Swivelonit 119 Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I have a question about weight reduction. Those of you that frequent the strip will know all too well that weight is an unnecessary evil, what have you done to remove as much of it as possible? I have a 4 motion MK4 and it is a heavy beast, even after stripping loads of things out of it, what else that is necessary can I remove from the car? I don't run it on the strip, I use it on the track. Link to post Share on other sites
Ickyketseddie 89 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Is it a road car too? Do you have a cage? I've cut the door skins out, removed everything pretty much that's not a drivers seat, removed all the sound deadending (fun job) and gone lexan windows. Cutting the spare wheel well out and replacing with a ally sheet is supposed to be good for 20kg too which is on my to do list. Depends how far you want to go with it. Obviously you can always look at carbon parts too. HTH The Duke 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Swivelonit 119 Posted April 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Not a road car no and no cage yet, this is something I have to get done.I have everything out, sound deadening, door skins and roof lining etc, small exhaust instead of the huge back box, I will keep nibbling away at bits and pieces. Link to post Share on other sites
Ickyketseddie 89 Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Can cut the Inner bumper irons down, cut the rear doors (if it has them) and tailgate down to no more than a skin and fasten them with dzus fasteners or similar? Obviously a cage will help keep things rigid with everything else removed. Link to post Share on other sites
HopefulVr6 10 Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 All Mk3s and Mk4s are fat, thats why we love them innit. Gwr corrado, Swivelonit and martingraham 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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