Weight removal from a car. Weight reduction of a 1999 Acura Integra GS. I’ve classified it as stage 1 as these are fairly simple items to remove and also rei…
Weight removal from a car. Weight reduction of a 1999 Acura Integra GS. I’ve classified it as stage 1 as these are fairly simple items to remove and also rei…
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Look for an abandoned parking lot. A place big enough to let you drive in a
circle and test your lateral g’s. That would be a good way to see the
difference in weight loss.
Also braking distance. If you know someone with a really long driveway,
bust out some sidewalk chalk, draw some lines, and test your stopping
distances.
Turn this into a race AND science project! : )
Take out the entire dash, that will save a lot of weight.
can you install performance cluch that has 6 gears
did you weigh that target receipt? LOL
You didn’t weigh the Target Receipt…oh Major Fail. Do you even Weight
Reduce, Bro?!?
If the centre console is anything like the 90s accord I changed a stereo on
a while back, it should be very simple to remove.
If there was some way you could create the weight removed in ballast and
move it around the car to compare handling as the balance shifts, that
would be cool.
Great video!
Will you also remove the AC (if it has that) and the power steering?! O and
the cruise control…
Either drop a deuce before each car ride or remove the emblems… same
effect…
Is this going to be a track only car? If so might as well remove the air
conditioner, that alone would probably around 40-45 lbs.
Plz do your integra project even faster!
Could you do a video on rotational weight? Ive heard that loosing 10 pounds
in the wheels is equal to something like 70 pounds in the car. I just
recently went from 14in steelies to 15×7 and 15×8 aero wheels and have
noticed a huge loss in acceleration and mpg’s. I knew it was coming, but
didn’t think the change would be as substantial as it is. Thanks!
urgh, use MKS SI units, not nonstandard outdated imperial units :S
The Integra goes on a diet! Weight reduction on the DC4. #projectintegra
#lightweight
pounds :/
!!!!!AWESOME VIDEO !!!! , how much is the OEM curb weight of your car ,
83lbs off thats pretty good for a start , I wish someone would a video like
this for Honda Preludes 1997-2001
Absolutely love this channel! Found you by trying to figure out what 2 way
LSD is and now I’ve watched tons of your videos! Simple clear and really
useful! Amazing channel! 10/10 love it.
should have let it get stolen again, they could have done all that for you
being a front wheel drive car. Wouldn’t keeping the spare tire help with a
bit of weight distribution?
How about the engine? That should remove some weight.
when i had a 1998 mitsubishi mirage hatch i did all that but went as far
as to remove all the rear intior pannels and gutted all the inner workings
of the back door not incliding the latch getting about 130 out of it
go for a big turd before you go for a drive. thatll save 20lbs easy
Another tip: drive naked or with only underwear.
Can you mention in your upcoming video the possibilities of reducing weight
by doing some grinding down of the cars unibody? I know that can cause
unwanted flexing but I’d guess that a lot of the weight of it is due to
crash test reinforcement which wouldn’t be needed as much for a track car.
Please mention something about this topic!
(for anyone using metric system: 83.8lbs is about 38kg)
How about taking the engine and transmission off! That’ll save a couple
hundred pounds.
Great Video as Usual! I recommend you use a gopro with the head strap or
the chest strap for these videos. You’ll get free hands and a perfect wide
point of view.
You can do quite a lot more weight removed with one simple tool – A hammer!
By just taking things out will do negative effects on the weight
distribution. Remember, it’s a front engine car, so it has a lot of weight
in the front. By just taking weight out of the back you will make the
understeer ever more worse.
I had an idea for an interesting test, but not sure how you would be able
to do it.
Something people don’t often think about or understand, is how as you
lighten the car your suspension will actually feel and behave as though it
were stiffer.
It would be interesting if there was a way to quantify that, but it would
probably take some sort of equipment to monitor wheel/body movement
relative to each other, as well as a very significant weight reduction to
notice a change in the data because of all the variables, suspension
movement and flex, etc.
on stage 3 video how about, no fenders no bumper no doors. no rear hatch n
o hood. no ac unit. not so aerodynamic car. just for fun. lets see the 0-60
time.