Weight reduction tips
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EXACTLY. If you're concerned about weight that much, you should have just bought a 350z...Now sit back and ask yourselves why you paid an extra $10k for and Infiniti? So you could tear your beautiful cars apart and get rid of all the extra luxuries you opted for?
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Originally Posted by DrPJM1
IMHO: If you are worried about weight reduction on a sports/luxury GT car, you should have bought a sports car in the first place.
Last edited by Nightmare; Jul 14, 2005 at 11:27 AM.
I agree with Hi-Standard, should've bought like a Civic hatch and threw in a K20 swap with a custom Turbo kit. Way better on power to weight ratio if you ask me and it's definitely a lot cheaper.
475 WHP in a car that weighs 2,200 lbs. should be a pretty convincing for most.
475 WHP in a car that weighs 2,200 lbs. should be a pretty convincing for most.
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Or maybe I needed a VQ along with a back row. So saving those, I can still shave the rest. Anyways, I know that Titanium Brake Kits save about 20-30 pounds in the front two corners and then 15 in the back two, but if rotrors are all that matter I'm sure that the rotors saves most of the unsprung weight. ZMI makes them, but I cant find them anymore. So I think the best way to go is the Ti Brakes, Lightweight Rims, Racing Seats, take out the back row(when racing. for the coupe which is what i have), take out the spare and parts, lightweight battery, and if uve got the cash then go for the cf hood and trunk. Also, I was wondering, that since I have a sun roof, if I could take out the glass and replace it with like a cf insert, (I never use it anyways)
Move the battery to the trunk.
We drive "Entry Level Luxury Sports Cars"... my friend likes to say that all cars in this class are, but they aren't...
Originally Posted by Nightmare
I dunno if I would consider it a luxury car.... When i think luxury I think like big automatic cars like a S500 or M45. When I sit in my car I don't feel luxurious at all, and when I look at it I don't see luxury. The suspension is hard as hell for a luxury car, and overall the car is small and basic inside. No real luxury in my opinion, but I love the way it looks. Much hotter than the Z I think.
Should've bought a Z if you were so serious about the weight... Why start with all of heavy things because of G being a luxury coupe with back seats when you could have just bought a lighter car to begin with?
All of these "should have bought a Z" replies should be ignored, for the most part. Afterall, many of us chose the G over the Z for good reasons... ...one of which is the backseat that is crucial to many (though probably used seldomly by most).
That doesn't mean that, as a G owner, a desire to drop some weight from the car is suddenly a crazy idea, just because it's an Infiniti luxury/GT
I think most people who ask about weight savings aren't planning to strip the interior or do anything too crazy that would devalue the G. The problem seems to come from the resulting replies where someone lists every possible weight reduction tip and then others chime in about how dumb it would be to strip the car (and how they should have just bought a Z
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Short of a race-prepped G, are there any G owners here running a stripped interior? Not likely, however, there are a lot of owners who wouldn't mind dropping some weight from their G... ...without gutting it.
There are areas where weight can be reduced without hacking the car to bits. Most of these areas wouldn't even be noticeable to the eye of the average person.
But when talking about the G, it would have been good to start with a hardtop, non-prem.-pkg. coupe. That's what I ordered, as once I decided on the G, I wanted the lightest 6MT G I could order.
That doesn't mean that, as a G owner, a desire to drop some weight from the car is suddenly a crazy idea, just because it's an Infiniti luxury/GT
I think most people who ask about weight savings aren't planning to strip the interior or do anything too crazy that would devalue the G. The problem seems to come from the resulting replies where someone lists every possible weight reduction tip and then others chime in about how dumb it would be to strip the car (and how they should have just bought a Z
)Short of a race-prepped G, are there any G owners here running a stripped interior? Not likely, however, there are a lot of owners who wouldn't mind dropping some weight from their G... ...without gutting it.
There are areas where weight can be reduced without hacking the car to bits. Most of these areas wouldn't even be noticeable to the eye of the average person.
But when talking about the G, it would have been good to start with a hardtop, non-prem.-pkg. coupe. That's what I ordered, as once I decided on the G, I wanted the lightest 6MT G I could order.
Last edited by GT-Ron; Jul 6, 2006 at 10:52 AM.
Originally Posted by GT-Ron
All of these "should have bought a Z" replies should be ignored, for the most part. Afterall, many of us chose the G over the Z for good reasons... ...one of which is the backseat that is crucial to many (though probably used seldomly by most).
That doesn't mean that, as a G owner, a desire to drop some weight from the car is suddenly a crazy idea, just because it's an Infiniti luxury/GT
I think most people who ask about weight savings aren't planning to strip the interior or do anything too crazy that would devalue the G. The problem seems to come from the resulting replies where someone lists every possible weight reduction tip and then others chime in about how dumb it would be to strip the car (and how they should have just bought a Z )
Short of a race-prepped G, are there any G owners here running a stripped interior? Not likely, however, there are a lot of owners who wouldn't mind dropping some weight from their G... ...without gutting it.
