fender mounted intake stuff....you can get ride of...   Jul 5, 2005 - 9:33 AM
- - Silver94CelicaOwner   I say keep your comfort intact. Sure, things like...   Jul 5, 2005 - 12:07 PM
- - Digndoug   I think what you said already is the only thing th...   Jul 5, 2005 - 7:15 PM
- - macavely   ok coomer (and i'm saying this to be and ass ...   Jul 5, 2005 - 7:42 PM
- - Coomer   QUOTE(ghostdog @ Jul 5, 2005 - 7:26 AM)whats ...   Jul 5, 2005 - 8:27 PM
- - ArizonaRed   -you could gut the ac compressor. -the pass air ba...   Jul 6, 2005 - 3:21 AM
- - Dr_Tweak   Don't forget too that rotating mass is by far ...   Jul 6, 2005 - 3:29 AM
|- - blu94gt   QUOTE(Dr_Tweak @ Jul 6, 2005 - 3:29 AM)Don...   Jul 6, 2005 - 3:07 PM
- - Coomer   QUOTE(ArizonaRed @ Jul 6, 2005 - 1:21 AM)-you...   Jul 6, 2005 - 3:09 PM
- - SimmaDownNow   Just out of curiosity, what didn't you like ab...   Jul 6, 2005 - 3:12 PM
- - Digndoug   QUOTE(SimmaDownNow @ Jul 6, 2005 - 3:12 PM)Ju...   Jul 6, 2005 - 3:19 PM
- - MonsterBOX   coomer is your 4age working again or do the have t...   Jul 7, 2005 - 1:08 AM
- - Coomer   QUOTE(SimmaDownNow @ Jul 6, 2005 - 1:12 PM)Ju...   Jul 7, 2005 - 1:30 AM


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