i've noticed a few, well more than a few really, people on the forum that ask about removing stuff off their cars for weight savings, i'd be interested to see if anyone has some sort of comparison table as to the amount of horsepower or rwkw gained per kilo of weight dropped, i realise it would be different for each car as most are different weights and different rwkw/horsepower to begin with , i just thought there may be a a sort of standardised estimation cheers
You can't gain horsepower by removing weight from the car. Making the car lighter doesn't make the engine more powerful or produce more kilowats. It does however allow the car to better use the kilowats the engine already produces.
You wouldn't think it was necessary to explain that, would you Pete? I think blackheartedprofit might have been thinking of a power to weight calculation, rather than an increase in power output.:zlove:
yeah, i thought that was a given, perhaps i should explain what i mean by abc, anyway still interested to know
I lightened my zed by 195kg...... but I can't say there was any noticeable gains, because I had to get back in the car to test her out :zlove:
I washed mine on the weekend and vacumed... Car goes faster now - a bit lighter and more aerodynamic for sure cause it's all smooth and shiney
Good article on weight reduction: Here. I think yugobernies comment is valid. "Frankly I find talk of "weight reduction" in anything less then a fully gutted (and I mean rolling chassis) metal car to be a waste of time. effort and pretty much in the same stature as "hp per liter" statements."