There are areas where weight can be reduced without hacking the car to bits. Most of these areas wouldn't even be noticeable to the eye of the average person.
But when talking about the G, it would have been good to start with a hardtop, non-prem.-pkg. coupe. That's what I ordered, as once I decided on the G, I wanted the lightest 6MT G I could order.
That doesn't mean that, as a G owner, a desire to drop some weight from the car is suddenly a crazy idea, just because it's an Infiniti luxury/GT
I think most people who ask about weight savings aren't planning to strip the interior or do anything too crazy that would devalue the G. The problem seems to come from the resulting replies where someone lists every possible weight reduction tip and then others chime in about how dumb it would be to strip the car (and how they should have just bought a Z
)Short of a race-prepped G, are there any G owners here running a stripped interior? Not likely, however, there are a lot of owners who wouldn't mind dropping some weight from their G... ...without gutting it.
There are areas where weight can be reduced without hacking the car to bits. Most of these areas wouldn't even be noticeable to the eye of the average person.
But when talking about the G, it would have been good to start with a hardtop, non-prem.-pkg. coupe. That's what I ordered, as once I decided on the G, I wanted the lightest 6MT G I could order.
Fair enough. Removing it for anything more than a 1/4 mile run or a roadcourse wouldn't make a lot of sense.
As for the seats... ...I'd love to drop the weight, and I can do without the heaters, but I don't know about losing the adjustability of the electric seats. Granted, once set they should be fine, but I'm partial the the 'infinite' adjustability of the electric motor/track that let's me get just where I want. Leather isn't an issue, as I'd have anything aftermarket covered in matching leather.
Doesn't leave me with much more (than I'm willing to do) than:
wheels
flywheel (just need to install)
CF driveshaft
Nearly every mod I've added is lighter than the OEM piece, but that's not very much savings alone.
As for the seats... ...I'd love to drop the weight, and I can do without the heaters, but I don't know about losing the adjustability of the electric seats. Granted, once set they should be fine, but I'm partial the the 'infinite' adjustability of the electric motor/track that let's me get just where I want. Leather isn't an issue, as I'd have anything aftermarket covered in matching leather.
Doesn't leave me with much more (than I'm willing to do) than:
wheels
flywheel (just need to install)
CF driveshaft
Nearly every mod I've added is lighter than the OEM piece, but that's not very much savings alone.
Last edited by GT-Ron; Jul 6, 2006 at 01:54 PM.
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Originally Posted by GT-Ron
All of these "should have bought a Z" replies should be ignored, for the most part. Afterall, many of us chose the G over the Z for good reasons... ...one of which is the backseat that is crucial to many (though probably used seldomly by most).
That doesn't mean that, as a G owner, a desire to drop some weight from the car is suddenly a crazy idea, just because it's an Infiniti luxury/GT
I think most people who ask about weight savings aren't planning to strip the interior or do anything too crazy that would devalue the G. The problem seems to come from the resulting replies where someone lists every possible weight reduction tip and then others chime in about how dumb it would be to strip the car (and how they should have just bought a Z )
Short of a race-prepped G, are there any G owners here running a stripped interior? Not likely, however, there are a lot of owners who wouldn't mind dropping some weight from their G... ...without gutting it.
There are areas where weight can be reduced without hacking the car to bits. Most of these areas wouldn't even be noticeable to the eye of the average person.
But when talking about the G, it would have been good to start with a hardtop, non-prem.-pkg. coupe. That's what I ordered, as once I decided on the G, I wanted the lightest 6MT G I could order.
That doesn't mean that, as a G owner, a desire to drop some weight from the car is suddenly a crazy idea, just because it's an Infiniti luxury/GT
I think most people who ask about weight savings aren't planning to strip the interior or do anything too crazy that would devalue the G. The problem seems to come from the resulting replies where someone lists every possible weight reduction tip and then others chime in about how dumb it would be to strip the car (and how they should have just bought a Z
)Short of a race-prepped G, are there any G owners here running a stripped interior? Not likely, however, there are a lot of owners who wouldn't mind dropping some weight from their G... ...without gutting it.
There are areas where weight can be reduced without hacking the car to bits. Most of these areas wouldn't even be noticeable to the eye of the average person.
But when talking about the G, it would have been good to start with a hardtop, non-prem.-pkg. coupe. That's what I ordered, as once I decided on the G, I wanted the lightest 6MT G I could order.
I will reduce weight from it but will not strip out the interior. I'll just remove spare tire and associated tools, floor mats, trunk mat, and purchase a light weight battery. That's it.
I would like to replace the OEM 19s rims with lightweight 17" rims which will reduce a lot of weight but that cost money.
However, OEM 19s look so damn good!!! And they're lightweight anyways so I'll just keem them.