im looking to put my escort on a strict diet but wondering what it weighs as standard? whats the best things to loose weight with? im thinking carpets, insulation behind dash, sound proofing on floor, cutting inner door skins and fitting carbon cards, are poly windows relatively waterproof? (with sliders?) cheers

 

cliffs1's car weighed in at 960kg with fuel i think

that was stripped and caged, not sure if he had plastic windows at the time

 

if your caging it you can go proper mental with an angle grinder and remove tons of surplus brackets. You can go crazy drilling holes out of stuff too

 

you know i got plenty of carbon ideas in the making


should be light enough when done

 

is phil doing these for you?

i eventually want a cage as if i ever bent it which i prey i dont i wouldnt like to think how it will fold. Thing is i want to try and make it look tidy/smart aswell as light wieght.

 

yeah, he has now done the moulds for bumpers and end caps

plus more to come

 

top man gus, i spoke quite along time back with him to do mine but then i had to sell the engine lol. i thought the slim fast diet was something cheap i could do to the car over xmas lol. didnt you have your car corner wieghted? whats the cost for that if you dont mind me asking? as im guessing this will need doing after lol.

 

not been on the scales yet


i know i have said this before but it should be soon (without planned mods).

 

any idea of costs involved? i know im in need of either a rear roll bar set up or something, poss rose jointed arms etc to sort the rear end out lol.

 

no no idea im afraid, mine is just an all in build as they are doing everything

shouldnt be too bad thou i would of thought as they have cliffs old workings to go from

mine was set to this when assembled to use as a starting point. so alot of the guess work is done, now its just fetterling

 

nice, just trying to think of the crap that can be removed that is cost free at the minute lol

 

get the grinder out


striping the sound proofing from the floor is quite tedious, will need painting after aswell

 

i guess the carpet out, jig saw and sound proofing can wait till the summer till weathers warmer for spraying then lol

 

I thought the best way for removing sound proofing was a heat gun not a jigsaw?????

 

i believe so mate but jig saw is good for cutting out inside of door skins etc pmsl

 

to me then i read your post wrong

Are there any good metal hole cutting kits out there?? and the thing you need to recess the holes properly (swaging i think). Or is it a metalwork industry thing you cant do at home??

 

to me then i read your post wrong

Are there any good metal hole cutting kits out there?? and the thing you need to recess the holes properly (swaging i think). Or is it a metalwork industry thing you cant do at home??

 

I like the sound of them! who's making them?

 

www.carbondelight.co.uk

 

Mines 880kg with a full tank.Stripped and caged up.Regards,Micky

 

im guessing you mean bi metal hole saws and the word for the spacing you meant was proberly 'staggering' lol

 

what have you stripped?

 

is your standard body wise?
is yours sunroofed?
plastic windows?

i have heard a couple of people say that they was 850+
sounds good for me

 

850kg is light, Wonder what Tim & Ollies weigh.

 

850k sounds a good target then, i'd love it to be stupidly light, what do mk2 fezza's weigh?

 

mk's was 850 im sure

 

omg thats light lol

 

if i could be anywhere near that i'd be over the moon lol

 

I wonder how much i can save from my puma going psycho with carbon and an angle grinder Is a weld in cage strong enough so that the structural strength of the bodywork becomes unnesscesary meaning maximum cutting away can be done??? Id ideally like to get to the point where the bodywork just keeps the weather out

 

Standard body,no sunroof,plastic widows,no soundproofing,no rear seats,no interior trim,no ABS,no side skirts or spoiler,just stripped as much as possible out of the car.To get a RST down to 850 kg with a full tank of petrol BUT with a roll cage is very very good going!!!!Regards,Micky

 

I'd guess that Tim's car is around the origional 980kg,as his car really is'nt that stipped inside,plus Tim has a cage too.Regards,Micky

 

But then the gains in stiffness etc from fitting a cage should make the wieght gain worth it. Well thats the way i see it with cages.

 

I agree Warren,when I jack my car up under the door,the door stills opens easliy,no drooping/flexing of the shell.Regards,Micky