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corsa-xe
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   25th Mar 09 at 17:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hi all, i am building a track day corsa and want the corsa to be very light, but its also going to be used on the road so needs dash in here!!

whats the best items to lose??

it has no door cards,no rear seats or any panels!!
fazza
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25th Mar 09 at 17:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
see doldy's build thread.

or rick drapers
corsa-xe
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25th Mar 09 at 17:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ok will do thanks
jr
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25th Mar 09 at 17:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
theres a thread somewhere by be called j18 something, my car, which i got down to 781kg quite easily
smcGSI16V
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25th Mar 09 at 17:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Remove the carpets, thick yellow sound deadening, the black tar shit, headlining, strip the wiring loom of unused wires.

It all adds up.

Have a look at my wip.
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25th Mar 09 at 17:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Poly windows also, and any features you don't really use eg Radio?
corsa-xe
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25th Mar 09 at 17:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well i was hoping to have it done to under 800kg's
AK
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25th Mar 09 at 17:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
.... very easy answers....

EVERTHING you dont use or need. I.e you dont need a radio, but you do need a seat

the next step after removing weight, is replacing stuff

GRP panels are pretty cheap. Wings, Doors, boot and bonnet.
Lexan windows - plastics4performance

Then after that its more serious.... SPEED HOLES in strategic places (metal... plastic speed holes are more for show )
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i got my xe corsa down to 850kg that was with 3/4 dash cut out, all excess wiring removed polycarb windows fibreglass tailgate and bonnet, no heater all trim removed. Did have full cage and sunroof though
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25th Mar 09 at 17:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I was gonna say, cut the passenger side of the dash out.

Fully strip the interior, and only put back in what you need. Anything else, cut holes in it. A hole saw is your best friend.

Juts dont be a div and cut through important structural parts
corsa-xe
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25th Mar 09 at 17:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well its a sport shell with a standard xe in her, and just want there to be a bit faster!!
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25th Mar 09 at 17:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cut out sections of doors boot
loose window and get poly carb windows loose carpet roof lining sunroof (if applicable
all panels round kickpanels all thinging to mind
jr
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25th Mar 09 at 18:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AK


Then after that its more serious.... SPEED HOLES in strategic places (metal... plastic speed holes are more for show )


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quote:
Originally posted by adz_gsi
cut out sections of doors boot
loose window and get poly carb windows loose carpet roof lining sunroof (if applicable
all panels round kickpanels all thinging to mind


Lose
Nic Barnes
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25th Mar 09 at 18:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
spend a nice saturday trimming all the excess crap from the car loom that you dont need. thats really, really a nice job to do.
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25th Mar 09 at 18:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sole destroying.... just make sure you do it in stages... testing things along the way.

Last thing you want is a nice light weight car that wont start. D'oh
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25th Mar 09 at 18:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
indeed, or a rear light cluster that for some reason now has no brake light wiring. not that ive done that........no.
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25th Mar 09 at 18:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i had to rewire a fuel pump off a fog light before
Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
i had to rewire a fuel pump off a fog light before


i remember the story well adam.
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25th Mar 09 at 19:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AK
i had to rewire a fuel pump off a fog light before


could you only drive if your fog was on? so if u wer pulled and told 2 turn them off the pump wouldnt work and u b stuck
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i didnt scotchlock it in... cut the wire and used the +ve feed for the fog to power the pump.

I had to 'switch' the fog lights on to activate the pump.... but the lights never came on.
Nic Barnes
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25th Mar 09 at 19:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
security feature that anyway
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25th Mar 09 at 19:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Isn't a Nova lighter than a Corsa to start off?
jr
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25th Mar 09 at 19:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
and rustier
Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
and rustier


but far smarter looking. a classic. not a chav classic.

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