umm i put natasha on a diet, handling and overall performance Options

[shadycrew31]

hello all you 6gcer's! just like the title says i put here on a diet. she lost a good 400 pounds!!! has anyone ever done this i dunno let me know what you think thanks! im takin it on a road course tonight i will let ya'll kno whow it does.
oh yea one more thnig how illeagal is this. i live in so cal near la??.My Webpage
-dc

[recneps]

400 pounds what did you do take the engine out?

[DamDirtyApes]

yeah hes proberly just pushing it now... serously what the hell did u take out, thats a lot of weight

[Ale_lock]

Maybe he's 400lbs & now drives the car through a R/C instead of being in it?!

This post has been edited by Meonspeed: Sep 26, 2004 - 9:26 PM

[shadycrew31]

everything dude. everyyything. but just now it was like 250 pounds after i weighed it just now. the other weight redution was losing panels on the undercarige, light weight headers, light weight rotors, and removing the intake i put a long piece of pvc to the front right high beam, springs were lighter to. lighter wheels.... everything bro...

[Akimbo]

Jeez. Spare. Glass. Interior panels, all seats but driver...lol. I wonder what he took out.

[Andason]

why do people do this?

[NEVERSTOP]

400lbs isnt all that much.. granted I am also wondering what all you took out but if you know how to lighten a car you can trim a alot of exess off it.... hell gutting the interior will get you alot of weight off. and seeing as how his celica is an AutoX car hes prolly only got one.. or maybe two seats left in it

[Digndoug]

The engine dosnt even come close to that.. unless, you replace hald your stuff with carbon fiber.. or somthin...

[shadycrew31]

to answer everyone. why i do this cause i need better handling, and trust me it helps. toyota made alot of heavy stuff in there cars. it took about 3 hours for the interior. and the rest was over time. im gonna wiegh it at the track but we will see. power to weight ratio is awesome now. i mean its an st (slow tech) so yea it helps.
but look at the pics i know there not clear but you can kind of see.

[Andason]

[FallenHero]

generally you Could say 400lbs is 30 usable hp. (as in hp to weight) So, in one frame of thought the car has about 120 hp at the wheels now. I don't think he was Really able to cut 400lbs, but hey, brake out the torch and then we'll talk!

Jon

[Digndoug]

do you have an exact list of what you removed and swaped out, also any pics... If this is somehow possible I would love to loose that much wieght in my car.. but wieght does make a big dif.. Like I can tell the dif when my subs arnt in my car , but then again thats prolly more the 100 lbs..

[tim86]

yea i could tell a huge diff when i had my subs out of my car... handled a lot better and a tad bit quicker maybe

[DamDirtyApes]

[shadycrew31]

i need a better camera. but when i posted i left my webpage its my yahoo photo binder thing. i mean like i said the interior is about 250 pounds. i just drove it wow it was a different beast. the rest of the weight reduction was bs parts that toyota put on there for fun i guess. like the whole intake system even the resivor (inside the fender) i took all that out that was a good amount of weight. an exact list would take to long but i can start it if you really want it. i got basiaclly a 6gc sitting in my apartment it kinda sucks but oh well. and andesen yes in a stright line you prolly could take me but im down for some curves if you are .

[shadycrew31]

oh one more thing... does anyone know about the legality issues with having nothing in your car?. if i get in a wreck life will suck, but any thing else i could get busted for ??

[Digndoug]

I was asking about pics, cause your web site is not working for me..

[funnyboy117]

As long as you pass emissions, didn't cut the firewall, and didn't take out any other safety features (airbags, seatbelts) there shouldn't be any major problem...but that's just off the top of my head so don't trust my word.

[shadycrew31]

thanks i got the hook, so emisions isnt a thing. but umm what if there is no seatbelts but theres no seats either. does that count cause when i say gutted i mean gutted.