how much does weight matter?

[dampachi]

oops, i posted in a wayyyyyyyy dead thread. sorry.

[shortexistance]

60lbs per horse power
drop 300lbs and thats 5 horses

[MR2Driver]

All that weight loss for such a small speed benefit, at the cost of normal car luxuries and comforts. Unless you're stripping your car completely to make it into an all out track car, I dont consider mild weight loss worth it.

Its so much easier to gain 5 crappy horsepower than it is to loose 300 LBS. (Not that i believe in that equations accuracy)

[4ss4s1n]

Yea,I dont think thats its that worth it.If your gonna drive it at the street so much,then leave it as it is.Imagine going to work at 6:00 in the morning in a cold ass car with no a/c.With all of these strange squeaky noises.All for an extra 5 horsepower.It might give you an advantage to a similar car,but since your not gonna be at the track 24/7...I would only suggest that you clean out the trunk.Easily 10 pounds in there.

[ridge_runner]

well what about takin off atleast 100 pounds on a 5000+ vechical

[drag1320neon]

its not only the weight you take off your mcar, but also what you take off the ENGINES shoudler. ....."get that dirt off"

[94tegRS]

Originally Posted by drag1320neon

its not only the weight you take off your mcar, but also what you take off the ENGINES shoudler. ....."get that dirt off"

well, in your line of thinking then, the entire car is on the engines shoulder. so obviously taking weight off the car is getting it off the engines shoulder, and just so you know this is I think the dumbest analogy Ive read on this board.

also, anyone notice I posted this MAY 8th! of last year???

[flylwsi]

yeah really...
60 lbs: 1 hp is totally inaccurate.

the teg has about 15-20lbs. : 1 hp.

so drop 100 lbs, and you get the equivalent of 5hp... wrong.

you just get a better power to weight ratio, you're pushing less weight with the same hp. you don't gain hp out of that.

consider that 100 lbs. dropped can equate to about 1/10th in the 1/4 mile.

does 5hp get you 1/10th?
not all the time.

so you can't run that equation the other way.

whatever happened to your car?

[94tegRS]

totalled it

rebuilt the engine and put in a new clutch, ripped out all interior and scrubbed it clean to like new, then flipped it end over end and rolled the damn thing, worst part was i wasnt even racing or anything, driving real slow during breakin.

[4ss4s1n]

Wow,that sucks...

[MR2Driver]

Originally Posted by drag1320neon

its not only the weight you take off your mcar, but also what you take off the ENGINES shoudler. ....."get that dirt off"

Well if you're gonna put it that way then you need get get out of the drivers seat and off the shoulders of your engine, you're adding stress man

[drag1320neon]

what the shit, thats not what i meant. i meant stress off of the actual motor. a/c, p/s, light weight crank pulley, light weight flywheel. come on!

[94tegRS]

well, nowhere in here are we talking about removing AC and such that I know of, I am talking about weight off that car, and you even reffered to it as weight on your car, not loss through accesories.