- Weight Reduction List For Track -
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- Weight Reduction List For Track -
Okay, so your ready to head over to the track and you really want some nice numbers to impress all your friends. What's the best way..
Its Jazzercize Time - Cobalt Style. Lol
I was able to remove over 200 lbs from the Cobalt, all in less than an hour.
Weight - Item
-4 ----- Floor Mats (Driver, Passenger, & 2 Rear Mats)
-13 ---- Stock Pioneer Subwoofer
-28 ---- Spare Tire, Styrofoam Supporter, & Sound Deadening Material
-6 ----- Tire Jack & Wrench
-1 ----- Owners Manual
-4 ----- Rear Headrests
-8 ----- Trunk Carpet
-42 ---- Passenger Seat
-7 ----- Rear Passenger Side Seat Back
-10 ---- Rear Driver Side Seat Back
-12 ---- Rear Seat Bottom
TOTAL= 135 Pounds
Here are the How To's on a bunch of those parts.
How To Remove Rear Seats
How To Remove The Passenger Seat
How To Remove Rear Headrests
How To Remove Rear Seat Backs & Bottoms
Some other things I was able to remove (RESULTS MAY VARY)
Weight - Item
-66 ----- 2 - 12" Subwoofers in box, 2 Amps, & some wire
-5 ------ Assorted Power / Ground Wire for Subs
-6.7 ---- 1 Gallon of Gasoline
-.05 ---- 1 Key, unknown matching lock cylinder. Lol
Grand (Personal) Total = 206 Pounds
Let me know if this helps any!
If you have any other weight ideas, feel free to post up.
Its Jazzercize Time - Cobalt Style. Lol
I was able to remove over 200 lbs from the Cobalt, all in less than an hour.
Weight - Item
-4 ----- Floor Mats (Driver, Passenger, & 2 Rear Mats)
-13 ---- Stock Pioneer Subwoofer
-28 ---- Spare Tire, Styrofoam Supporter, & Sound Deadening Material
-6 ----- Tire Jack & Wrench
-1 ----- Owners Manual
-4 ----- Rear Headrests
-8 ----- Trunk Carpet
-42 ---- Passenger Seat
-7 ----- Rear Passenger Side Seat Back
-10 ---- Rear Driver Side Seat Back
-12 ---- Rear Seat Bottom
TOTAL= 135 Pounds
Here are the How To's on a bunch of those parts.
How To Remove Rear Seats
How To Remove The Passenger Seat
How To Remove Rear Headrests
How To Remove Rear Seat Backs & Bottoms
Some other things I was able to remove (RESULTS MAY VARY)
Weight - Item
-66 ----- 2 - 12" Subwoofers in box, 2 Amps, & some wire
-5 ------ Assorted Power / Ground Wire for Subs
-6.7 ---- 1 Gallon of Gasoline
-.05 ---- 1 Key, unknown matching lock cylinder. Lol
Grand (Personal) Total = 206 Pounds
All the parts removed
Trunk Shot
Trunk
Passenger Side
Seats & Floor Mats
Spare Tire, Jack, Wrench, Styrofoam Support, & Sound Deadening Material
Rear Headrests
Stock Pioneer Subwoofer
Owners Manual
"Mystery Key"
Let me know if this helps any!
If you have any other weight ideas, feel free to post up.
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good job...i prefer to run fully loaded cuz i run on the track to see wat i'd run on the street so i dun see the point in takin stuff out if your looking for an accurate reading the way the car sits...if your lookin for good time then yea...definitely a good job tho...big weight lose simple
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Nice, I was thinking about removing my back seats all together and throw some nice material back there but I dunno, I will have to do it and see what it looks like.
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thanks... makes me realize its worthless to remove the back seat for 30 pounds but definately helps that i dont have to go through trial and error on this by myself
nice info
nice info
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I'm a little guy. One time this fat ass at the track who weighed well over 300 pounds asked me to drive his car to get better times. It was a SRT-8 Magnum. He ran a 13.6 @ X mph. I jumped in and on my first run I ran a 13.1 @ X mph
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They were a lot lighter than I expected. The passenger seat is pretty heavy, and the spare tire/jack where pretty heavy. Although, the rear seats pop out in less than 2 minutes without any unscrewing or unbolting, so its not that bad.
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I saw that, and I was not sure. It is Aluminum, so its not too heavy, however, it looked like a pain to take on/off, and I was hoping for an under an hour thing.
I tried taking out some of the bolts, and then gave up. Lol
I tried taking out some of the bolts, and then gave up. Lol
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A time that's slightly lower due to ripping half your car apart does nothing to impress me... To each is their own but I just don't see a point... My theory is if it's on the car when you drive it daily it should be on the car at the track. Good writeup though!
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if you use it a lot on the track then that's a different story.
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good job...i prefer to run fully loaded cuz i run on the track to see wat i'd run on the street so i dun see the point in takin stuff out if your looking for an accurate reading the way the car sits...if your lookin for good time then yea...definitely a good job tho...big weight lose simple
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**edit** just realized you have a sedan, it may be different