Thinking of stripping the rear

[siren676]

Im planning to remove the rear seats (and a few other parts) in my ep91 to save some weight at the drags.

About how much do they weigh?

[hill_bill10]

the rear backrests do weigh quite a bit but the seat itself is just foam so doesnt really weigh anything, but if you fully remove everything like sbelts ans trim too you should notice a slight and wen i say slight i mean slight increase in performance but not much,

[Georgie]

the rear backrests do weigh quite a bit but the seat itself is just foam so doesnt really weigh anything, but if you fully remove everything like sbelts ans trim too you should notice a slight and wen i say slight i mean slight increase in performance but not much,

X2, plus you get quite abit more road noise, irritates me when it rains lol!

[siren676]

Itll only be for the day. Just trying to lose some weight to get into the 17's . Ill also be removing the spare wheel, jack and tool set

[Guest Enzo]

in my 82 inlcuding the spare tyres all the rear peices including bench and heavy plastic support bar it came to 26 od kilos

all my eps are stripped, light is might after all

the rear towing eye is a kilo also

[LukeSR]

X2, plus you get quite abit more road noise, irritates me when it rains lol!

I think it sounds awesome when it rains

[siren676]

Seeing as my car only has 72hp atw im contemplating whether to permanently strip out the rear. Although it would be a bit weird having a 5dr with only 2 seats.

Any tips on getting a good time as i may be racing nzEP85 and want to beat his best time of 17.87

My best time is 18.003 but since then i have put on wider tyres and a new clutch.

[Guest Enzo]

ul have to practice your launches to beat him i think,

and go on a major stripping session, drivers seat included

how big are your tyres,

if you can get a hold of some 14inch tyres with low profiles for the front thatle also know the gearing down a wee bit,

empty tank on the day with a jerry can to top up for the day as 1 liter is almost equivelent to one kilo - so more weight to be saved there

with that setup low 17s should be possible

[hill_bill10]

another one that people forget about is makes sure your care is nice and clean and polished and slippery, helps the air pass over your car causin lesss drag

nothin wrong with puttin a bit of tape over your gaps aswell to stop drag

its the little things that count lol

[Socks]

wider tyres wud be pointless on a n/a there not powerful enough to need fat tyres to stop wheelspin. u want small skinny tyres to aid acceleration..

[siren676]

Yesterday's progress

I couldn't resist going for a blat around the block and the car really pulls its s#!t together now. Even had it bouncing of the limiter a few times.

[Guest Enzo]

good show! it does make a difference

[yaristurbo]

empty tanks ftw lol a full tank makes no wieght and and a incredible pitch when lauching

[Guest Enzo]

did you take the rear towing eye off, its only one bolt,

also empty your scoosher bottle,

and if your going extreem take your wing mirrors off or at least fold them in,

[siren676]

Just got back from the drags (1am).

The weight saving really helped i managed a 17.669@123kph and got 3rd place in the DYO class.

Cheers for the help guys. I need to get some sleep

[Guest Enzo]

cool what did nzep85 get?

[Nanglebadger]

awesome! stripped rears FTW!

Phil.

[BigMan]

looks good, hope to take mines out tonight

[siren676]

cool what did nzep85 get?

Think it was 17.71@120 on a full interior although he did take out the spare tyre and other tools/parts

[Raz]

Time to update your sig dude

[siren676]

Good point