Weight Reduction for better FE

[almightybmw]

well, skipping the blah-blah about stripping a car for FE and the ramifications, here's some examples:

1.strip out the sound deadener under the carpet. It's tar based, and very heavy. My car has (had) 45-50lbs in this.
2.The carpet. Mine was 22lbs. It still is, somewhere in a trashpile....
3.Misc. metal parts on the car. I had a few parts that if I crash, aren't going to help structure. Out they go. About 10lbs I lost there.
4.Wiring: holy moly, I stripped mine down, removed 35lbs in copper wiring. Who would have thought?
5.Power steering. Lots get by without it, its worth looking into at the least.
6.Single ply sidewall tires, short tread, etc. Good tire selection can save a lot of weight. Study the tires you want, and compare weights. Makes a difference.
6.Driver. Seriously. Lose weight if you can. I can't, I'm already a twig.
7.Keep it clean inside, don't haul anything more than you need, bare minimum.
8.I went even crazier and took a dremel to any small tabs or weld nuts of metal that weren't needed. All the little plastic tabs holding the wiring in place, all the tape wrap. It adds up.

MT is pretty slack on vehicle laws, so I removed my dash, every bit of it. No heater, no ducting, no big clunky plastic dash. Just the metal support bar, with gauges custom mounted to it. My backup car is the definition of stripped. I don't know if photobucket supports user searching, but if it does search for "almightybeamer" and you'll find some pics of my car in various stages. Search for "almightybmw" on picasa (the google pic thing) as well, a few pics up there.

Mind you, I DO NOT daily drive this car, it is strictly for rally and off road fun. The Grand Prix is for daily driving.