How Much Weight Have People Managed To Strip Out Of There Ke70's??

[Mighty tas rolla]

as it says i am wondering how much can be stripped out of a ke70 for my rally car

[coln72]

legally or illegally?????

 

Know of a KE25 that was said to be down to 600kg or so......

[fozz]

sound deadining is about 25 - 30 kgs

 

heater box, aircon and fan about 5 kg

 

carpets rear seats 1 - 2kg?

 

none of this is leagal though

[mikey_m]

Thats Why in NSW we have RTA helping us with Rally Rego, Got to love it

[Redwarf]

Sound deadener is only about 12kg's.

[67Rolla-Ken]

Wheel nuts? :cool:

[styler]

Wheel nuts? ;)

 

a car thats 500 grams lighter but doesnt go anywhere :cool:

 

some guy with a civic got lightened wheel nuts specially made, lol to save a few grams

would have cost a shiteload haha

[Mighty tas rolla]

well this is only a thing a group of mates in the country do is try to build the fastest racecar under 1.6l then do time trials so basicaly its anything goes except from the out side it has to look like a car so all panels lights grille that kinda thing

[philbey]

Wheel nuts? :cool:

 

Porsche's have magnesium wheelnuts, ~4 times lighter than steel ones!

 

crazy to feel the weight of them.

[Mighty tas rolla]

ok thanks for that its a anything goes thing so ill have to try all these tricks

 

Cheers

[Pete-ke20]

There was a susuki i think motor bike 750cc if i remem right that had every bolt drilled out from factory to save 10kgs i think... so all the bolts were like a banjo bolt!

 

just bust out the pistol drill and do that , and add some speed holes while your at it! :POSTPICS!:

[fusion]

Do what I have seen on many Mini's. Take a drill to it and make it swiss cheese. Just be very careful when opening doors . . . there very very flexible. Latest one I came across was picked up by two people :POSTPICS!:

[tas_ae71]

wheels

aluminum dash

fiberglass/aluminum race seat

chrome molly cage (some make it of mild steel)

fuel cell

small dry cell battery (the lite kind?)

remove anything that isnt nessesary excess wiring emissions etc.

lexen rear window

 

 

thats a start

[Mighty tas rolla]

thanks for all the responses I'm planning on going ultra light with lexen rear and side windows, no rear or passenger seat, rid the car of sound deadening carpet most of the dash and all the other bits that don't need to be on a rally car

[styler]

don't drill holes in the chassis rails.

 

work out where you REALLY save weight in kilos, and go do that first rather than spend ages taking grams out.

Edited May 13, 2008 by styler