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Basic Weight Reduction FD3s

The document lists various vehicle components along with their original and modified weights. Modifying many of the stock components, such as removing the air conditioning system, muffler, emissions equipment, sound deadening, interior trim, and replacing other parts with lighter aftermarket or composite alternatives results in an estimated total weight reduction of the vehicle of 145 pounds.

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Basic Weight Reduction FD3s

The document lists various vehicle components along with their original and modified weights. Modifying many of the stock components, such as removing the air conditioning system, muffler, emissions equipment, sound deadening, interior trim, and replacing other parts with lighter aftermarket or composite alternatives results in an estimated total weight reduction of the vehicle of 145 pounds.

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Jorge Florian Ortiz
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Stock Component Weight New Weight Difference Est Car Weight

Air Conditioning 30 0 -30 2759


Air Pump 12 0 -12 2747
Down Pipe Cats 30 15 -15 2732
Mid pipe Cats 30 15 -15 2717
Muffler 40 35 -5 2712
Emissions piping 5 0 -5 2707
Twin Turbo plumbing 5 0 -5 2702
Pulley Kit 5 2 -3 2699
Power Steering 20 0 -20 2679
Headlights 20 10 -10 2669
Fog Lights 5 0 -5 2664
Carpet 30 0 -30 2634
Dash 45 9 -36 2598
Battery 25 10 -15 2583
Seats 80 40 -40 2543
Windscreen 40 25 -15 2528
Rear Glass 30 20 -10 2518
Side Glass 20 0 -20 2498
Hood 15 14 -1 2497
Hatch 30 20 -10 2487
Doors 80 55 -25 2462
Fenders 30 28 -2 2460
Steering Wheel 15 7 -8 2452
Air Bag Sensors 10 0 -10 2442
Front Bumper Reinforcement 20 10 -10 2432
Rear Bumper Reinforcement 20 10 -10 2422
Sound Deadening 25 0 -25 2397
Gas Tank 70 50 -20 2377
Spare Tire/Toolkit/jack 20 0 -20 2357
Interior pipe threading and brackets 5 0 -5 2352
Aluminum Panel Bolts 4 2 -2 2350
Hole Saw to non stressed interior panels 15 0 -15 2335
Clutch 25 22 -3 2332
Flywheel 20 15 -5 2327
Driveshaf 15 11 -4 2323
Sunroof 22 5 -17 2306
TI Lug Nuts 3 2 -1 2305
Headliner 5 0 -5 2300
Sun Visors 3 0 -3 2297
Wiring Harness 30 22 -8 2289
Windshield Wiper/Coolant resevior 5 0 -5 2284
Interior Plastic 35 0 -35 2249
Side Mirrors 8 2 -6 2243
Radio/Antenna/Wiring/Speakers 20 0 -20 2223
Undercoating 12 8 -4 2219
Modification
Remove Compressor/Condensor/Heater core and all piping
Remove
Strait Pipe any
Resonated Pipe any
Afermarket any
Remove/block
Remove/non Seq
Unorthodox Racing
Mavil Manual Rack
Evo R/RE-A
Remove
Remove
Single Panel 3/32 alum
Oddessy
Recaro Profi SPG
Lexan - any
Lexan - FAL
Remove
Chargespeed
Chargespeed
Gut/Remove interior panel Power Locks/Windows
Chargespeed/Any Carbon
Momo 330mm alcantra + quick release
Remove
Hole Saw (50% of area removed)
Hole Saw (50% of area removed)
Dry Ice + Rubber Mallet/Scraper
ATL Aluminum enclosed fuel cell
Remove
Drill/Angle grinder/Sawzall all mounts for interor panels/speakers/etc
Fastner express - 43% weight savings on all heatshield/body panel bolts
front of strut towers, rear of strut towers, speaker surrounds
Afermarket any
Afermarket any
ACPT Carbon Fiber Driveshaf
Ronin Speedworks - Carbon/Carbon
Afermarket any - very expensive
Remove
Remove
Simplify - Single turbo
Remove
Remove
APR GT3
Remove
Remove - Heat gun + Scraper + sanding and lightly re-coat with Rhino Liner or Linex
for about 30% reduction in weight.

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