Putting an eclipse on a diet?
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Putting an eclipse on a diet? - 10/4/2005 9:08:49 AM
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reanimtdcowboy
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I know its not the fastest Mitsu out there, but I know a 2003 Eclipse GS, with a V2 intake and magnaflow cat-back, but I was curious.
What kind of weight reductions have other people done, I'm not talking about the drastic carbon fiber the whole interior and stuff, but are V6s and the 4 cylinders similar as far as taking things out.
I have a buddy that got bored and took off his dash panels, passenger seat, entired rear seat, and took out the spare all in about an hour and took out a total of 121 pounds, would it be that easy? and how much weight could i see be takin out of the car?
Any information would be nice thanks~!
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RE: Putting an eclipse on a diet? - 10/4/2005 9:30:22 AM
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Sanguinius
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There is ALOT of weight you could strip from the car depending on how much interior comfort you're willing to give up. Everything from the radio and dash pieces (Leaving essential ones for the air bag and whatnot), to removing the spare tire and seats, you could also yank the carpet and the insulation beneath it, door panels can for the most part be removed if I'm not mistaen, speakers removed. It all depends how far you're willing to go to eliminate weight to increaese the power to weight ratio. You could also look into replacing the drivers' seat with a lightweight racing seat and remove all seatbelts replacing the drivers seat one with a 5 point. The possibilites are endless depending how far you want to go.
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RE: Putting an eclipse on a diet? - 10/4/2005 9:49:17 AM
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eclipsed4u
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remove your spare tire....it weights like 40lbs.
just my 2 cents.....for every 100lbs you drop, you gain .1 second in the 1/4 mile. now if you want to make your car look like **** by gutting the interior just to gain .1-.2 seconds, be my guest.
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RE: Putting an eclipse on a diet? - 10/4/2005 3:20:34 PM
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Sanguinius
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It all depends really on what your intentions are seats weigh a good amount too. And there is a black goo under the carpet that I actually saw someone scrape out of another car and it was around 125-150 lbs.
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RE: Putting an eclipse on a diet? - 10/4/2005 7:01:36 PM
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Patrick
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when i run my car, i remove the spare, and back seat bottom, and the passenger seat...but that likely just counters my sub box, that is HUGE and doesnt fit through the trunk opening...long story...
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RE: Putting an eclipse on a diet? - 10/4/2005 8:22:31 PM
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TheAdvocate
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Ahhh, why would you want to sacrifice the interior looks of the car for the little bit of an advantage you would get... To me its not anywhere near worth it... If you cant beat the other guy with that stuff in, I doubt you have the car or the ability to beat him without all of it...
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remove your spare tire....it weights like 40lbs.
just my 2 cents.....for every 100lbs you drop, you gain .1 second in the 1/4 mile. now if you want to make your car look like **** by gutting the interior just to gain .1-.2 seconds, be my guest.
< Message edited by TheAdvocate -- 10/4/2005 8:23:08 PM >
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RE: Putting an eclipse on a diet? - 10/4/2005 8:28:38 PM
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EMonz57
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I say forget about ripping your car apart that is for all the Hondas that wish they were fast or the real race cars. why ruin your car to gain nothing out of it. Waiste of time and effort if you ask me. If I go to the track id take the spare out and maybe...MAYBE the other seats but really what is that worth?
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