Hi guys,

Anyone bothered any weight saving on their cars?

I was thinking about removing the spare wheel/tyre and getting one of those cans that will block the puncture and blow the tyre up for a short trip to a garage / home.

Worth it?

...and yes I am bored

Quite a few members have. Back seat is also fairly hefty if you can live without it

Chris

Really?! I don't think I could remove the back seats, want to keep it as practical as possible!!

Wonder how much the spare weights, 20-30kg I should think.

Anyone done this? Worth doing?

I tried one of those cans - Didn't work....

Removing back seats will save a lot of weight. Not sure what else on an octy.

Hi guys,

Anyone bothered any weight saving on their cars?

I was thinking about removing the spare wheel/tyre and getting one of those cans that will block the puncture and blow the tyre up for a short trip to a garage / home.

Worth it?

...and yes I am bored

I'll get some pics up to show you how far I went......makes a hell of a difference

trouble with those cans of tyre foam is ot makes a mess of the wheel and once used a tyre cannot be repaired properly.

but you could probably save a a good 50Kg by taking out the rear bench, spare tyre and jack.

trouble with those cans of tyre foam is ot makes a mess of the wheel and once used a tyre cannot be repaired properly.

but you could probably save a a good 50Kg by taking out the rear bench, spare tyre and jack.

I might be geeky about it, and wiegh all the parts no longer fitted to my car. Seat belts must be a kilo each x 4.

I remember the spare with jack etc was 4.5 stone - 28 kgs ish. Rear bench is pretty heavy, I would say at least same again for the lot. Plus I saved 30kgs swapping the front seats for some "proper" ones

All ads up, I reckon my car is 1100 kgs now, instead of the 1350 it once was. No carpets, no plastic trim, at all, just the dash, two Sparco seats, harnesses, thats pretty much all thats left in there.

28kgs for the jack and spare is a pretty good saving! How do you get around the fact that you might need the spare/jack at some point?

You reckon you've saved 250kg? Wow, that must make hell of a difference!

Pics would be good mate

28kgs for the jack and spare is a pretty good saving! How do you get around the fact that you might need the spare/jack at some point?

You reckon you've saved 250kg? Wow, that must make hell of a difference!

Pics would be good mate

If I make a long journey, which I don't often these days, ill pop the spaer and jack in, other than that, two tins of tyre weld would hopefully get me home. Ill do a couple of pics tomorrow and get them up in here.

How much is tyre weld out of interest?

If I make a long journey, which I don't often these days, ill pop the spaer and jack in, other than that, two tins of tyre weld would hopefully get me home. Ill do a couple of pics tomorrow and get them up in here.

250kg is a hell of a lot. Could you add up, what you removed to see if it comes to that?

Plastic trim, carpets, mats, spare wheel, seats, tool kit, belts....

How much is tyre weld out of interest?

About

If I make a long journey, which I don't often these days, ill pop the spaer and jack in, other than that, two tins of tyre weld would hopefully get me home. Ill do a couple of pics tomorrow and get them up in here.

Get the aircon out Dave, I'll even dispose of the compressor for you!

About

Pictures. As it happens I have the rear seats in, and rear shelf along with rear speakers, simply because I have no room in the garage, but you can get the idea.

Snoopie - it's just an estimate mate I doubt the car started at 1350 anyhow, as it was a standard model with no options. I have lighter wheels, no interior, no spare, much lighter front seats etc. From the wieght of the box in the garage, plus how heavy I know other things to be, i'm estimating the car to now wiegh roughly 1100 kgs. I'll pop it on a wieghbridge when it's on the road again.

That sure is a tad stripped down

Now that is hardcore!

I'd love to see my girlfriend face if I did that to car ha!

Ok Shifty mate. That is certainly well stripped out lol. There was a standard yellow car on here, that went onto a weighbridge, which didn't have much petrol in it, and a couple of CD's, and weighed 1320kg dead on. Estimated with a full tank would be 1350kg. From all of that, I'd say your looking at a good 1200-1250 dependant on fuel. Well done though

Yours must be bloody noisy though Dave..

When it actually goes that is ( sorry, couldn't resist:D )

Yours must be bloody noisy though Dave..

When it actually goes that is ( sorry, couldn't resist:D )

Won't be noisy when the windows are open

blimey dave, that is well and truely stripped out

thining about it say your running around 200bhp with your bigger turbo stripping out 250Kg has changed your power to weight from 148bhp per ton to 181bhp per tonne

now thats good going for not much money

blimey dave, that is well and truely stripped out

thining about it say your running around 200bhp with your bigger turbo stripping out 250Kg has changed your power to weight from 148bhp per ton to 181bhp per tonne

now thats good going for not much money

I'm hoping to hit the 230 bhp mark when it's mapped

very nice, should go well then Dave. still might struggle against the ambulance when its all fixed though

Fair play it must go pretty well, but no offense its looks awful! each2 there own i guess! u shud but a 1.4 engine in it, it will b well light then!

On the weight 2 power ratio topic, saw a mini on a mini day that had 2 yammy R1 engines in it, 320BHP and prob weighed about 500kgs! now 640BHP per tonne is quite nippy!

Fair play it must go pretty well, but no offense its looks awful! each2 there own i guess! u shud but a 1.4 engine in it, it will b well light then!

And shy of 160 bhp