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Old Apr 15, 2008, 10:54 AM
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What do you guys think of weight reduction

Curious to know what you guys think of weight reduction, Ive thought about doing this, but for an everyday driver is it worth it? You have the obvious which is spare tire jack and tools, ssl sub. Carpet in trunk and so forth. I see people do these things but i dont see it being super practical. Obviously it take alot of weight to drop quarter mile times down, what exactly do you guys take out? Maybe someone can prove me wrong here! discuss

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IMO not worth it unless you are trying to beat some serious records either dragging or tracking the car.
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putting cargo in the spare tire well is very handy, and it doesn't slide around
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for a daily driver it is normally not worth it. Amenities make up most of the removable weight and replacing parts with lighter versions is expensive+difficult.

Performance gains will be small compared to the amount of weight removed.
Also removing an unproportionate amount of weight in the rear can unsettle the balance of the cars handling.

Its the opposite of practical, but often worth it.
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this topic has been covered so many times.

Here is one of the best one:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=202287
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Sorry if this is a little off from your topic but I gotta say that I have never had a car in the past that is so easy to remove the rear seats! Weight reduction for that is like 4lbs? Anyways, why would you need to reduce the weight? Are you going drag racing? I would say remove the rear seat and spare tire from the trunk.
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I'll just talk to you about this later. I have a whole list of stuff you can take out and still keep it looking stock. Plus since I pulled everything from my interior I have weighed everything.
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I think that if you just DD your car its a waste of time effort and $$$.... if you put all the money that you would spent in weight reduction in performance parts it will do a lot more than a couple of pounds off your car... i think that weight reduction is only worth it when there is nothing else to be done to the engine, and then you would try to lose some fat off the car but otherwise its worthless in my opinion...
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I working on weight reduction as well... Hittin up the gym at 8am tomorrow!
Old Apr 15, 2008, 02:19 PM
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noooooooooo nooooooooooooooo, now not only are people obsessed with being 90lbs and skin and bones as a person. its moving on into their cars. what is this world coming co. I think the evo is not fat at all and look fine the way it is. dont make it go on a diet. nooooooooooo
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Weight does make a difference but at what a cost.
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Why would someone doit on a daily driver? Its totally pointless. Just take all the stuff out the day before u go to the track..
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Originally Posted by Mistaken
I working on weight reduction as well... Hittin up the gym at 8am tomorrow!
I feel you bro! If i lives closer i would say lets make a plan.. also if i wasnt in the hospital hahaha
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there is a difference between weight deducting a dd and an evo. If i rocked a 1g daily you bet your bottom dollar it would be stripped, but in an evo it just doesn't make sense


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