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bigjimbo · Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 77 Location: Chino,CA

Have any of you guys have done an weight reduction on your 924 lately?

morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8879 Location: Romania

yes...remove the rear seats(upper)...everything in the trunk...carpets...

thats what i've done until now

this is what i am going to do from now on

A front fiberglass spoiler and hood...rear hatch lexan...and thats about everything you can remove and replace and the car will still look and feel the same..by now its -50 Kg maby more and thats equal to 5 HP
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Robert Hooper · Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 70 Location: Christchurch NZ

My car has been stripped bare,

all sound deadening and brackets not needed removed

cut out the spare wheel cavity

i am looking at replacing the front screen and all windows with lexan,

purchased fiberglass bonnet and bumpers

replaced wheels with 944 turbo lighter versions

removed brake booster (as it was too heavy) and am putting in a pedal box with front rear adjustment,

get rid of mechanical injection, looking at running quad throttles with efi,

thinking about getting rid of huge alternator and replacing with lighter jap version,

cutting doors out so just skin is left, thinging about replacing skin with fiberglass

removed lights and jsut have covers

basically i have gone really stupid in making my car as light as possible
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john h · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:00 am Post subject:

Vince Ponz · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 3581 Location: Florida

Stripped with me in it 2400. I am 176. Pounds not age but close. With a roll cage and stock seats. Track days just a race seat so subtract 30 lbs and I don't know the weight of the cage.
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Robert Hooper · Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 70 Location: Christchurch NZ

John,

car has side bars, i want to add more to the cage, as the car feels like a little tin death box,

paul at autobahn is supplying the fiberglass parts,

with the windows, am i correct that only the front window MUST be lexen, but rest can be plastic ???

Cheers

Rob
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Andrew NZ · Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 744 Location: New Zealand

Andrew NZ · Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 744 Location: New Zealand

Come to think of it Robert, I've got some plastic side windows here that aren't MR10 if you want them.
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CBass · Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 2807 Location: Vancouver, Canada

2350 with a full tank of gas, all steel, no fiberglass or lexan.

HVAC unit? We don't need no stinkin HVAC!

Air conditioning? This is a Porsche, not a Benz.

Bumper shocks? I'm not convinced these are going to soak up any more impact than aluminum brackets with accordion style brakes, and they weight about 15lbs more each. They only stuck them on there to comply with the DOT regulations.

Interior is generally pretty light, door panels, carpets, headliner and dash etc can all stay... They make the car more liveable. Sound deadener, rear seats, no excuse for that.

Good place to get rid of weight are the front seats. A good pair of aftermakret buckets will weigh about 30lbs less than the original seats, and provide much more support.

Convert to alloy trailing arms, coilovers and ditch the torsion bars. Big gains to be had here, especially since it's unsprung weight.
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simsport · Joined: 06 Nov 2002 Posts: 573 Location: UK Warrington

Mine is 2148 with fiberglass hood, plexiglass rear screen etc. The supercharger adds about 25lbs though.

Lots of weight to go at in the sound deadening matts in the floor and over the tank, also chunks of the stuff behind the dash and in the door and rear quater panels.

Cheers
Simon
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john h · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:44 am Post subject:

Robert Hooper · Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 70 Location: Christchurch NZ

yes bumpers are for me!!!!!

and i belive he has got his own mold now for the bonnet,

dont stress about getting then done for xmas, i dont need them for a bit,

do you ever race in the south island ????

would love to see your car !!!

Cheers

Rob
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john h · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:50 pm Post subject:

That's good cause I doubt whether I'll have them by Christmas. I haven't raced the Porker in the South for years - in fact I think I only ever raced it once on the mainland.

Where are you based?

I've an old historic racer (Lotus 7 style thing) based in Nelson which I used to use over in the South Island - currently it's in storage till I decide whether to race it again.
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bass gt · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:58 pm Post subject:

Steve887 Kgs!! (1951lbs) Fully stripped!!

Circa 230bhp and a 944 alloy rear end going in now. Full fibreglass from the B pillars forward, lexans all round, 2 way JRZ coilovers ordered.
Hmm, what next?/ Ah yes, Jenvey throttle bodies and Emerald EMS!!
I'm beginninning to think this is a vampire car. It never see's the light of day!!!

bass gt · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:59 pm Post subject:

887 Kgs!! (1951lbs) Fully stripped!!

Circa 230bhp and a 944 alloy rear end going in now. Full fibreglass from the B pillars forward, lexans all round, 2 way JRZ coilovers ordered.
Hmm, what next?/ Ah yes, Jenvey throttle bodies and Emerald EMS!!
I'm beginninning to think this is a vampire car. It never see's the light of day!!!

Steve