Weight reduction?

[Biku]

Does anyone know what kind of unsprung weight there is on the mkIII's that can be removed without effecting the chassis durability? I'm planning on putting my future supra on a diet.

Sprung weight is also fine, but I'm mostly looking to improve the handling/acceleration a little with the weight reduction.

[KingDiamond]

Taking out the air conditioning and all of its components would definately help your chubby girl lose some weight.

[Skyer]

I think there's a way of replacing the doors with some light weight material like carbon fiber or something. also the back window can be replaced with some light weight plastic. I read this in some magazine about drifting some time ago at meineke while I was getting my new brakes. All this was done to a sc300 to help it light-en up..... hehe.... anyways, this is some serious weight loss which will also cost a lot of dinero if you know what I mean.

[ddmcse]

there is a replacement drive shaft available
removing the a/c
use a mazda rx 7 donut instead of the full sized supra spare tire

[Biku]

Replacing parts seems like the easiest way to lose the weight so far. Dropping the a/c seems like a good idea since it doesn't get that hot in NJ. I was hoping to see something other than replacing parts (as it's beeen mentioned it costs a lot) and more of removing unwanted parts. What the heck made the supra so damn heavy?

[monkihead]

frame and glass. you can get lexan at local hardware store, but i suggest only doing the door and side windows. the rear would take weight off where you need it.

[Skyer]

Originally posted by monkihead@Jul 9 2005, 12:02 AM
frame and glass. you can get lexan at local hardware store, but i suggest only doing the door and side windows. the rear would take weight off where you need it.

you could after replacing the back window with some light weight material move the battery to the back to compensate.
(you can also replace the seats with light weight high performance seats. Again, weight reduction = $$$$$$

[monkihead]

Originally posted by Skyer+Jul 11 2005, 10:18 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Skyer @ Jul 11 2005, 10:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--monkihead@Jul 9 2005, 12:02 AM
frame and glass. you can get lexan at local hardware store, but i suggest only doing the door and side windows. the rear would take weight off where you need it.

you could after replacing the back window with some light weight material move the battery to the back to compensate.
(you can also replace the seats with light weight high performance seats. Again, weight reduction = $$$$$$ [/b][/quote]
you could, but it wouldnt be street legal and its a biatch to clean. when you get scratches, you'll need a blow dryer or heat gun to take em out. eh, while your there take out the take and get a fuel cell. i wouldnt waste time or money on seats, you'll only lose 40lbs, if that. for every 100 is a tenth of a second.

[supramangte]

rip out your back seats and rear interior and make with panla board and some carpet so it doesnt look gettho, i would look into some racing seat from summit racing get those big mofo seats outta there, i would do the lexan side windows only, loose the spare tire completly, have fun

[suprra_girl]

yea i don't believe lexun would be legal on the streets

but you would be surprised what the seats weigh..... so i've heard.. don't quote me on this.. drivers seat = 30lbs and passengers seat weighs in at 20lbs or similar
under the carpets there is alot of sound deadening
also under back seats
there's stuff thats glued to the chassis in the trunk.. you need to chisel it off if you want to remove it

air con
seats
sound deadening

that's all i can think of right now