SP_147GTA 0 Report post Posted June 13, 2012 How would you reduce the weight of a 147GTA without spending a fortune? I ask because I was thinking about making the 'A' in GTA mean something. As I understand the car weighs 1360 kg / 2998 lbs (correct me if im wrong) in standard form and I was wondering what people would do to reduce the weight and what affect it might have on brakes/handling etc. My thoughts were removing seats front and rear but I want to keep electrics such as windows and double din. Any suggestions welcome, cheers Oh and anyone who makes the 'lose some weight fatty' remark can shut up. It is holiday weight from 2009 and I am working on it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhc 28 Report post Posted June 13, 2012 You don't have to spend anything to lighten a car Rip out everything you dont need. Job jobbed. Removing seats front and rear will lose a lot. But you might want to keep one... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twisted_pr 16 Report post Posted June 13, 2012 You don't have to spend anything to lighten a car Rip out everything you dont need. Job jobbed. Removing seats front and rear will lose a lot. But you might want to keep one... What he said Car lightening is either ridiculously cheap (as above) or ridiculously expensive (anyone make CF panels for a 147 GTA?) Modern cars have so much more heavy comfort/safety stuff in them than 20 years ago, but it sounds like you want keep most of that? If you do decide to change the all the seats, bagsy first dibs the GTA interior. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhc 28 Report post Posted June 13, 2012 When I first stripped the shitbox I kept all the mod cons (carpet, stereo, electric windows, sunroof, headliner etc) and still lost 150kg. It made a big difference to handling and acceleration. Then I got serious about it and took an angle grinder to it. Door skins, electrics, sunroof, spare wheel well, sound deadening, lightweight drivers seat... And only took it down another 100kg ish. Sadly it never got used again in anger so I didn't get to enjoy that extra weight loss properly. One thing I will say is if you want it to be a daily driver, don't strip it, you will regret it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smaky 73 Report post Posted June 14, 2012 lost interest. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SP_147GTA 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2012 I think maybe this car is the wrong car to take everything out of, not a daily drive at all...havent seen the thing for best part of a month! Like what you did with the 'shitbox'. Maybe I need to get a cheap cheap car which I can totally strip out and not care about too much? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhc 28 Report post Posted June 14, 2012 That's a much better idea. Something cheap and shit to abuse is a lot more fun than a car you care about. Unless you go all out and build a race car with cages and the like out of the gta. But that's not cheap. The shitbox was a 300 quid bag of shite, it was epic fun I wouldn't dream of doing what I did in/to that car in anything decent. Get an old 156 v6, strip the shit out of it then abuse it til it dies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smaky 73 Report post Posted June 15, 2012 I think maybe this car is the wrong car to take everything out of, not a daily drive at all...havent seen the thing for best part of a month! Like what you did with the 'shitbox'. Maybe I need to get a cheap cheap car which I can totally strip out and not care about too much? Now your getting the idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
