How To Get To 1800 lbs, How to Lighten My Racecar Options

[motorvated]

Just put in my fresh 2.0 liter motor, replacing my stock 1.8 liter and it is definitely a much stronger motor and my lap times have gone down. I’m still a little slower than I would like to be, but driver skill aside, I’m wondering how best to shave some weight from the car. It already has fiberglass Chalon fenders and bumpers on it, but stock hood, trunk, and door skins. One racing seat, no top, fake Fuchs, header exhaust, fuel cell, 6-point cage. Don’t know what it weighs right now, but I’m sure it’s not anywhere near 1800 lbs. So where do people find the weight savings? My door panels don’t weigh very much, and I can remove them and the door glass too. I prefer to keep the stock windshield but could remove the rear window if that would help aerodynamically but that may be unsafe from a fire spread perspective. Could remove headlight assemblies and install fiberglass hood and trunk. I usually run without the engine cover. Any thoughts on this?

[Racer]

Is this an AX car or a "race car" or a DE car? Are there class rules to worry about? Street legal?

If a 1.8, it sounds like a '74. "Fresh" 2.0 is vague... Carbed and cam? Euro pistons? just factory rebuild?

Can you ditch the windshield/pillars?
Lexan?
Rear bumper
I bet Fake Fuchs are heavier than factory fuchs..
Cages are heavy - ditch that if not needed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Chalon Kit is heavy, even if fiberglass. I bet regular GT flares would have been lighter, but you work with what you are dealt with.
Wide wheels with 100hp never works well. Lots of drag and weight to overcome

I see some pretty serious builds in this thread. If your car is the one in your avatar, well then, going to those extremes might not be reasonable)


The lightest I could get my stock , early 70 1.7 (ie, no spare, jack, toolkits, floormats but otherwise "stock" was 1990lbs with a full tank of gas)


And then the old adage "seat time, seat time, seat time"... seriously it helps.