saving weight on a 1.7, will it make any difference Options

[drewvw]

With a stock 1.7 how much weight would you have to lose via FG/CF hoods,lids and such to see a performance gain?

This is a purely theorectical question regarding how weight affects the performance of the engine, I am not planning on doing this...

[Mueller]

it's just simple math....

let's say your car wieghs 2000 pounds and has 80hp

2000/80 = 25, so you have 25 pounds per 1 hp

remove 100 pounds for 1900/80 = 23.75 pounds per 1 hp

for referance, the early Miatas weigh 2116 with 116 hp, for a 18.24:1 ratio

to get the same hp/pound ratio for your stock 1.7 as the Miata has, you'd have to get your car down to 1459 pounds which is near impossible for a street driven (and safe) 914 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)