What can I do to loose weight on my car?

 

Hmmmm, that is a very broad question man. Give it some Jenny Craig....haha jk. But since you asked, if you plan on not having anyone sit on the backseat anytime soon, you can remove those. Those you might lose about 50 to 60 pounds, from what i felt when i carried them out. Your spare tire, if you don't mind walking, if you get a flat. The carpenting in the trunk, your hood liner. Some of the things I listed, can be easily put back in like your back seat and your spare tire. But carpeting and stuff might be hard, if you think about it for a sec. There is lots of things you can remove from your car to lose weight. If you don't care a damn thing in your interior, just gut the entire thing. But whatever floats your boat. Payce

 

be prepared to get made fun of and be the butt of many jokes. theres really not a whole lot you can do and keep your car as a daily driver. i thought it was a valid question too, but maybe people like you better and will be nicer.

 

Personally, i think donuts are junk. If you have a cell phone and don't drive farther than 30 minutes from home every day, i would advise takin out the donut. You can save weight and hide some illegal contraband back there, that weighs less. If you ever get a flat, you can always just call someone. In my short 3 years of driving I haven't ever got a flat while driving a variety of vehicles, of different types. Maybe it happens more other places, but I think it's worth takin a chance once in 3 years.

If you go on a trip, through the rubber covered donut (w/ no sprinkles or glaze) back in the trunk.

 

I've never weighed one, but I bet it's quite a bit more than 25 lbs savings. My hood struts are starting to fail & I have to guess the hood weighs (safely) over 40 lbs. Not sure what the carbon hoods weigh, but I know it's featherweight.

Some people contend that you shouldn't go carbon b/c the OEM hood is designed to bend & absorb crash damage, but if you're performance-minded, I say go for it. The front's a great area to reduce weight. It's also about weight re-distribution, too. From a handling standpoint, relocating the battery to the trunk is worth considering, especially if you autocross or race (track, not drag).

.org member "sinewave" did this in his 4th Gen. Nice results.

Otherwise, I agree with everything that's been said here. It comes down to whether you want a "daily driver" or a "race prepared" car.

(Unfortunately, there's not a lot of middle ground to work with in ye olde Max).

 

MMMM, I have thought long about this too.
It seems that the Max is just about as light as it can be unless you get rid of some type of system, i.e. the A/C, fog lights.

You can remove the underhood material, not much there, there is a heavy sheet of metal behind the rear seats, replace with alloy. The rear doors can be gutted, get a pin release for the window, it will rattle.

Under the steering wheel there is a knee protector, replace with shaped aluminum, if you are good with a hammer.

All the tinkering and fiddling that I have mentioned and the stuff that others have mentioned will only reduce the weight enough to offset the added weight of all the extras you add.

As the previous person said, it is probably best as a daily driver or a race car, there seem to be no middle ground.

 

Any good cop knows thats the first place you look

 

when you start removing trunk liners and insulation and sound deadening material, road noise becomes almost unbearable.

 

- spare tire
- jack
- everything possible front the trunk
- front passenger's seat (VERY heavy)
- rear seat
- replace hood with a CF hood
- remove A/C
- small lightweight wheels

 

The passenger seat with leather, power, and heat weights approximately 40 lbs. The driver’s seat with the same options weights approximately 50 lbs. The back seat might be 10 lbs.

 

don't have a passenger in the car when you race. you can feel the difference with that.

 

Yeah, removing the front passenger seat should lighten things up a bit. The rear seats however shouldn't make any difference, it's pretty light, it's made out of foam.

 

hate to say it again....

"bout some koni adjustabless it will save you about 2 poundddddsssss, i have that problem, its called addddd...dd..d yessssss thats the
$hit"

 

Talk to papasmurf. This guy has probably the most gutted Max lol

No A/C
gutted rear deck
small wheels
no air bags

umm, i dont know what else, i'm sure he's missing quite a bit of other things too.

 

Drive naked

 

get carbon fiber hood, sarona bumpers, remove your speakers, get lighter tires and rims, get rid of front two seats and replace them with buckets, get rid of all your trunk lining and get new fenders

 

wow.. i guess the aftermarket bumpers and the fenders are lighter then stock?

 

THe fenders by quite a lot - they're made out of fiberglass vs. OEM sheet metal. Aftermarket bumpers or bumper covers? Probably vy. little weight difference.

 

oh hell yea amen to that when i was at the stadium here in san diego doing 1/8th mile runs my friend was riding shotgun with me. she only weights like 110lbs but i think she is bad luck cause she is a honda owner cause every time she was in the car i ran like .2 secs slower

 

Papasmurf has:

No A/C (condenser, piping, catch can)
No remnants of the factory airbox
No underhood liner
Light weight battery relocated to the trunk
Various hoses and vacuum lines cut.
No stereo, (speakers, head unit). The theives did that for him
No front speaker covers or rear deck. The theives did that too.
Completely gutted trunk. No trunk support rods as well.
Light weight wheels. 16lbs. each without tires.

When he ran his 14.0, he had no passenger seat or rear seat in the car.

 

maybe u ran .2 secs slower because of the extra 110lbs

 

Not without a warrant

 

I just want to inform you guys if you go to a acctually drag event with no passenger seat and no carpet in front of the front seats you are qualified for the pro FWD class believe me at an NIRA event I had a turbo cabriolet with no dash,pass.seat,carpet and they made me run against 10-11 sec. cars.

 

If you take two identical Learjets, one white and one any other color the white one will always win because it is lighter because it doesn't have as much paint pigment in the paint.

Own a White Maxima!

White96MaxSE

 

hollywood diet plan only 30 dollars a bottle.. hehe umm CF shizza, new seats? take out seats!!!! umm you can strip the interior, pour a qtr tank? this is just to funny!

 

carbon fiber hood ... stock hood ~46 pounds .. carbon fiber hood ~15 lbs

 

how much is the hood from fiber images, i couldnt fine any prices on their site or anyonelse's either.

 

a warrant is not necessary in all cases. You need to do your homework. Hope you're not a criminal or planning to take the BAR Exam

 

Do what lots of ricers do that don't care about their safety (not implying you're a ricer), remove the steel bumpers and side impact bars. Right there should save you about 70lbs.


Dave

 

There are many things to do. Now how much faster will you be? Who knows. The general guideline is that every 100lbs you take off you car you are .1 faster down the 1/4 mile. I do believe this statement, just only to a point. I have stripped my Maxima numerous times & havent ran anything faster then when i had everything in my car.

I personally wouldnt remove all the safety beems incase you ever crash on the track or the street. Unless this is goping to be a drag car, dont do it. Some other things would be to remove the whole A/C system, Use coilovers rather then Springs, CF hood, remove the seats (F&R) and replace the driver w/ a Kevlar racing seat (10lbs each), Remove all interior & trunk lining, lighter rims, etc. Everyone wil ahve different ideas but best of luck.