sweet victory

I am jelly. This looks like a fun project!

Slakker

Retractable tow hook, looking good!

Some weight saving stats:

Replace
- Battery Tender Li-Iron - 40 lbs

Remove:
- heater hoses and estimated fluid - 9 lbs
- Fast suit (like cool suit) - 10 lbs
- windshield wipers - 7.5 lbs (they didn't work or would have left them)
- Front bumper support 13.5lbs (add back 2lbs for retractable tow hook)
- condensers and hoses - 7 lbs
- Headlights - 15 lbs
- Horn - 2 lbs

More to come!

5CHN3LL

I bet that giant front trunk gasket would offset the tow hook weight.

Slakker

Or more! Good catch. Going to keep just enough of it to cushion the new hood.

Blue Chip

What are the weight savings of changing to lexan windows in the rear, doors, and sides versus glass? I'm not going to change my front out....

Any idea?

Slakker

IIRC it's 10 lbs each front and back and like 5 lbs for quarter windows. I went Lexan front mainly because I didn't want to deal with cracked windshields.

Slakker

Nose back together minus about 40 lbs. had leave the headlights as I didn't realize that the covers required a frame to be built behind it. That one will have to wait until winter along with venting the center radiator out the top of the bumper.

Slakker

Oh ya.



Replace
Wing - added 2 lbs net
Stock engine mounts with Wevo Semi - 2 lbs

Remove
Rear bumper support - 19 lbs
Muffler heat shields - 5 lbs

Warehouse33.net

How did you attach the bumpers without the supports behind it?

-Jason

Slakker

The bumper supports have no actual bumper attachment points and are just collision support. In the rear, I realized I needed the heat shield frames and just removed the shielding from them.

Slakker

Hood took less time than I figured, aero catches took way longer. Definitely a learning curve to those little bastards.

Stock hold - 31 lbs
Frunk gasket - 3 lbs
Fiber glass hood + 11 lbs
Net savings 21 lbs

FYI, for an extra 560 I could have upgraded to carbon fiber and saved another 1.5 lbs. Ha!

Warehouse33.net

My e36 m3 has aluminum metal bumpers behind the plastic cover. I was trying to figure out on how to delete them. I need to get my car on a diet.

-Jason

Montychristo128

Did you manage to get out on track today Slakker?

Slakker

Next weekend. Test and tune on Friday and races Saturday as Sunday. I'm behind schedule so the scope keeps narrowing, but nothing major yet.

Got the report back on the 10 year old Motons, The oil was black and chunky. Sounds like the rebuild will be money well spent. Should have them back Monday.

Montychristo128

Count down to blast off then. Looks like its going to be really great fun.