Weighed my micra yesterday
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frank
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edit, sunroof removed and replaced with perspex too
If was to do a track day I could remove spare wheel, jack, impact gun, spot lights n brackets, sump guard and tank guard, extinguishers, spares, headlining, carpets,door cards front n rear, intercom, warning triangle and first aid kit, 4 massive mudflaps and full width tank flaps, interior extra lights, tow rope, (has 2 handbrakes as well) and my alpine stereo (joke). Fair bit could save there. Sump guard is 10mm thick and is as wide at the front to cover the inner part of the wishbones and comes back as far as the gear selector in engine bay. Really big strong guard. Got to be 50kgs ish there or more
frank
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diy mate, wedged in from the inside to give a bit of dome/compound curve (but was,nt very pretty tbh :wasntme
frank
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just get some pi## thin stuff from the local diy for the sides eh, and i guess you,ve read my weight reduction thread/hornets nest :grinning: http://www.micra.com.au/community/message.php?messageid=64865
Just Been looking through my car to see where can shave a little weight. The car was a built rally car before I bought it and after taking things apart I've realised it has been lightened a bot already. I took the door cards off- speakers have been removed and side impact bars taken out. Dontknow how much weight I can save by removing excess metal without the door glass mechanism falling apart. Boot lid has had wiper motor removed- I may remove boot lock and trim some metal out of it plus remove one ram. Polycarb glass £150 shaped which bit steep. All seatbelts etc removed. Has harnesses. The car is fully seam welded- bit excessively I'd say so really strong with the mega janspeed cage.
frank
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sure, rally cars are under far more stress eh (re your broken wishbone
) and they have to be overengineered to cope, this is why rallying does,nt appeal to me personallyi,ve done a lot of scrambling/crossing and i,ve done bangers and stockcars and nothing compares to literally climbing all over the car infront while leaning on/doorhandling the car alongside you for adrenaline
, and this years trackdays have been fun too, but rallying just does,nt appeal i,m afraid :wasntme:I love the sliding the car around. Miss my escort for this reason but doing house up so can't have it all. A massive buzz for me is when driving as hard as I can in the tight twisty lanes of Wales in the dark, wet leafy roads etc when you just catch a glimpse of red taillights in front of you and you push even harder to catch him. Then when he/she sees you the adrenaline is pumping is both of the drivers you prob won't believe the speeds and moments you will have giving you a massive buzz. If you catch someone they should let you past and see if they can then keep up. With road rallies you travel through farm yards, through barns, fields rough roads etc whet picking up code boards etc to ensure no cheating (does occur though unfortunately).
Stage rallies for instance over epynt is bonkers like being on a roller coaster that your in control. Check it out on YouTube
Can't comment on track days but they are bound to be fun
Stage rallies for instance over epynt is bonkers like being on a roller coaster that your in control. Check it out on YouTube
Can't comment on track days but they are bound to be fun
pollyp
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no cage, removed spare wheel, carpet, front sound proofing, roof lining but still has rear seats, parcel shelf
the pas adds afew kg & pulsar brakes are alot heavier than stock
peh, you still got the carpets in dude..lol
Think carpets have to be in for road rally regs :grinning:
frank
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weighed this red car at said council weighbridge today...... 740kgs (Y) (with mower and various gardening implements onboard lol)
sure your car wasn't full of antigravity? doing things like that is against the laws of physics!
Were can I weigh my Micra in London? I really need to as I have an amazing G-Tech SS Pro which requires the exact weight of my car? Thanks :grinning:
frank
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Yes, thanks
you have to be a bit cheeky and park on it then go and ask in the office :wasntme:
Right guys, just came back from my local weighbridge, was a proper weighing scales, "high precision", charged £7, and my K11 weighed in at 960KG!
Weighbridge office gave me option to weigh with me in or out of car so I chose with myself in my car and with 2/7's of a tank of petrol.
I was expecting/hoped to get 900KG or under with me in the car and with a bit of petrol, and that was with no rubbish in my car (only about 3KG worth of c.d's, sat nav, notepad, tissues, torque wrench etc), and with my lightweight Rota Slipstreams!
I seriously need you guys' help how can I reduce the weight of my K11 (besides myself :laugh? My K11 does not have air-con, it is not worth the risk removing spare tyre so I am not going to do that, and I need the comfort of inside cabin. Suggestions would be great please guys (especially Daniel!)?! :grinning:
Weighbridge office gave me option to weigh with me in or out of car so I chose with myself in my car and with 2/7's of a tank of petrol.
I was expecting/hoped to get 900KG or under with me in the car and with a bit of petrol, and that was with no rubbish in my car (only about 3KG worth of c.d's, sat nav, notepad, tissues, torque wrench etc), and with my lightweight Rota Slipstreams!
I seriously need you guys' help how can I reduce the weight of my K11 (besides myself :laugh
? My K11 does not have air-con, it is not worth the risk removing spare tyre so I am not going to do that, and I need the comfort of inside cabin. Suggestions would be great please guys (especially Daniel!)?! :grinning:
frank
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Right guys, just came back from my local weighbridge, was a proper weighing scales, "high precision", charged £7, and my K11 weighed in at 960KG!
Weighbridge office gave me option to weigh with me in or out of car so I chose with myself in my car and with 2/7's of a tank of petrol.
I was expecting/hoped to get 900KG or under with me in the car and with a bit of petrol, and that was with no rubbish in my car (only about 3KG worth of c.d's, sat nav, notepad, tissues, torque wrench etc), and with my lightweight Rota Slipstreams!
I seriously need you guys' help how can I reduce the weight of my K11 (besides myself :laugh
must be all those heavy nismo parts :grinning: i think you will be hard pushed to get a 1.3 below 800kg,s without serious strippage personally (i,ve struggled to get mine to 720)
:laugh:, the only thing Nismo in my car at the moment is a Nismo gear knob and sticker on the dash! Woh, not that much Frank, I'm only looking to get it under 900KG with me in the car and 1/4 tank petrol :grinning:. I weigh 75-80KG. So I need/would like to get minimum 60KG off my K11 somehow?
Think Franks hit the nail on the head... with removing seats etc or replacing bonnets n doors with fiberglass 60kg is alot to shift!
Replace the spare wheel with a couple of tins of tyre weld. Drive naked? Every little helps lol
Looks like our car will have to go on a serious diet. IIRC we have removed around 50kgs from the car total. By those figures we'd need to lose like 100kgs and for the life of me I cannot even begin to fathom how to remove that much without say.......removing the engine and gearbox
I take weight bridge figures with a pinch of salt. Sure, they should be accurate, but I've seen some outlandish figures from them in a past. Only a set of precision corner scales are going to tell the truth IMO.
Depends how often you get punctures really, I've only got one in 5 years of driving and a lot of the time punctures can't be fixed anyway.
nothing compares to literally climbing all over the car infront while leaning on/doorhandling the car alongside you for adrenaline
hmmm door too door action + sliding the car around = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o8h_fZ0Hkc&feature=related
however, i want to go racing in my micra next year. cant decide whether to look into the tarmac rallying that my boss does or look into sprints/hillclimbs
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