weight reductions

[dobbo]

How much weight could you remove from a RRC and still retain a legally registered vehicle. Things like sound deadening, carpets, roof lining, interior panels etc.... what is needed and what is just useless bling

[discowhite]

a lighter 4wd is not always the best bet.

but for you, yes sound deadening, speakers and tape player:p, changing the oe muffler to a sports type, remove bullbar/towbar.......

cheers phil

[dobbo]

a lighter 4wd is not always the best bet.

but for you, yes sound deadening, speakers and tape player:p, changing the oe muffler to a sports type, remove bullbar/towbar.......

cheers phil

smart ****, how can one get into the mood for trashing stuff without a bit of calming music like Metallica or the Prodigy then?

[Slunnie]

You could strip the back seats out (except for rego), carpets, sound dead, roof lining, bull bar, change the glass for poly carbonate or perspex for the rear (perspex breaks sharp). Probably strip out the doors, drop the spare tyre, change the front seats for something sports or even a home grown mesh and rail seats, alloy rims.

[B92 8NW]

Why do you want lose all the extra weight, are you creating a road burner range rover:burnrubber:?

Tape up all the panel gaps, remove the front grille and bumper, remove the aerial, windscreen wipers (illegal i guess). Plus the plastic sills, headlight surrounds, door trims, center console, air conditioning drive belt, road bias stock size tyres.

[dobbo]

Why do you want lose all the extra weight, are you creating a road burner range rover:burnrubber:?

Tape up all the panel gaps, remove the front grille and bumper, remove the aerial, windscreen wipers (illegal i guess). Plus the plastic sills, headlight surrounds, door trims, center console, air conditioning drive belt, road bias stock size tyres.


cause I'm a fat ba5tard and need to compensate

[dullbird]

remove the engine and have a mate pull you around:wasntme:

get great fuel economy:D

[Slunnie]

cause I'm a fat ba5tard and need to compensate
Helium in the tyres. :p

[dobbo]

Helium in the tyres. :p

not enough, I'd have to seal the entire cabin and fill it with enough He to make it boyient

[tombraider]

cause I'm a fat ba5tard and need to compensate

****.... I'm in BIG trouble then :p

[tombraider]

Helium in the tyres. :p

Stop talking!

All the hot air would then be retained and make you boyant :wasntme:

<Ducks for cover>

[Blknight.aus]

I was going to suggest putting the driver on a diet. I recon I could get 200kg out of a full spec rangie and have it stay street legal but then youd also be compromising drive line integrity as id be pinching some weight from there.

This also depends on just how friendly your local roadworthy place is....

[George130]

Replace the floor and panels with cardboard.

[dobbo]

I was going to suggest putting the driver on a diet.



I've actually lost a lot of weight since I last saw you, then I found it again when I got a new job and am travelling 5hrs a day. We can't all be skinny, even though I once was.

[scrambler]

It's a bit funny having this hread and Dave's fifteen tonne Bushmaster thread running at the same time.

What's the aim? Are you planning on building a rally car?

Why not go the whole Tomcat/ Nascar type line with a custom space-frame chassis and polycarbonate panels?

[Bigbjorn]

Replace the floor and panels with cardboard.

Were you a used car dealer?

[Blknight.aus]

I've actually lost a lot of weight since I last saw you, then I found it again when I got a new job and am travelling 5hrs a day. We can't all be skinny, even though I once was.

let me guess, you lost the dog and found it again on a trip to work?

[Mick-Kelly]

Oh the humanity as the RRC hits the tie down tower and bursts into flames.
Did anyone else ever think Victor Bray could stop stressing so much about carbon fibre if he laid off the cheeseburgers?

[Slunnie]

Yeah. It must have been hard for him knowing that it didn't matter how well he built his cars, they were always good enough for another .5sec and 30km/h. :burnrubber:

Some people eat when they get stressed. :lol2:

[justinc]

We removed a lot of weight from a 1981 RR for the '92 aust safari in order to increase the power to weight ratio. We wanted a standard and therefore reliable engine, so we went for a high comp 3.5 (EX 110,) and a 727 Torqueflyte auto with a 1.22:1 Lt230. We removed all the sound deadening, the roof lining, the bonnet was fibreglass, the rear tailgate was 1 piece f'glass, no side windows, lightweight exhaust, standard rear and front bumpers, kevlar seats weighing 3kg each, and removed a few other extra bits of wiring and switchgear etc. It is amazing how much all these little bits add up, as when the vehicle was weighed pre event, including FISA spec rollcage and safety gear, it weighed in at 1601kg.
We carried minimal spares, and no highlift jack, only a bull bag.
This vehicle was quite spritely for an auto, the lower high range gearing and a revvy 3.5 was more than capable for the task
We broke nothing, we came 2nd in National class and times overall were about 12th outright.
Whats more, we drove from Perth to Sydney, competed to Darwin and then drove back to Perth afterwards, with no support vehicle.

The best thing to do with any 4x4 is to reduce the weight.
This will INCREASE the power to weight ratio WITHOUT spending $$$ on the engine etc.

AND you'll use less fuel.

Do It.

JC