Weight saving

[rich.h44]

i know its a bit extrem but get a load of fiberglass panels! i.e.doors,bonnet,boot,then could get a polt windows,that would save you a far bit in kgs

 

[crezz]

why bother tho rich?

 

[Jamin Berry]

I can lift both my fibreglass doors with a finger each above my head. I cant lift one normal door above my head.

Remember losing 10kg of sprung weight is similar to having an extra 1bhp. Thats the point.

 

[Mckellar]

I can lift both my fibreglass doors with a finger each above my head. I cant lift one normal door above my head.

Remember losing 10kg of sprung weight is similar to having an extra 1bhp. Thats the point.

He's got a diesel car that he's not using for racing, he means why bother spending that sort of money on fancy trick bits that only really are used to specialist cars or used for a purpose other than to make it weigh a bit less and gain a couple of miles per gallon.

I'm with crezz, daft idea.

 

[crezz]

exactly

 

[rich.h44]

why bother tho rich?

yeah i know what you mean mate it was just an idea,and if his doors are nackerd with digs and rust then why not?

 

[Ad-mk2Ibiza]

fair point about it being not worth it
i meant little things that you could loose similar to the spare tyre thing.
guess it dont matter too much really

i need to find someone whos done the guvoner mod on a beeza and find out more about it

 

[crezz]

i need to find someone whos done the guvoner mod on a beeza and find out more about it

 

[Ad-mk2Ibiza]

no one seems to have done it either that or no ones gunna tell me
ive got pages of info but i wanna know how much difference it will make and whether it will be worth it

 

[crezz]

what is it?

 

[Ad-mk2Ibiza]

basically shimming out a spring in the fuel pump to allow more flow at higher revs
kinda giving you a powerband at high revs
at low revs the engine will behave the same
so the way i see it its a bonus because same fuel economy until your foots welded to the floor