travisnd

Sucker is heavy.... anyone cut it up some? What'd you do? Pics?

I was thinking you could cut the underside all out other than the part that bolts to the hinges and secure it with pins or something like that?

VTME13

sounds like a good candidate for a mold and some carbon fiber...

travisnd

Halltech used to make a CF trunk lid... but of course it costs $$$.

Spending $1000 on a trick CF part to save 5-10lbs isn't worth it.

Cutting up the part I already have to save 5-10lbs for free.... worth it.

VTME13

Good point... I'm sick in that I'm always on the look out for stuff to make out of CF.

drivinhard

dang 250 lb ballast limit

travisnd

Wait... so there's finally a racing advantage to being 240lbs.... my body weight vs. yours = free ballast

fatbillybob

No hinges and splitting the decklid will work. Mine split in my last wreck. The outside is like a skin on the underside. You can spit it off. Those hinges are heavy. Other cool thing is that removing it would be easier with pins if you wing the back. Any wing that works should generate in the 300lb zone and be mounted to the frame rails which you have easy access to on the inside of the tub.

mountainbiker2

I think it only saved 1lb. If you take out all the underside, you will probably get exhaust fumes in the car.

sperkins

Make one out of lexan. Paint it and pin it.

fatbillybob

Steve,
split off the underside so that all you see is the white part in your pic. Then get rid of the hinges too and pin the decklid skin. I bet there is more like 10lbs there.

drivinhard

except that it's in the absolutely wrong place in the car

Bill Dearborn

I saw a couple of C5 FRCs that had the deck lid hinges drilled out. There were enough holes in each flat piece of the hinge there almost wasn't anything left but they still worked as hinges.

Bill

throwit

I swapped mine to a CF lid that weights ~3lbs (think I paid like $300 for it). Got to trash the entire stock lid, hinges, and locking latch...pretty sure it saved over 20lbs.

travisnd

Any links to the CF lid you have?

throwit

No. It was a one off from a fabricator in CA. I can remember him ever having a website or anything. sorry