Mx 3 weight lose question
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excellent little list there. The only thing thats not on there that i was thinking of doing was removing the naf sunroof electric motor and rails and trying to fabricate a manual closure just a pop up hinge. Similar to something that was used on mk3-4 fiesta glass sunroofs.
lightweigh alloys are the nuts, in un real how heavy my BK racing wheels are!
i lost airbag steering wheel too which was also quite heavy.
have been told window motors arnt too heavy so not worth hastle of trying a manual conversion.
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this helps alot thanks
the only time im ganna drive it, is to santa pod so im going for light as possiblethanks
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Maybe going to extreme here but some dedicated track car Ive seen remove
sunroof completely and skin over with thin ali sheet, although we are talking glass roofs so may not be aplicable here?
Also swiss cheesing is quite popular . ie drilling holes to remove metal and weight, obviously nothing to structural as said. Even seen holes being drilled through the centre of bolts :roll: :shock:
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Nice list Daryll :idea:
Garfy, the sunroof is pretty lardy! Some US/Can had a moonroof thing like you are describing. You could/should get the mechanism and fit a polycarbonate sunroof 8)
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The sunroof mechanism is all removed from my car, sunroof has been spot welded back in place, with a thin skim of filler around to seal it up.
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@e62cbad462=mx3gulf:
The sunroof mechanism is all removed from my car, sunroof has been spot welded back in place, with a thin skim of filler around to seal it up.
i think i will do this when i respray it, thanks
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im look at priceing every thing up so i have an idea how much it ganna cost.where will i be able to find all of it from?
thanks
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you can also get a CF or fiberglass hatch… although the most gains are in the glass which shaves about 50+lbs :shock:
my buddy is selling a fiberglass hatch (only 1 in the world we know of) http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=71643
shipping might be kind of steep though... not sure
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would love a carbon bonnet on mine!
found one here when I was looking : http://www.nicedeals.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=9798lightweight alts. and starters : http://brise.co.uk/starter_motors.html
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@4109c62791=Mooneggs:
you can also get a CF or fiberglass hatch… although the most gains are in the glass which shaves about 50+lbs :shock:
my buddy is selling a fiberglass hatch (only 1 in the world we know of) http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=71643
shipping might be kind of steep though... not surethank for the info
