Weight Reduction
#1
Weight Reduction
I did a search, but I didn't come up with much. What are the biggest and easiest things to change to reduce weight? If anyone has seen a thread on this, please send it to me. Thanks.
Last edited by michaeldantep; 01-19-2010 at 08:35 PM.
#2
Light weight wheels, will give you the added advantage of reducing unsprung weight.
You can also swap exhaust, seats, remove plastic from front storage area, LW battery.
The list could go on and on!
You can also swap exhaust, seats, remove plastic from front storage area, LW battery.
The list could go on and on!
#3
Dude, you have a cab! No offense but what's the point of trying to reduce the weight?
Easiest way to loose weight would be to remove the rear seats & rear seat belts.
You can replace your battery with a light one, but the 911s already have a light nose so loosing weight in the front might not be a good idea.
You can also switch to a lighter exhaust system.
These are small adjustments that does not upset the comfort in the car...
Easiest way to loose weight would be to remove the rear seats & rear seat belts.
You can replace your battery with a light one, but the 911s already have a light nose so loosing weight in the front might not be a good idea.
You can also switch to a lighter exhaust system.
These are small adjustments that does not upset the comfort in the car...
#7
Dude, you have a cab! No offense but what's the point of trying to reduce the weight?
Easiest way to loose weight would be to remove the rear seats & rear seat belts.
You can replace your battery with a light one, but the 911s already have a light nose so loosing weight in the front might not be a good idea.
You can also switch to a lighter exhaust system.
These are small adjustments that does not upset the comfort in the car...
Easiest way to loose weight would be to remove the rear seats & rear seat belts.
You can replace your battery with a light one, but the 911s already have a light nose so loosing weight in the front might not be a good idea.
You can also switch to a lighter exhaust system.
These are small adjustments that does not upset the comfort in the car...
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#9
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I took out my rear seats & seat belts which saved me more or less 30 lbs.
I also switched my PSE to AWE Mufflers & 200 CEL Cats which saved another 20 lbs.
#11
Dude, you have a cab! No offense but what's the point of trying to reduce the weight?
Easiest way to loose weight would be to remove the rear seats & rear seat belts.
You can replace your battery with a light one, but the 911s already have a light nose so loosing weight in the front might not be a good idea.
You can also switch to a lighter exhaust system.
These are small adjustments that does not upset the comfort in the car...
Easiest way to loose weight would be to remove the rear seats & rear seat belts.
You can replace your battery with a light one, but the 911s already have a light nose so loosing weight in the front might not be a good idea.
You can also switch to a lighter exhaust system.
These are small adjustments that does not upset the comfort in the car...
Last edited by michaeldantep; 01-23-2010 at 01:07 PM.
#12
Unless you are tracking the car and looking to win club races, shaving a hundred or two lbs off the car is not going to change the performance in any way you would notice. Just to give you a sense of how much you'd have to do to a car to really improve the performance, look at the Ring times for the GT3 and C2S. It's only something like 8 seconds on a 13 mile long track. Just over 1/2 second per mile average.
But, things like lightweight forged wheels and light tires (Some tires are 22 lbs and others 26 - 4 lbs adds up) can turn into something you will feel if you are really sensitive to it (quicker pick-up). Then there are 2-piece floating rotors where you can save a few more lbs at the wheel (unsprung / rotational mass).
But ripping stuff out of a car and thinking that saving 20 lbs here and there is going to make the car faster just isn't realistic in any way you can sense.
I remember taking my 07 C2S from bone stock to moderately modified and through the process probably lost 100 lbs. It took GPS based TraqMate telemetry to see the differences. Yes, my butt dyno suggested the car was quicker and Traqmate confirmed my feeling. But we're talking 10ths of a second here and there, not something that means much on the street.
That all being said, the "feel good" mods that make some amount of sense to me are headers, cats, mufflers, wheels, tires, and rotors. I'll add software (I have Softronic and there is an improvement). But that's where I'd stop. The car will feel quicker, sound great, and look fresher with some aftermarket wheels.
But, things like lightweight forged wheels and light tires (Some tires are 22 lbs and others 26 - 4 lbs adds up) can turn into something you will feel if you are really sensitive to it (quicker pick-up). Then there are 2-piece floating rotors where you can save a few more lbs at the wheel (unsprung / rotational mass).
But ripping stuff out of a car and thinking that saving 20 lbs here and there is going to make the car faster just isn't realistic in any way you can sense.
I remember taking my 07 C2S from bone stock to moderately modified and through the process probably lost 100 lbs. It took GPS based TraqMate telemetry to see the differences. Yes, my butt dyno suggested the car was quicker and Traqmate confirmed my feeling. But we're talking 10ths of a second here and there, not something that means much on the street.
That all being said, the "feel good" mods that make some amount of sense to me are headers, cats, mufflers, wheels, tires, and rotors. I'll add software (I have Softronic and there is an improvement). But that's where I'd stop. The car will feel quicker, sound great, and look fresher with some aftermarket wheels.
#14
From the Porsche site, on a manual trans the convertible is 3,318 lbs. or just 187 lbs. heavier than the coupe on the C2S and if you have the PDK option, it weighs 88 lbs. more than a manual. Comparing this to the new E90 BMW M3, the coupe weighs 3,704 lbs. and the convertible is 441 lbs. heavier at 4,145 lbs.
It is true that porsche managed to create a cab far more gracefully than BMW, which took all the rigidity away, and added lots of weight. Still, i agree that weight reduction is a bit silly in either cab version. The cars don't have any blocks of lead sitting around in them (remember harmonic dampers from the old days??) Any meaningful reduction of weight will cost much, much money. Just pull the rear seats out and save the 25 lbs and at least it is free!!!!
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#15
From the Porsche site, on a manual trans the convertible is 3,318 lbs. or just 187 lbs. heavier than the coupe on the C2S and if you have the PDK option, it weighs 88 lbs. more than a manual. Comparing this to the new E90 BMW M3, the coupe weighs 3,704 lbs. and the convertible is 441 lbs. heavier at 4,145 lbs.
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