Weight reduction

[RiceRocket18]

what's the power to weight ratio for our gst 2g anyone know?

[JRichter]

Ditch the heavy 18's in favor of some lightweight 17's and a CF hood then you won't compromise the comfort of your daily driver.

[yoshimitsuspeed]

Eclipses are jus too damn heavy. I will make you some composite parts if you want. Otherwise I say cut off the back half, and move your gas tank to the passengers seat.

[yoshimitsuspeed]

Originally Posted by RiceRocket18

what's the power to weight ratio for our gst 2g anyone know?

Take the power(Stock is I belive 205 hp)
Draw a slash
On the decal by the latch of the drivers door it will have your vehicles weight. Put that below. Now you have power to weight. to take it a step further do the math to find out how much weight each ponie is pushing.

[kjewer1]

You cant get the weight of the car without putting it on a scale. The weight on the door jamb is the GVWR, not the cars actual weight. For reference my stock 95 GSX weighed 3350 with me in it, no spare or jack (50 pounds together). I was 180 at the time (getting fatter by the day) so figure 3150 or so. Thats a lot lighter than people think these cars are

[yoshimitsuspeed]

my mistake
what does gvwr stand for anyways

[kjewer1]

Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, its the maximum weight the car should experience with all fluids, and the rated number of passengers are average weight, etc.

[yoshimitsuspeed]

That was what I originally thought untill some fairly competent car people convinced me otherwise. I knew my gsx was heavy but 4200 something seemed a little excessive

[xllSkylinellx]

Ahhh.. so that's why it's so high... I thought about the same thing with my base model.. it's 3800. I didn't know that number included passengers... why would they include such a stupid number I have no idea. Funny how the actual weight of the vehicle itself isn't even on there anywhere.

[cky86]

Personally i think that if its the car u drive around everyday, there is almost no point to ripping out things. A friend of mine took out his AC a while back and he was like "dude i gained so much horsepower!" i was like alright man. Pretty sure the only difference i think i would notice from losing my AC is the sweat dripping from my balls to my butt crack during the summer. Unless you are gonna be like drag racing and u want every 100th of a second on ur ET i really wouldnt worry about lightweight seats or windows, seems kinda like overkill to me. But that is just my opinion so do whatever u want.

[cky86]

By the way lol this is the same guy who told me his muffler he put on added 10 horsepower, and that he had a new radiator that wouldnt allow his engine to heat over 120 degrees....lol. Also when he bought his car, the engine was messed up, he claims he bought an entirely new engine for it, and when he ended up selling his car he referred to it as having an "aftermarket engine".

[RiceRocket18]

ever since i put on the fiber glass kit, could just feel so much lighter taking off. CF hood's on my list next

[yoshimitsuspeed]

Originally Posted by RiceRocket18

ever since i put on the fiber glass kit, could just feel so much lighter taking off. CF hood's on my list next

Want a custom

[RiceRocket18]

custom what

[metalhedskater]

custom hood?