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vsixcamry · 02-15-2005, 12:11 PM

weight reduction on a camry shall be the topic...

so i have removed my rear seat, put in racing seats, and removed my spare tire.

what other ways can i reduce the weight of my sluggish camry?

***Chris Corolla S*** · 02-15-2005, 02:00 PM

You can take stuff off or replace stuff with lighter parts.

Strip the trunk if you haven't already.

Look at Racerhex, his car is stripped down to the frikin bone...

***ASG14*** · 02-15-2005, 02:04 PM

Do the S2000 antenna conversion....that will shave off a couple pounds

***Chris Corolla S*** · 02-15-2005, 04:17 PM

If you have power stuff you can replace it with manual to lose the weight of those motors. Windows, mirrors, whatever. Toss the AC if you have that

vsixcamry · 02-15-2005, 10:18 PM

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Do the S2000 antenna conversion....that will shave off a couple pounds

sarcasm, or are you serious? will it make that much of a difference

***ASG14*** · 02-15-2005, 10:23 PM

haha, will not make much of a difference.......but if your are hardcore and every ounce counts, yes, the S2000 antenna will shave off a couple pounds.

solaraguy672 · 02-15-2005, 10:26 PM

umm strip the carpet if u havent already. also take out all tht crap in the trunk like Chris Corolla said. i mean theres tons of things u can strip but the question is how much is enough? like 100 pounds will be about .1 seconds in the quarter i heard somewhere

Peter · 02-17-2005, 06:07 PM

if ur really that hard core draging u can take up ac and power steering....

thakidd · 02-17-2005, 08:57 PM

strip the seats and spare and go to the drag on like E hardly any gas in ur tank u should be fine. i go to the drags alot in my camry but i run it as is i take nothing out......

CrawlingEye · 02-18-2005, 02:25 PM

take the alternator out, if you want to go hardcore.
you'll need to charge your battery between runs, it'll cut down some weight and kill off a lot of powertrain loss.

Toysrme · 02-19-2005, 06:56 PM

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but if your are hardcore and every ounce counts

Then you won't have a radio, so no need for any antenna at all! You wouldn't even bondo the hole, a little celophane tape works

CamNub · 02-20-2005, 09:11 PM

Shave your head and drive naked.

SmokingTires · 02-20-2005, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CrawlingEye

take the alternator out, if you want to go hardcore.
you'll need to charge your battery between runs, it'll cut down some weight and kill off a lot of powertrain loss.

I've never heard of anyone doing that. If anything, you just take off the belt before racing. Removing it would be rediculous. It only weighs like 5 pounds. And old requires about 5 hp to power it.

If your wanting to loose weight, peal back the carpet in your car. Under it is a tar based sound insulation. You can remove that by heating it with a hairdryer and scraping it off with a paint scraper. There is about 40lbs right there.

CrawlingEye · 02-20-2005, 10:49 PM

that's a valid idea, but a lot of the guys who go balls to the wall with drag do run without alts. most of the time they bring an extra battery so one can be charging while the other is being used for their run.

it's a way of cutting down drivetrain loss and it will reduce weight marginally.
if you're removing ac/ps/cc, you might as well go with unbelting the alt for runs.

similarly, you can use an electric water pump to reduce drivetrain loss even further.

CamNub · 02-20-2005, 11:29 PM

If your serious about dragging, Remove your a/c. A/c steals power and it weighs a ton.