ive noticed that the 2g eclipses are pretty damn heavy, why is that and is there any way to take some weight off?

-matt

97 Eclipse GS-T with 6-bolt engine

Don't worry about it man.

Before

After

i heard from several peeps that u can remove your fornt bumper mount, spare tire/jack, and spare tire mount in da trunk...take those heavy ass speakers out da trunk too...and get da gf outta tha front seat and you can lose an easy 1-2 secs off your time! :p

"Kaptain Mike"
http://www.heavenz-not-0verflowing.com/KaptainKillgore/index.htm
theblueghost@hotmail.com
1997 RS

You can go through the car and remove all plastic panels. Take out the back seat and spare tire and trunk stuff. Then you can get racing seats. Or just one racing seat and take the other one out. Take out the airbags and get a different wheel. Take out the dashboard and custom mount the gauges you need. Take out the A/C and radio. Take off the power steering. Get light weight smaller rims. You can also get a carbon fiber or figerglass hood. Fiberglass hatch, fiberglass fenders, fiberglass bumper covers. Remove the metal bumper. You cn even go extreme and drill holes in all the metal pieces you can.




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Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Nameless Cold Air Intake with a K&N Filter
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

Flame Red SRT-4 GT40,8.5:1 Built Shortblock, Brian Crower Stage 2 Cams, etc etc etc...

yeah, nothing like looking like a honda


javi d
vroom n' boom

jZa
IHS # fo-six-fo-six

"real men don't ride stick"

http://www.magnusmotorsports.com/fiberglass.htm





http://hometown.aol.com/ohshootuhh/

Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Nameless Cold Air Intake with a K&N Filter
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

Flame Red SRT-4 GT40,8.5:1 Built Shortblock, Brian Crower Stage 2 Cams, etc etc etc...

http://members.home.net/xtatdsm



for every 100 pounds u take off the car, u should gain a tenth of a second down the 1/4 mile.

Adel



Ported TB and Intake manifold ** ported and milled head ** PT rockers and lifters ** Crane Drag cams #16 ** Crane valve springs and retainers ** AEM cam gears ** Hotshots headers ** Greddy Cat back ** Iceman CAI ** S-AFC ** and the usual handling mods

they make fiberglass doors too, but they aren't street legal.

One thing you need to remember. WHEN you lighten your car drasticly (mine weighes in STOCK at 2975 lbs), you will affect your ride if you drive it daily. If you remove alot from the interior, it will be noisy and squeek alot. The less it weighs, the rougher it will ride on the street. SO, IF you are going to race alot, go for it, BUT If you drive the street with it most of the time, BE WARNED.

anyone know how much a carbon fiber hood weighs?...is is lighter than the fiberglass ones?

aem cai | greddy 4-1 headers | highflow cat | greddy sp cat-back exhaust | nx nitrous system - 75 shot | nos bottle heater | purge kit | steering mounted nitro/purge buttons | autometer carbon fiber gauges (a/f ratio, nitro press, oil press) | sprint performance 2" springs | b/m carbon fiber dash kit

-bryan
'98 rst

I think the CF Hood weighs 13-14 lbs depending on manufacturer. The stock hood weighs 40 lbs. Fiberglass is lighter.

There are hatchbacks here in tampa that are all motor stripped out and running low 12's. They drive them everyday on the road. The roads here in Tampa suck for lowered cars. I bent my lower front tie bar the first month I had it. I am only lowered 1.5 inches.

If you want to drive it around all stripped out you can but you will have to get used to the vibrations, echo from the exhaust, can't hear the GF talk to you and she gets pissed because you keep saying What? , Huh? . I want to strip mine out for race reasons but I can't because I start to hate not having subs in the back. I love listening to rock really loud and crusing like 100+ down the interstate!! }>






http://hometown.aol.com/ohshootuhh/

Perf:
KYB AGX Struts
Neuspeed Sport Springs
5 Strut Bars (2 F/U, F/L, R/U, R/L)
Sprint Front Camber Kit
$15 Rear Camber Kit
Some Regrind Cams that need High Compression (which I don't have)
Ported Intake Manifold
Ported Throttle Body
Nameless Cold Air Intake with a K&N Filter
Custom 2 1/2 inch exhaust with Dual DTM Muffler
Empty Catalytic Convertor
Energy Suspension Motor Mount inserts
Hurricane_GS Short Shifter
Symborsky Shift Kit
Clutchmasters Stage 3 Modular
225/50/16inch Wheels and Tires


Audio:
Alpine CD Head Unit
Alpine Flex4 25W X 4 for Fronts and Rears
Alpine V-12 450W X 1 for Subs
Infinity Reference Series 5 1/4 and 1 inch tweeter component systems for fronts and rears
Blaupunkt 3 way 6x9's in the rears
3 MTX 5000 10" 12 ohm subs running 4 ohms mono

Flame Red SRT-4 GT40,8.5:1 Built Shortblock, Brian Crower Stage 2 Cams, etc etc etc...

I think fiberglass and carbon fiber are comparable. The diffeences in weight are the 12-13lbs hood accept the factory latch and the 7-8lbs ones don't.

"Character is doing the right thing when no one is looking."
Michael J. Kulaga e-mail: Michael_97RS@2gntDSM.zzn.com
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Injen CAI, 55mm TB, Hooker 4-1 Stepped Header, GS-T Muffler, AFX UDP, S-AFC, 8.5mm Magnecor Wires, SS Clutch Line, NRG Susp. Motor Mount Ins., FU/RU/RL STBs, TSW Blade 17x7.5, Bridgestone Potenza RE730 215/45ZR-17. Front KVR Cross-Drilled Rotors and Carbon Fiber Pads

To Be Installed: Rear disc brake conversion kit, SS Brake Lines, Rear KVR Cross Drilled Rotors and KVR Carbon Fiber Kevlar Pads

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