shifter77

My car is still a dual purpose C6ZO6. Whats simple weight to remove?
I was going to tacke the entire interior carpet BUT was talked out of that project.

CHJ In Virginia

There is not really much you can remove to save weight and still consider the car dual purpose. To save any meaningful weight, you are going to have to remove all interior, carpets, insulation, AC and condenser/compressor, get rid of stock seats and go to race seats.

AU N EGL

Getting to the point of no return.

Car is One or the Other. Not both.

sothpaw2

Amen. The only thing that comes to mind as mentioned is to delete the A/C. You'd still be comfortable driving in many climates without it depending on the season. After that it's a race car--start w/the emissions stuff.

drivinhard

longtubes and x pipe
2 pc rotors
light weight battery
track seats
light clutch/FW

that's about 100 lbs

shifter77

Thats what i got to decide, track car all the way or leave as is.
Thanks for the repleys.

Jason

Compromise cars suck at both purposes.

sgsvette

Eat more sushi and loose some weight

AU N EGL

C6Z for the street. C5Z for a dedicated track car

shifter77

sgsvette, you been skimping on your HPDE lunches. Whats up with that? You started with sushi and know i get a ham sandwich.

sgsvette

Here is what you missed out on last week:

shifter77

63Corvette

The "driver mod"

0Randy@DRM

A nap would be required after a meal like that

Randy

brkntrxn

For those of you that are mentioning race seats as a way to remove weight, anyone considering this needs to really investigate the weight of the seats they researching. The stock C5Z06 are light (and suck) already. I recently put in a set of Evo 2s and did not lose any weight with my setup.

For the record on 2003 Z06 seat weights:

Stock Driver with motor and base: 38.4 lbs
Stock Passenger with slider and base: 30.8 lbs

Sparco Evo 2 with Sparco base and Sparco slider: 36.6 lbs
Sparco Evo 2 with Sparco base: 32.2 lbs

I lost 1.8 lbs on the driver side and gained 1.4 lbs on the passenger side. So for almost $2000, I lost .4 lbs. Pretty good, right?!?!?!


Carbon fiber seats will weigh less. As will aluminum mounts. And not having a slider.

ace996

It's the sliders...the fixed mounts will drop some. Thanks for the info, though...good to know.

0Madvette Motorsports

I have posted some illustrated instructions on removing the C4, C5, and C6 interiors in PDF format. I wrote these instructions myself, and they accompany my Insulation Kits I sell.

They should be helpful in making a decision to strip out the interior.

CLICK HERE: www.madvettemotorsports.com/pdf

brkntrxn

Yep, the slider is ~4.4lbs. However, my wife is a foot shorter than me, so the sliders are a compromise so she can also drive the car at events.

Even without the slider, I would have only dropped less than 5lbs versus the stock seats. Which, in my opinion, really really suck. And not because they don't hold you, I can't stand them because the back is so flimsy.


-Kevin

davidfarmer

some racing seats, including aluminum, could weight half of what Kevin mentions. AC compressor is only about 10lbs, but it is very near the nose.

If you have unlimited money, one way to improve the weight without compromise would be to reskin with a full racing-grade carbon body. You'd spend about $25000 and probably not be DOT legal, but you'd save several hundred pounds.

05C6GAC

I've been to some of his events, I've never seen a spread like that. Which event was that?? Daytona????