Protege Weight Reduction
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That is GVWR. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_vehicle_weight_rating
GVWR- Gross Vehicle Weight r-something. Similar to your paycheck, your gross income is what you make before taxes - the gross vehicle weight is the total amount of weight the car is rated for to be safely operated. So basically you can load up your car with about 1000 pounds of crap (people, luggage, landscape bricks, fertilizer.....) and the car should still be safe to operate.
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- '03 LX Pearl Black A/T
thx guys 
lol yeah i use to go like wtf 3600 mayn thats heavy, and for a sec i got discouraged from continuing moding her, but now its all good hah i will be trying to do some weight reduction in the future.....
peace
lol yeah i use to go like wtf 3600 mayn thats heavy, and for a sec i got discouraged from continuing moding her, but now its all good hah i will be trying to do some weight reduction in the future.....peace
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- '03 LX Pearl Black A/T
extreme .... will u be getting cf doors/hood/trunk/fenders?
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- 02' Protege ES (Gone)
16' Mazda 6 sport manual
Yeah seriously. For me it'd be the case of "s*** why do I have so many extra parts"
I labeled the wiring harness and I have to make my own mounts on the roll cage for the dash. Other than that nothing is going back in so its nice and easy.
I have a carbon fiber hood. The other parts are not in the budget for this year.
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- '03 LX Pearl Black A/T
back again with another question, and again a noob ?s
the curb weight of the car is 2690, so that means with the car as is (full tank of gas, coolant, oil, fluids) or is it 2690+
never fully understood the meaning of "curb weight" (i do understand the "dry weight")
thx
the curb weight of the car is 2690, so that means with the car as is (full tank of gas, coolant, oil, fluids) or is it 2690+
never fully understood the meaning of "curb weight" (i do understand the "dry weight")
thx
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- '03 LX Pearl Black A/T
damn, thats awesome!! with cf fenders/trunk etc that can be brought down even more...
still not gonna do any major reduction until i get new dd, than i'll go as far as i can (anyway she's in the shop now)
keep it up, and keep us posted
still not gonna do any major reduction until i get new dd, than i'll go as far as i can (anyway she's in the shop now)
keep it up, and keep us posted
Pump, hoses and fluid probably 5 or 6 pounds. The reason most people who do remove the PS do it for the reduction of drag on the engine more than the weight. On a roadcourse you are turning a lot at the same time you are trying to accellerate which means the drag from the pump is hurting a lot more than just the standard loss you would see at idle. I haven't tried it without PS yet to know how it feels. My car won't see the road any more so I will probably do some more weight reduction this winter and the PS may be one of the things I try.