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More work done today.

I have finally changed out the "takata" harness for a matching schroth racing PRO EF 2 ASM on the passenger side

Not a lot but every bit counts haha

Takata weight. 1.65KG

Schroth weight. 1.55KG

Harness's fitted

I can weight to get matching passenger seat! lol.. Makes the OEM eats look so FAT!

I have made a start on the passenger door weight removal as well, I thought i should weigh the door card this time round as i'll end up ditching these soon for carbon paneling. Potential weight loss from doorcards is another 7.45KG! (total doors weight loss would then be 16.05KG)

Door card.

Weight

Door handle, elbow pad and bolts etc.

Small boot trim from around rear high level light.

Picked up a new racing battery made by odyssey Its a called extreme 22 or PC625 and comes in at a very light 6KG! Its tiny as well haha. The other benefit of these over my old full size Bosch unit is this one is sealed and won't leak. Normal car batteries can leak and give off acid vapour.

New vs. Old for size! 8.3KG LIGHTER!

Specs.

These batteries are susceptible to vibration damage so I was recommended to fit a foam base. This was just cut from garage floor foam Nice and cheap.

Anti-vibration foam fitted.

Tiny new battery in place. (I need foam to cut to the space at the back just to be extra shore it won't move.

Old battery on the scale. 14.3KG (Bosch website quotes 16.4KG for this model??)

I have a little more weight to come out on the battery as its now using M6 posts vs. standard battery terminals so I can now use small light weight spade connectors and get rid of the heavy originals i have used. They must weight another 100-200g's

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS SO FAR = 42.62KG

CAR DRY WEIGHT = 1437.25KG

More work on weight loss today

The door windows have not worked for over a year so Ive decided to gut the motors and rail system in them to save a few Kg's

Window was removed, All parts of the power system removed and them 1mm Alu plate was used to brace the window back into the correct position.

Few pics with the door gutted Its not staying like this yet so the door card has gone back on but i may make a carbon sheet door skin soon

Job done! Door card back on! Window in correct place!

Motor and rails

Weight

Inner door skin.

Weight

Foam from inside the door card, nuts and bolts plus the bose tweeter.

Drivers door done today only but same will be done to passenger door ASAP.

Weight saved today 4.3KG x 2 for both doors = 8.6KG

TOTAL WEIGHT LOST SO FAR = 34.07KG

Booked onto a RMA Gold trackday at Donington Park with no noise limit in march If don't make anglesey in feb this will be a time to set up and test out the car I need to take tire temps across the bed and set up shocks and see if i can run more aggressive camber etc.

Exited!

Plus its with supercardriver.com and loads of ferrari's and lambo's booked on as well as a mate in his V10 supercharged R8 so will be great to see how the little zed does against the big boys.

I'm aiming for half the weight of a 350Z so about 950kg defo want it under a ton. 😉

Not a fan of forced induction mate.

 

 

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When did 350z weight 1900KG ?!?!? lol... Mine is 1455kg haha

KW V3's nuff said...... Quality that lasts and worth the asking price.

epic mate, i should comment every time i read this but don't for some reason? Keep the updates coming mate I'm reading with loads of interest! Im hoping i can't get a bit of footage of this on track later in the year if your at a drift event??

Wicked mate. Needs a mega arch extension with vents...

Car getting toe sorted again this morning..

Toe was set to 1mm in on both sides vs. the 10mm per side it was running and camber set to -1 degree to max rear tire contact patch

Car feels miles and miles better on the short drive i took it on to scrum tires in see what it felt like!

Now just need to see what its like on track on go from there!

When I mean move rear wheel out the way a really mean pull the hub and knuckle assembly about to get the arms in and out wheel off doesn't really help unfortunately

More work on the zed today.

Fitted my toe bolts about ten mins after the post man dropped them off lol.. Plus my drift works traction arms I've had for a few weeks now.

Template in place for the subframe to be enlarged.

Subframe cut.

This was an easy job tbf... just a pain to get tools in the right angle to make the cuts. Not really got any more pics as my hands were dirty by now and I was working alone again lol.

Traction arms fitted. (these were a PITA as you really need two people to help man handle the rear wheel out the way to get the arms off and new ones back in)

Large rose joint in place on subframe end.

Arms fitted and toe adjust by eye ready for going on the jig again tomorrow

Anyway even after adjusting the arms and bolts by eye the car feels SOOOO much better than before. I can see the rear is running far less toe in and less camber so ill have it set up again tomorrow and she should be driving wicked now!

PS. i know the car looks a state lol.. Im sorting the underside slowly.

Holes!!! With a dimple die will look cool.

My mastergrade cf diffuser is still great after years on the car!

I have bride lomax sliding rails for sale mate pm me.

Cheers dude

 

Been reading your thread, I think we may have met at TOTB? I used to be a regular there with the SXOC boys and my grey S13 won the hadling class a few years ago

Ah ok mate, Ive been TOTB every year for ages. You fancy running the zed this year with me??

Class thread... Man after my own heart!

Bennett do you know what the Kenetix manifold has saved weight wise?? If I swapped the oem strut brace out for carbon I could save a kg or so there plus I need to cut down my wireloom in the car so that may save another 1kg.

Potentially up to 47kg to lose.

Lol.. Thanks bonnet!

I'm hampered by the weight of the tt kit and large down pipes etc.

If I go mad and drop off the door cards, internal door plate, window motors and runners that's 7,5-8kg per door! Even keeping glass!

My plan to get down to 1400kg is...

- light race battery saves = 9kg

- drill our rear crash brace = 2kg

- carbon rear hatch/lexan = 15-20kg

- swap out oem W brace for alu upgrade =???

- passenger seat = 7,5kg

- door gutting = 15-16kg

Total = 45kg approx

This gets me a chunck closer to 1400kg but after that I doubt I'll be able to lose more I need a fire extinguisher which adds weight so then it's just (Clarkson voice) POWER.....

Fit one on the inside frome limo window tint you can see through it for traffic light ect and does really help

Apr is best... I went with Megan as the wing shape is very good and built well. Easy to fit and under 50% Apr price. Load of pics in my build thread.

Fitted some grip tape to the drivers footwell.

This will help out when its wet out

Also fitted some battery terminal covers as it sits quite close to the rear bulk head.

Still waiting for my toe bolts to come then its back for the last part of set up.

Oh details on the closed deck block!!

Oh details on the closed deck block!!

That not good to hear any more details??

Yeah I think they all pull about 600 rather than the book figues of 552. The e63 biturbo is the same and normally well over 600.

Yeah I know it's a hood choice. The problem I have is my isf has been faultless and I still love it fancy and change and it's hard to top that car for me.

The m5 and e63 have more pace and possible similar fuel consumption so there just about the only options I can think of that tick all the boxes.