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weight of cliov6
- Thread starter combine
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The tvr uses a space frame chassis and a bobby completly made from fibreglass hence its good weight. There is a lot of steel in the rear of the clio to locate the engine and gearbox. The running gear is quite agricultural. All the plumbing runs from end to end. The engine and box does weigh a fair old amount as does the exhaust system.
The trophy were somewhere close to 1000kgs, if your starting with a phase one I would imagine 1200kgs is possible, replace the whole exhaust and ditch the collector box, delete air con and all associated pipes, ditch the chairs for something ultra light, ditch the soundproofing, lightweight bonnet & tailgate, coilovers, magnesium wheels.. Should do the job! Would go like stink!
Could delete fog lights, transmission tunnel, headlining and carpets, but wouldn't make much weight saving and would compromise use.
Could delete fog lights, transmission tunnel, headlining and carpets, but wouldn't make much weight saving and would compromise use.
There is one way of practically reducing the weight. You take every single component on the car, study them, reduce the weight as much as you can and then refit. Average 10% on each part and there is effectively a 25hp gain. This works very well but you essentially take the car back to a rolling chassis which = much time.
rustedandrotten
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Back to the Colin Chapman edicts, 'build in lightness', Brett is right, strip car, chuck away what you dont want or need, underseal, carpets, head lining, air con, door cards, window lifts, etc etc and every thing left you lighten as much as possible (lotus 49s were notoriously weak but when they held together they were unbeatable! Possible to change materials such as glass for perspex, aluminium for steel, drill holes etc plus for the porkers amongst us (these days I certainly include myself!) a regime of bacon butty abstinence can equally help! What is the point in shaving 50 grammes from a pedal when the driver could shed comfortably 20-30 KG!! Power to weight is always the way to assess performance, more power and less weight equals oomph!! Also reducing reciprocating masses improves spin up speeds hence accelleration!
