Bitching about a 4g in a 3000GT

**anyonebutme** · 10-14-2014, 11:23 AM

Since this is now a weight loss thread, I'll post here.

Took my scales in Monday to Champion, and tested them with 500lb and 1000lb NIST class F certified weights.

This is the state stamp showing this weight was legal for certification purposes

This is what a 1000lb weight shows up as sitting on the scale:

We tested all 4 pads with both weights, 2 were dead on, 1 was 1 lb light at 1000 and dead on at 500, 1 was 2 lbs light at 1000 and 1lb light at 500, which is well within the "of scale" certification limits for it's 6K lb rating, which means they can be 7 times more accurate than a 80,000lb truck scale @ 3500 lbs.

tl:dr summery: my scales are confirmed accurate.

**NOMIEZVR4** · 10-14-2014, 12:36 PM

so with this list

2G Stealth:
Carbon hood
lexan roof panel
gutted interior, power windows still, no speakers or radio or anything but seats, ECU, and a couple aftermarket gauges inside
solid mounts
no AC, no heater core, no blower, just firewall
cruise delete
sound and heat insulation delete
ABS delete
AWS delete
SRS delete
had CFDS
bumper delete
single shot exhaust, catless
had coilovers
lightest 18x9.5 wheels I could find that didn't cost $3K a set
Conti challenge slicks
lots and lots of removed brackets and stuff
big brakes were a wash weight wise, my 355mm just about same weight as stock brakes.
FMIC which saved a bit of weight
gutted headlight intake
splitter gained some weight back
wingless at the time
NA brake booster
vac reduction and deleted everything I could
no washer tanks
fog light delete
fender plastics delete for whats that worth
fixed back racing seats mounted solid, no sliders
small things like crank pulley, alternator tensioner delete
really light steering wheel, lol

I'm sure I'm forgetting more. Still couldn't break the 3K lb raceweight barrier. Time for more carbon, more lexan, and more holesawing.

You were able to hit 3056lbs without you and fuel? That's impressive. The little crap really added up on your car..

**MDoe8** · 10-14-2014, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by familyMAN

oh and BLASPHEMY!....

Definitely some weight savings though

Still loving this. Looks like it could have been a factory option or maybe the "base" engine.

**familyMAN** · 10-14-2014, 01:35 PM

Thanks! Hoped it didn't look to "hacked." I'm also thinking about blacking out the big intercooler pipe, with either flat black or wrinkle black, to make it appear a little more factory.

The intake will be moved for the holset. In fact, may not have much room for anything more than a big filter straight off the turbo.

**anyonebutme** · 10-14-2014, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by NOMIEZVR4

so with this list

You were able to hit 3056lbs without you and fuel? That's impressive. The little crap really added up on your car..

It's not really that impressive at all.........my car is really a tin can with a seat, it should be a LOT lighter but the 3S has a massive structure. Think of it this way, with a cage me and fuel, my car would be 3610 on the grid. Gutted. Now imagine what it weighs with A/C and all that jazz.

**MDoe8** · 10-14-2014, 10:48 PM

Can the intake go down and towards the passenger side? With the intercooler pipe where it is, it's hard to go above the trans tunnel. Would be cool if intercooler pipe wrapped around strut tower and you could put intake in stock location. Could also relocate the fuse box and have the intake go there but that's a lot of work for an intake.

**familyMAN** · 10-14-2014, 11:01 PM

I'll try to squeeze it down and put a filter into the stock smic location when I put the holset on. The auto comes more forward than a manual so it limits how big of a pipe I can fit through to the smic location. If I have to, I'll just put a big filter straight on the turbo.