thought i'd post up some info on a little experiment i've conducted
last week i took the interior out the TF
and i mean the whole interior that wasn't necessary to me being sat in it and making it move
so the T-bar was already out and has been for a year, also removed for some time are the wheel arches and spare wheel and some generally useless trim items like the plastic trim under the bonnet
also removed was the center console, transmission tunnel, switch panel, passenger seat and harness, carpet, soundproofing etc
all i left in was the main part of the dash, the door cards and my seat and race harness
all in all saving probably what, 80kg?+ the seat alone probs weights 30 or 40kg and the carpet is bleeding heavy as is the soundproofing and the spare wheel is another chunk so id say 80 is conservative
i did this act of exceptional barmyness (evan for me) for reasons semi reveled at todays meet
anyway considering i hadn't evan removed 10% of the TFs weight (weighing in at an unladen weight of 1095kg) it made a heck of a difference
the TF has my own version of a stage 1 kit:
enclosed cone filter (but no air ducting atm)
52mm TB
janspeed de-cat
de-baffled back box
it also has a slippy clutch atm
regardless i timed a rough 0-60 (just on a stopwatch nothing scientific) of 7.1 seconds!!! the original 0-60 time of a 1.6 TF should be 9.2 seconds
a TF 160s 0-60 time should be 6.9secs just to put it into perspective, so if i could of properly nailed it off the line (which i couldn't do as my clutch release leaver is sticking) i think i'd of shifted a bit quicker than a TF160
however this lust for speed has come at a price... my beautiful engine note is ruined as all i can hear is the belts wineing through the firewall... the road noise is annoying as heck... i couldn't reach the window switch so had to pull over to put it up and every time i get in the car when its raining the bare metal floor needs cleaning! argh
not to mention the front end of the car is TOO light and at speed twitchs all over (especially when shifting from 2nd to 3rd at full tank... the front end pitches up violently as power is reapplied and it's a bit interesting if done at the wrong time... like on the apex of a round about at 60mph!)
anyway was an interesting experiment so thought i'd share as im not very well and extremely bored!