weight or power
 

i have a low college style budget, but do have some money for upgrades. i have the option of adding around 10hp to the wheels, or dropping 150lbs, which would you choose because i can only do 1

What's the method of doing these changes?

This.
Also, a balance of both can be done if you want.

Weight lose:
-Junk in the hatch area
-Relocating the battery to the rear

Both of which are easy DIY projects

Powerrrrrrrrrrrrrr. As captain slow would say.

Rip out the spare and add the power. Done deal.

In this range 10 hp = about 100 lbs.

ugh. captain slow is James May, you are quoting Clarkson.

I would do test pipes/high flow cats and k&n panel filters if I were on a budget.

Powerrrrrrrr can be both sir. Please reference captain slow performing his first super car review with the zonda targa where he floors it down the air strip;)

On a real to the op, just add the power and remove the weight. Done deal.

Yah who the hell needs a heavy windshield anyway? Just remove that too.

i can either have fiberglass nrg seats, which only weigh 11lbs each, or install a tuner, which adds about 15hp (on top of other future upgrades). or, i just remembered, new springs

rip out the back seats :ugh2:

you sir, are an idiot

irony.

lmfaooooooooo :rofl2:

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I think it would be easier if you just told us how much your budget is..

:bowrofl:

:iagree:

Bold part, not always.
Honestly you are going the wrong way. Get some HFC or TP, then exhaust, drop in filters and finally a tune if you want to add power. For weight reduction I would remove the junk in the hatch area, relocate your battery to the rear (maybe buy a light weight one if you want).

What is the purpose of this build? You say NRG seats but you are a college student so is this your daily driver?

11lb sounds like a painful DD. There is a list of components and weights for this car somewhere on this site. Losing weight is for me always a better option then adding HP for overall performance up to a point of course. I watched some show of a group of people stripping down a Toyota corolla or something and that thing actually went pretty damn fast afterwards and they didn't spend any money.
1. What's the purpose of the car?
2. What's the budget.

OP: Seat comfort for a DD is too important to me to be able to answer the other, HP.

Get an oil cooler or your power advantage will be quickly forgotten.

mustang gt

Remove hatch. 370ZElCamino anyone?

:happydance:

Please disregard this comment.

Quit eating Big Mac's. There's your weight savings.
Attach HFC's. That's where the biggest choke point is.

I prefer taco hell, great taste going in, feel the burn going out. :wtf2:

And significant reductions in et's.

I think I'm going to get some Taco Hell for lunch right now! Either that or Panda but I'm so damn sick of Panda.

Panda Express?
I hate that place, every time I have gone the food has been cold, wrongly cooked or just tasted like garbage.

are you still in college? If so, spend your money for college and not on a car :tiphat:

And when I mean college, I wasn't talking about "educational" purposes. :happydance:

He means this kinda thing...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YOa1xSkWsc...frat+party.jpg

Oh yeah... and pizza and beer. Plenty of time for a car later.

http://getgirlsinbed.com/wp-content/...ntgyo1_500.jpg

i'll fit that in somehow. my budget is 3 grand on upgrades, which doesnt seem like much, or alot for a college student, which ever your argument is. i want a half driver half light racer, i grew up around expensive cars (jags mercs and an aston martin) so i want this up to spec. i would like to rephrase what i said about the tuner adding 15hp; i have plans for other mods, some that effect the air:fuel ratio so a tuner will balance it back out. btw killer bee, girl top right, derp

More power makes you faster in the straightaways.
Less weight makes you faster everywhere.

So glad I never partied or did other crap. Made me boring, but unlike my roommates, I have a degree and a career now. Also managed to skip through with 10% body-fat benching 100# over my weight. I am VERY happy with spending college in the books and gym rather than the sorority whorehouse above my apartment. :happydance:

College is for studying and maintaining yourself so you can party LATER. The parties later in life are much better.

This is true.

Well put. :tup:

I managed to study ok, getting in good shape (18minute 5k, 350 bench, etc), and still had plenty of time to party. They aren't mutually exclusive.

I got the studying part down :p

Need to start going to the gym though.

Is that about $3K per boob?