The 370Z Weight Reduction Thread

[M.Bonanni]

Originally Posted by TerribleONE

at least the after markets look much nicer..

And stronger! Not to mention they are adjustable. The SPL Rear Camber Arms came in at 5 lbs.

[TerribleONE]

I had some SPCs on my G37.. now slam that baby ;]

[RCZ]

please dont slam it...

[RCZ]

Alrightt we got stickied!

[Supergoji]

well, replacing the seats with 13lb frp's, two piece rotors, wheels, aluminum race calipers, maybe the hatch with a CF one.
not to mention aluminum drive train mounts. lighter CF driveshaft and carbonetics CF clutch kit (350z one weighs 25 lbs for entire clutch and pressure plate assembly)

then just tack on headers, Titanium Test pipes, Titanium Catback, Dual intakes, Tune. which would lop off another 30lbs+

and you've have yourself quite a quick car. a little noisy but fast and fun.

if money was no option people could have a 2900-3100lb Z with 400bhp

[frost]

Originally Posted by Supergoji

well, replacing the seats with 13lb frp's, two piece rotors, wheels, aluminum race calipers, maybe the hatch with a CF one.
not to mention aluminum drive train mounts. lighter CF driveshaft and carbonetics CF clutch kit (350z one weighs 25 lbs for entire clutch and pressure plate assembly)

then just tack on headers, Titanium Test pipes, Titanium Catback, Dual intakes, Tune. which would lop off another 30lbs+

and you've have yourself quite a quick car. a little noisy but fast and fun.

if money was no option people could have a 2900-3100lb Z with 400bhp

If money was no option, I'd prolly be in a GTR

[RCZ]

Originally Posted by Supergoji

well, replacing the seats with 13lb frp's, two piece rotors, wheels, aluminum race calipers, maybe the hatch with a CF one.
not to mention aluminum drive train mounts. lighter CF driveshaft and carbonetics CF clutch kit (350z one weighs 25 lbs for entire clutch and pressure plate assembly)

then just tack on headers, Titanium Test pipes, Titanium Catback, Dual intakes, Tune. which would lop off another 30lbs+

and you've have yourself quite a quick car. a little noisy but fast and fun.

if money was no option people could have a 2900-3100lb Z with 400bhp

Eh, money no object people could have a 2500lb Z with 1800RWHP.

I'm pretty sure the driveshaft in the Z is already carbon. As far as a carbonetics clutch, thats interesting and will be noted when something is released, but there's easier and cheaper places to take weight off on. The problem of course is how far the average person wants to go on their daily driver.

I'm waiting for Seibon to make a rear hatch, roof and hood in carbon....that will not only reduce weight, but also lower the center of gravity. The Sunline carbon roof is only a cover that will just add weight sadly.

[TerribleONE]

can the roof of this car even be replaced? the hatch may save some weight.. but sadly the hood only saves MAYBE 3 pounds.. because it is already aluminum.. at least this is the case on the G37 and the 370z also has an aluminum hood.. but every pound counts in the long run..

[frost]

Originally Posted by TerribleONE

can the roof of this car even be replaced? the hatch may save some weight.. but sadly the hood only saves MAYBE 3 pounds.. because it is already aluminum.. at least this is the case on the G37 and the 370z also has an aluminum hood.. but every pound counts in the long run..

True, but obviously your money accounts for something. a $600 dollar hood saving you 3lbs will not be as good of an investment as investing that money in a performance part.

[josemartinrea]

Originally Posted by TerribleONE

can the roof of this car even be replaced? the hatch may save some weight.. but sadly the hood only saves MAYBE 3 pounds.. because it is already aluminum.. at least this is the case on the G37 and the 370z also has an aluminum hood.. but every pound counts in the long run..

The roof has been replaced. Chris Forsburg did it in his Formula D Z.

[RCZ]

I was fearing that, good call thanks for the info.. its the same story on the STI... Might end up getting a vented hood for various purposes..

[Supergoji]

the reason i say carbon fiber driveshaft is because an aftermarket version will weigh less then the OEM one ussually

[M.Bonanni]

tvfreakazoid - To answer both your questions...

The PC680 works fine for high horsepower applications. My time attack 350Z puts down 700+whp and runs off a PC680.

I assume you are talking about the BRIDE Zeta III seats? They are very comfortable once you are in them, but I daily drove my Evo IX with a set of Zeta IIIs for a long time and it was a pain in the *** getting in & out of the car, or getting your wallet or cell phone out of your pockets. Not recommended for a daily driver.

[Nismo221]

Anyone know the weight of Greddy's Ti-C Dual exhaust compared to the stock Nismo's?

[RCZ]

tvfreakazoid - It is unnecessary to quote the long picture messages, if you are going to quote something like that, please manually remove the pictures from the quoted message before you submit them. It adds clutter and since the browser has to display the pictures twice, it uses up valuable bandwidth from whoever put up the picture.

Also, you don't need to make separate messages to quote more than one comment. Hit the little quotations with the + sign next to the "quote" button for the ones you want to multi-quote. Then on the LAST comment you want to multi-quote, you press the actual "quote" button. What that will do is make a single message with all the quotes you wanted...

Its just a little annoying to have to scroll through2 comments and 9 big pictures to see your message "Thanks for the info" and "how comfortable are these seats"

You could have just made one message saying " Hey DDM thanks for the info, just one more thing..are the zeta III's comfortable?"

That is much easier to deal with, doesn't add clutter, nor does it eat bandwidth and its not annoying for the rest of us. That having been said, you should reserve different font sizes for when you are trying to emphasize the importance of something..its kinda annoying that all your comments are bigger than everyone else's font... That might just be me though.