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BEERBOY123
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:55 pm

As Colin Chapman of Lotus once said: "Add lightness."

So I have. I have taken out the following items from my iS:

Spare wheel
Boot carpet
All boot sundries (jack, triangle, took kit, the lot)
Rear bench (just pulls out)
Head rests
Passenger seat (four sockets)
Plastic trim around gearstick/handbrake
Leather gaiter around gearstick
All carpets and mats
Cigarette lighter
Glove box torch
Radio

I have also emptied all the screen wash and folded back the door mirrors.

With the fuel light on I have now timed myself 0-62 in just 8.3 seconds (previously 9.1 seconds).
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:11 pm

Milk floats worldwide will now be worried ! :)
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:12 pm

Forgot to mention I also ditched the centre caps from the BBS alloys and scraped off the under bonnet sound-proofing stuff.
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:16 pm

BEERBOY123 wrote:Forgot to mention I also ditched the centre caps from the BBS alloys and scraped off the under bonnet sound-proofing stuff.

I hope you have stored your back seats with the backrest laid flat. It is a known hot tip in the tuning world :)
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:19 pm

You could shave off seconds by removing the headlining too.
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:25 pm

Gert_8 wrote: 'bruvbrows' smoothen out the turbulence around the headlight / grille area and have been proved to reduce drag by .0786 % , innit

Every little helps, innit :D
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:27 pm

Ban this spammer.
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:27 pm

Lol!! :D
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:13 pm

Keep going, door cards, roof lining, sunroof tray if present, carpet, sound proofing from everywhere, rear shelf, any unwanted heat shielding, heater motor can go too. Do you need a radio ? If not the wires can go too as can all the unused accessories wires. I Can keep going if you want.
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:28 pm

Bin the engine as well,that should add some lightness.

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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:40 pm

Drive in the buff, shave hair off (all), do a colonic, cut your nails....apparently mAn can survive on one kidney (Pete has contacts in China that could be interested)... :wink:
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:24 pm

If you weren't such a monumentally large bell end you would probably manage a gnarly 7 second 60
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 9:07 pm

Gaffer tape the panel gaps
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 9:17 pm

Carbon fibre gearknob on order and drilled pedals. Removing all badges too and tech II sh*t.
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Post Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:30 pm

Too obvious lol. Make sure to take a shit.
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Post Fri Jul 24, 2015 8:25 am

Empty the fuel tank, all that silly petrol weighs a fair bit :)
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