How light have you got?

[Shane001]

Hmm, I'm surprised the boot lid would be 12kg. How did you weigh it?

I used a hanging fish scale

Front guards are a waste of time, only weigh in at 3.7kgs

[Shane001]

Oh and that rubber on the inside of the firewall, rip that sh*t out, there's 5kg

Fan, heater & AC boxes up under the dash, another 9kg.

Carpet, 2kg.

Passenger seat with rails, 17kg.

[Shane001]

Oh and if you want to get really serious, strip the car completely and have the entire shell acid dipped. Then repaint with only 1 or 2 coats max!

[Valandis91]

Oh and if you want to get really serious, strip the car completely and have the entire shell acid dipped. Then repaint with only 1 or 2 coats max!

this sounds cheap!

[spetz]

On a Lancer the hood weighs 15kg and carbon replacement is 4kg so 11kg saving.
I don't know the weight of the trunk lid on an Evo VI however a carbon replacement only saves 5.5kg

If you used a 4 cylinder alloy engine maybe you'd save 40-60kg from your 6A12.
I know it's sacrilege, but K20a swap... ??

[Shane001]

If you used a 4 cylinder alloy engine maybe you'd save 40-60kg from your 6A12.
I know it's sacrilege, but K20a swap... ??

BAN

[d_dan]

With the cage going in ill be cutting out door bars.
Ill be hammering the sound proofing off the shell when i get it back. I hear its up to 15kg on some cars.

[Bennoz]

Richard Batty did that & it added up to a whole 3kg or something miniscule.

[Shane001]

With the cage going in ill be cutting out door bars.
Ill be hammering the sound proofing off the shell when i get it back. I hear its up to 15kg on some cars.

Use dry ice. Planning to do the racecar soon and yep, will be weighing the sh*t.

[payaya]

I don't think you'll be able to drop the weight so much to be honest, at least not white keeping it somewhat comfortable.
Had it been a race car I think it'd still be difficult to get 1,000kg.

To give you an idea though:
-You could get a lightweight battery. I have a 20kg optima yellow top which I plan to swap for a 10kg model
-Carbon hood/trunk will save you about 10kg and 5kg respectively
-Delete passenger seat, rear seats, unnecessary trim, around 30kg
-Lightweight fixed back driving seat with no adjustable rail, you'll save about 7kg
-Titanium exhaust, not sure for the weight saving
-Polycarbonate windows
-Power steering/AC delete

This is pretty expensive though and you'd still be heavier than a stock CRX or EG for sure.

Surely a normal batt is no more than 10kg??? Or maybe I'm just a tank.

[spetz]

Batteries are surprisingly heavy, and in my post I was comparing my Optima Yellow Top which officially weighs 19.5kg to a small Odyssey (or such) battery which officially weighs 7kg. That's nearly 13kg difference. Take into account the heavy V6, if you relocate a lightweight battery in the trunk, get a carbon hood, and swap the cast iron extractors for mild/stainless steel ones and you can remove 35kg easily from the front while adding only about 7kg to the rear and achieve a better weight distribution.

[aza013]

If you are running this for the track then rip out the cat and all behind it and replace it with a side pipe and resignator. There would be a good 8-10kgs+ just there.