what did you do to lighten your car today?
 

thought this could be at once funny, informative, and downright insane.
so i will start....haveing already taken off alot, and only haveing 30 minutes for lunch break, i took off the cruise control sticker. badabump. like the looks better now.
weight? onehundredth of an oz?

Good for a tenth in the quarter.

I let some more oil drip out of the engine onto the floor of my garage. . . .

Vacuumed the interior. Also good for a tenth

I washed mine. 11 pounds right there.

been wondering how much oil we really need:eek:
. seriously though, i always fill up after the first quart, but one wonders in an endurance race when does delivery get comprimised?

It would be easy to make a funny response to that, but actually it's a good question now that I think about it. Some racers on here will know.

Changed my mufler 10 kg before on old and 5kg fore new.
And 0,1 beter boost.


Jocke.

Used a couple gallons of gasoline.

took the gearbox out :(

ouch, sorry. put in that light flywheel!

Went to the gym and lost 4 pounds :=)

I'm adding a Porsche crest decal to the hood of my race car. That will add back a fraction of the ounces I have saved elsewhere, but nowhere nearly as much as the proper enameled crest on a truely stock car. Which disappeared in a crash some time back.

good idea! what decal exactly? source? love to see it installed

Ahem....:rolleyes:

Yeah. Drove it fast through a quarter tank or so.

ok,ok.
so i am excitable. got bit by the light bug a month ago. 475 off the car so far, getting harder to find places to save. i still like the idea.

I apparently drained all the electrons from my battery.

How much do those electrons weight anyway?

Weight loss
 

Wouldn't that be a negative loss?

Installed a Vosstek pedal set into the RS impostor. Not sure if it made it any lighter. But between drilling the holes to mount them and the removal of the stock rubber pads, it's probably a wash;)

Our host will happily sell you three different sizes of Porsche crest decals.

Left my wife at home. Its amazing the difference 200lbs does to acceleration and handling

Ouch! You sure that is 200 pounds? :D

Drained the radiator & installed a cabriolet...

Maybe I made a mistake....it could be 250 ;)

Eine grosse Frau! ;)

It was worse on my Bike :D

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I cut 4 inches off of my exhaust.... SmileWavy

Before:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1320668750.jpg

After:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1320668779.jpg

Swapped the stock Carrera tail for a FG Duck. Saved 17 lbs (AC already deleted)

I deleted all the FM and three of the AM presets on my radio, then I took all the loose change out of the ashtray and installed an EZPass transmitter - probably a wash on that one.
Bill K

muffler bypass tip coming off

Removed the tint from the rear quarters and back window and all the stickers that were stuck to them.

Ha!

If those where serious stations - covering heavy topics - I'm sure she is a bit faster now.

three of the FM were heavy metal, and one of the AM was NPR.
Very heavy stuff. Bill K

in addition to the work on the sound system and EZ pass, I started finalizing the bumper shock design...Bill K

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1320840383.jpg

I removed a micron of steel from the entire body using a wire wheel!

I assure you I only did this for weight savings

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1320843590.jpg


I only take my wife for rides on light days, so I also install a barometric pressure indicator in the engine compartment to find out when those days are...

Skipped a Snickers bar and had no beers!:(

Finally got this taken out;

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I always drop the kids off at the pool before going for a drive ;)