How much wieght have i lost ?

[spic]

After stripping out my sport tech 2 and refitting two cobra fixed bucketts and a half cage which wieghed around 20/25kgs how much wieght do you think the car has lost ? (Thereabouts)

Thanks

Steve.

[gareth]

pop down to your local scrap yard with a bag of donuts for bribery and pop it on the weigh bridge and find out for sure

[spic]

anyone know what it would have been out of the factory ? 1990 sport ?

[gareth]

my manual reckons 1200kg but will be more if you have aircon etc

[spic]

Thanks Gareth .

[Black_Potato]

A well prepared 320i race car will weigh in around 1020kg, thats standard pannels, glass etc, full cage, FX system but not a lot else.

[leeparkes]

My 325i (in sig) weighed 1242kg on the bridge

[spic]

I must have lost nearly 70 80 kgs, weigh bridge here i come !

[stratos]

My race 318 is weighs 820kg ( without driver ). Aiming for under 800 for next year.

[spic]

My race 318 is weighs 820kg ( without driver ). Aiming for under 800 for next year.

What was it out the factory ? Have you got many carbon or fibre glass panels on there ?

[stratos]

What was it out the factory ? Have you got many carbon or fibre glass panels on there ?

I think the i.s. was about 1200 kg. Only the bonnet is fiberglass. Bootlid is only the steel skin. Doors are steel but have been severely lightened.Front wings are steel.Front spoiler and front panels are aluminium. 20 L ally fuel tank. Only one seat. No dashboard etc. Side windows are Polycarbonate. Front and rear screens are glass. 52% front 48% rear. The bodyshell complies with MSA regs.
I just need to get it a bit lighter and get more power out of the engine. And more importantly get some decent slicks and wets.

[Black_Potato]

stripped out 318i to PBMW spec is around 950kg

So thats pretty light

[Brian28]

Are you out again this season? Would really like to have a look around the car if so. My 318is is around 960kg, I've identified another 10-20kg that can come out but after that I'm stuck. Need to keep dash and side glass (regs) and will be keeping standard petrol tank tho (driven to meetings). Also interested to see how you work out power wise, we need to keep the standard bottom end (so no boring/stroking despite running in a 2 litre class) and no throttle bodies so I'm working on a bike carb set up.

Cheers
Brian

What was it out the factory ? Have you got many carbon or fibre glass panels on there ?

I think the i.s. was about 1200 kg. Only the bonnet is fiberglass. Bootlid is only the steel skin. Doors are steel but have been severely lightened.Front wings are steel.Front spoiler and front panels are aluminium. 20 L ally fuel tank. Only one seat. No dashboard etc. Side windows are Polycarbonate. Front and rear screens are glass. 52% front 48% rear. The bodyshell complies with MSA regs.
I just need to get it a bit lighter and get more power out of the engine. And more importantly get some decent slicks and wets.

[stratos]

Are you out again this season? Would really like to have a look around the car if so. My 318is is around 960kg, I've identified another 10-20kg that can come out but after that I'm stuck. Need to keep dash and side glass (regs) and will be keeping standard petrol tank tho (driven to meetings). Also interested to see how you work out power wise, we need to keep the standard bottom end (so no boring/stroking despite running in a 2 litre class) and no throttle bodies so I'm working on a bike carb set up.

No, I wont be out untill next Feb. If you find yourself in West Wales you are welcome to have a look.