The "Panda" V2

[d_dan]

Hey guys,

Heres a little update on my car from when I originally joined.

SPEC
Greddy Emange,
HKS boost controller,
HKS aditional injector controller,
270cc injectors,
Par Forged Conrods
5Zigen Pro Racer Spec A Exhaust ,
De-Cat Pipe,
Custom 3-1 manifolds.
HKS Filter,
VF35 turbo,
HKS Front mount intercooler,
Vernier Camgears
D2 topmounts
D2 coilovers
Front Upper Strut Brace
Rear Upper Strut Brace
GReddy 3 puck paddle clutch,
330mm Disks front,
3G rear pads
Alcon 6 pot callipers
Yellow stuff pads
Cs Short Shifter
Stainless Steel Dial Rings
Facelift Bozz Front Bumper
Pro Shop Iida Side Skirts
Pro Shop Iida Rear Valance
Carbon Kevlar Bonnet,
Carbon Kevlar Bootlid,
Carbon fiber Boot devider,
Carbon fiber splitter,
OZ Cronos 17" white alloys,
HID's Low Beam,
HID's High Beam,
Toad AI606 Cat 1 Alarm & Immobilisor
Rear fog light convertion
Cobrau Bucket seats
Sparco racing harness's.

[phunkydude]

Facelift bozz speed!! WoW!!

[aza013]

looks good I like it
we'll done. Oh and I like the work shed, I want a shed like that

[d_dan]

Facelift bozz speed!! WoW!!

I might have the below one for sale also

[Astron_Boy]

very nice indeed.

great work.

[Kustom]

Facelift bozz speed!! WoW!!

I might have the below one for sale also

Shame that by the time it gets to australia it will be in 1000 pieces.

[spetz]

Have you ever weighed the car?

[d_dan]

no but the suspension is getting reset for racing on a 1/2 tank of fuel so hopefully Ill can let you know over the next few weeks.
Any reason why?

[spetz]

I am curious to see how much it weighs considering the carbon bits.
Also, just wondering the weight difference between my car and an FTO (6A12 Lancer coupe)
Mine came up at 1040kg. No spare, little fuel, but heavy Recaro bucket seats and heavy Optima Yellow top battery (plus braces, upgrades swaybars, brakes etc)

[d_dan]

My car is fully stripped out,Carbon bonnet & bootlid, Aircon removed, ABS removed, Standard seats removed, standard steering wheel & airbag thats all the weight thats been removed
6pot callipers, 330mm disks, cobrau bucket seats, turbo kit, fmic, oil cooler, second ecu, strut braces, bozz front bar, pro shop idia rear apron are all added weight.

So im gonna say shes heavier than started out but ill find out

[spetz]

I think it should still be lighter than standard.
Consider that just the air con delete and carbon bits probably save you at least around 35kg. And besides the brakes and the actual turbo the rest of the things should be reasonably light.
I am unsure how heavy your seats are in relation to standard ones, but I can tell you that my Recaro's are at 19kg each and from personally removing the FTO seats and installing the Recaro's that they seemed about double the weight.

I estimate that with swapping my seats for lightweight Bride bucket seats, lightweight battery, adding carbon hood/trunk and removing sound insulation then the car would weigh well under 1,000kg in full trim with the only drawback being a noisier ride.

Either way please do let me know as a lot of people have told me (and I disagreed with them) that by swapping a 6A12 motor, adding the FTO brakes etc etc, in reality my car now weighs as much as an FTO

[aza013]

Well my car is sitting at 1090kg's with a full tank of fuel. I have the VR so there is little to no sound inserlation, C/F boot lid, boot striped out, light weight air feed, fiberglass front bar and side skirts and other bits and pieces removed.

So I would say your car should be well lighter than what a stock FTO is.

[d_dan]

There is serious weight in my brakes. Id say about 20kg

[vipfto]

air con comes in under 20kgs as I weighed when removing mine
biggest weight killer is boot and bonnet and glass windows/spare wheel etc remove those or replace with CF with some light rims and would just be a touch over the 1000kg mark (wet weight)

[d_dan]

Ok ill have to check it out. Give me a few weeks.

[spetz]

When you say windows, you mean swap for lexan or something?

The CF bonnet on a Lancer saves 11kg and trunk 6kg.
Though like I mentioned some items like batteries and seats are overlooked. My battery is 19kg, where as a smaller cheaper one may be half that. And my seats are 20kg each, where I am sure some bride seats are less than 10kg each.
Stainless exhaust may save some weight too

[d_dan]

The lecan windows dont work too well with pillerless doors.

[d_dan]

Hardpiping,
Replacing all hosing with braided hoses,
Turbo plumbing,
Moving the fuel feed to the opposite side of the engine.

The goal is to have the firewall almost completely clear.
Converted ABS break lines to non ABS lines

[its_the_driver]

Looks good!!
Turbo V6, why not twin turbs??

[d_dan]

Didnt want to be greedy