MODIFICATION, WEIGHT REDUCTION

[A20A1]

Post your weight reduction modifications
*Serious Mods Only!
*Must Include Pics!
The usual, do these modifications at your own risk disclaimer applys.

Here is my first one:

REMOVED :
AC / POWER STEERING / EMISSIONS / CRUISE CONTROL
RELOCATED :
BATTERY


REMOVED :
FRONT AND REAR METAL BUMPERS

-- Front bumper removed, metal brackets welded and bolted to the frame.
-- I used a metal rod and flat bars, I used a hand drill to make the bolt holes, I welded the L brackets first, then I bolted the brakets to the frame and welder the rod between the brackets, bending the rod slightly outwards to help support the front of the bumpre skin.


Next shot is a close up of the front L bracket.



Here is a wide shot of the rear...
-- Removed rear bumper, cut metal triagles off of metal bumper, welded new flat bars to the triangles.


Here is a close up of the rear bracket.

[lightbulblxi]

this is all i have done, i took out all of the carpet and shit from the sides of my trunk.

[Justin86]

Well lets see I have pulled everything out on my engine bay as possible except the power steering. I'm still looking into way to make that even lighter, like another distrubitor or something. Also I'm going to go through the wire harness and pull out everything I don't want or need, just the basics.

Next to to shave the spare tire well and as much trunk metal as possible. Here's what I have so far and I will start the cutting and welding in maybe a week or two so more pics to come.

['A20A3']

Removed A/C Compressor and Bracket
Removed A/C Condensor
Removed Stereo
Removed Grille
Removed A/C Lines
Removed Hood Latch(got hood pins now)
Removed Radiator Support Brace
Removed Cam Gear Cover
Removed Door Trim
Removed Dome Light

That's all I can think of right now. Pics coming soon.

[night]

ok, here are some pics of my car









that is no cutting yet, not even done scrapping tar yet. i just yanked the motor out 2 weekends ago. glass will be going soon, but havent decided about sunroof.
i do miss the interior sometimes. since i had redone all of it. but after the wreck i decided it was time for a new life (3rd one) for the car. though sadly i never got pic of the interior

[train]

i like that garage.

[SlammedAccord89]

i have no pics but i can list the stuff done to my drag car, its an 89 accord dx, no interior, no dash, nuthing, ive cut most of the uneeded metal on the inside of the car.the rear deck where the 3rd brakelight and speaker are has been cut out. Im in the process of getting plexi-glass windows and then cutting all the metal out of the door, it has all the bumper supports and such cut out, all the tar crap or sound deadener, whatever its called has been removed, im cutting the bottom of the trunk out and riveting in thin sheet metal. it has a 8 gallon fuel cell, all the accesories have been takin off the motor. Basically a full out drag car

[Vanilla Sky]

one modification you can do that doesn't cost much and is almost unnoticable is removing the fold-down rear seatback and replacing it with a stationary seatback....

[POS carb]

what the hell I swore I already posted here.... Anyways I was saying the 5-speed is lighter by 20-30 lbs than the auto (I can pick it up a lot easier then the auto)

[AccordEpicenter]

i think the auto and related equipment makes the car up to 75lb heavier than the 5 speed.

[Vanilla Sky]

yes, the auto is heavier... just the transmission is a lot heavier... that's not including the TC... let me see if i have a large enough scale to weigh the 2 transmissions i have and i'll get a number for you guys...

[AccordEpicenter]

in the manual, the automatic cars are "automatically" 75lb heavier...

[customandsound]

here is the weight reduction i have done so far:

removal of all trunk trim:


removal or all intertior trim all but dashboard:




more of the sheet metal is getting removed and aluminum plate welded in. trunk is getting cut out and aluminum plate put in. all the sound pad was removed complete rear harness ect.....

this car was under 6' of water so there is no need to put it back on the street. it is going ndra hotrod class

[buzzbomber88lx]

aluminum isnt much lighter than thin sheetmetal and you could just remove a lot of that and put braces across the rear strut tower.....
heres what I have done to the celica which only weighs about 100lb less than your 3geez and can be comparable to the hatchie(disregard rwd):
removed ac
removed power steering
beer bottle for a coolant overflow
removed tow hooks
removed fenderwells
cut holes behind headlight assemblies and several other places
removed airbox and installed cold air intake
removed charcoal canister and emmissions
removed cruise control
removed sound deadening
removed spare tire

heaviest thing that should be removed if your hard up on weight reduction is windows replace them with lexan

[b20a86lude]

hey what did u use to take off al the sound dampning im in the process of trying to tak mine off and y was ur car under 6 inches of water confused

[ehulst]

So Far Removed:
-Rear Seats
-Carpet
-Washer fluid
-Trunk plastic/carpet
-Passenger seat
-Interior Plastics
-Cruise Control
-Heating Control unit(center dash)
-Glove Box
-Rear bumper brace

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/514742

[Integral]

what a coincident i was just removing things from my car yesterday and today i come accross this wow, well i have removed,

rear upper seat
rear bottom seat
all rear seat belts (cuz they look well retarded)
all carpet out of rear and trunk
almost all the trunk installation
approx 80lbs trailer hook up thing
and AC since it didnt work anyways

Note* my car is most likely still heaver than its stock counter parts, because i have like 100+ lbs of subs in my completely empty trunk. talk about a loud and annoying car audio system for all surronding passanger vehicles

[Heikki]

Hi..

Anyone done anything with fiberglass?

A20A1-4 serie's cars are clearly front-loaded and if you guys removes all from rear seats and trunk you don't help that front-loaded problem any.. If you want make good racecar you need to think how to get car well balaced. Battery to trunk etc and remove as much as possible weight from front! So have anyone done hood or front fenders/bumber from fiberclass? And why not doors too..?

Pictures & how-to-make stories -thanks

[drewtyson]

mild:
4lbs-Clean the inside on the rear wheel walls (I had about 4lbs of dirt fall out)
15-20lbs-spare tire
2lbs-cardboard piece in trunk
20-25lbs-Interior of trunk

Wild:
80lbs-rear seats
30lbs-passenger seat
25lbs A/C unit

Any other suggestion?

[Vanilla Sky]

those rear seats do NOT weigh 80 pounds, even for the heavier LXi seats.

[Cheeseburger]

ya the rear seats are really light, maybe at the most 45lbs

[Slipknotcraig133]

I would say more like 20-25 lbs they are lighter than i thought as well.

[Vanilla Sky]

30 pounds for an LXi sedan rear seat. i weighed the top and bottom just now.

[ShimriC]

mild:
4lbs-Clean the inside on the rear wheel walls (I had about 4lbs of dirt fall out)
15-20lbs-spare tire
2lbs-cardboard piece in trunk
20-25lbs-Interior of trunk

Wild:
80lbs-rear seats
30lbs-passenger seat
25lbs A/C unit

Any other suggestion?

My passengers seat is no more than 15lbs. i smell bs,.. i know 30lbs its not 30lbs,. 4lbs of dirt?? r u serious. that spare isnt 10lbs.

[Vanilla Sky]

a full size spare would be.

and that's about right for a seat.

the trunk lining is way off, too. it's closer to 5 pounds.

the AC is quoted low, though. i think honda lists the difference between AC equipped DXs and non-AC equipped DXs as like 53 pounds.