Sean
You may wish to consider some of the following in your weightsaving quest (from an old thread on the BSCBBS website), all deadly serious
Posted 04 September 2001 at 13:10:14 UK time
Al, Cheshire
I want to make my car as light as possible, by removing bits mainly. But I must comply with road car sprint regs, i.e. I can’t remove the dash, important lights or windscreen(!) etc.
I’ll start you off.
Radio and speakers (4Kgs??)
Normal seat belts, since I have harnesses (2Kgs?)
Water from washer bottle (5Kgs?)
Any more…???
Al.
Posted 04 September 2001 at 13:17:56 UK time
Clive, Derby
Try putting helium in your tyres
Posted 04 September 2001 at 13:43:47 UK time
IanC, Camberley, [email protected]
On the credit side
Heater matrix
Battery - change for L/W item
Ali Petrol Tank (and only a couple of litres of petrol for each run)
And a list of L/W bits from Geary (- any news on the catalogue yet geary?)
Also Speedline mag alloys
MMC brakes (providing you don’t need to slow down in the wet
Exlax
Rear Screen - change to Poly
Steam room
Wouldn’t change the harnesses though definitely a bad idea.
On the debit side
Roll cage
Fire extinguisher
There was thread (loosing weight) which is prolly in the archives as well. You could go for lightweight panels as well but chech the regs first.
HTH
Ian
Posted 04 September 2001 at 13:49:31 UK time
Rob Clarke, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Magnisum wheels
MMC discs
Light weight exhaust system
Boot carpet
Heater
Carbonfibre everything inc clams
Re-mortgage house…etc 
Posted 04 September 2001 at 14:01:40 UK time
Liam, Letchworth/Cambridge, [email protected]
Remove passenger seat
Cut away (GRP) boot
Replace side window glass with polycarb
Remove passenger footrest
Titanium exhaust system (mmmm…)
Remove leather/cloth pads from sills
Remove mesh from above radiator
Remove shroud from around gearstick/handbrake lever
Remove door inserts
Remove footwell divider
Remove driving lamps
Remove brake disc splash guards (unsprung, too!)
Remove heater controls (as well as matrix)
Remove locking wheel nut adapter
Remove tyre-weld
Posted 04 September 2001 at 14:14:24 UK time
Dave Smith, Herts., [email protected]
Special K for breakfast?
Posted 04 September 2001 at 15:00:55 UK time
RNLI, Lose in London
Titanium Internals for the engine…50% reducition
Magnesium exhaust
Carbon fibre Tub insted of Alley
Carbon fibre Panels
Mag Wheels
straight cut sequential box (who cares if it saves weight)
Poly insted of glass
remove carbon petrol filter (part of the petrol overflow)
titanium suspension uprights…
Carbon fibre discs
single piece carbon fibre undertray…
all the silly metal grills
race seats (R500)
Would be the most expesive Elise…and lightest
Posted 04 September 2001 at 15:49:31 UK time
knobby
remove the driving seat and driver
Posted 04 September 2001 at 17:02:42 UK time
SteveB, Abingdon, Oxon, [email protected]
use Geary’s discs and bells rather than MMCs since the poor wet performance easily outweighs the 4-6kgs you’ll save with MMCs.
Don’t think the road legal regs allow polly side windows - can these be made curved anyway?
Kelvedon do lightweight clams.
SteveB
Posted 04 September 2001 at 19:11:27 UK time
d
cigar lighter ! got to be 20g
d
Posted 05 September 2001 at 01:10:00 UK time
Michael, G
Remove keyring, alarm system, inner wheel arches, antenna c/w cable, hood.
Posted 05 September 2001 at 08:24:27 UK time
EricS, Swiss
Buy a 340 R, remove the windscreen and put polycarbonate body…;-D
Eric S.
Posted 05 September 2001 at 12:28:44 UK time
jamesm
You will notice the difference -
Car
Tax Disc.
Tax Dicc holder.
Tyre Valve dust caps.
Plastic bit on the end of odometer reset button.
Wheel centre caps (big saving)
Side repeater indicators.
Inflate tyres with helium.
T-cut the layer of gel-coat off the bodywork.
Driver (Stage 1)
Haircut
Piss
Dump
Empty your sack
Blow nose
Cut finger and toe nails (loose some toes if really serious about weight loss)
Wax pubic hair
Drain 4 pints of blood
In order to be trully competitive the following driver upgrades are reccomended.
(Stage 2)
Additional weight reduction by removal of non essential items -
Kidney (1 only)
Lung (1 only)
Spleen
Teeth
Appendix
Buttock reduction (big saving)
3 fingers from right hand (check if car is RHD first!)
2 toes from each foot
Further 2 pints of blood
(Stage 3)
(Reccomended for experts only)
Certian parts of the brain can be saftley removed, although some dealers have made mistakes.
Full colostomy conversion. (deposes of those heavy intestines) This conversion also makes way for further ar*e modifications.
(Stage 4) (Full FIA Driver Spec)
Complete “Dry Sump” Conversion
Remove heart, lungs, Liver & ALL blood vesels.
Drain all remaining blood.
Fit complete Lotus Direct Driver Oxygen injection system.
Tune on Rolling road.
Posted 05 September 2001 at 20:19:14 UK time
John Catlin, Berkshire, [email protected]
By far the best weight watchers !!!
Posted 06 September 2001 at 18:03:44 UK time
Paul, Surrey
Make sure you use the toilet before driving and remove the fluff that gathers near the footwell.
Posted 06 September 2001 at 18:15:55 UK time
rob
johnson’s baby buds are good for removing that excess wax from your ears, whilst a toothpick will get the fluff from out of your belly button (why is it always purple?)
Good luck