Ok on my battle to get my FC down to 2000 lbs and be street legal is still going. I have so far almost removed everthing no needed. Now on to some more questions.

Which weighs less, power windows or the manual windows? I currently have power windows but my parts car has the manual windows.

Next question which weighs less, the adjustable steering colum or none adjustable steering colum, mine now has the adjustable and my parts car has the none.

 

power windows are heavier. dunno bout the column, mine has the black handle that folds down which then lets you move the wheel up and down - that would be the adjustable right?

 

OT: dude dont sell your subaru, find a wrecked '00-'04 wrx sti with the engine still in good condition and swap that thing, i've seen it done quite a lot, its one of my favorite engine swaps!

 

dont know if this will keep it street legal...but ditching the hatch glass and replace with a plexi glass will def save some weight..i think somewhere it says the stock glass is 60lbs

 

^ good point. Corksport sells the lexan rear hatch glass, thats a lot of bread though

 

ditch the passanger seat...get a racing seat...stock ones are ~30lbs each....how bout the sound deading material?....heater core can probably go too..and if u wanna push the limit......inside the door theres a 30lb impact beam..but dont know if its so smart to remove those

 

also what wheels are u running?...as far as i know vert wheels are the lightest....but i could be wrong

 

You're NOT going to see 2000lbs...I'm tried and I had the wonderful help of both lexan AND a milwaki (sp?) sawz-all.

 

hahaa....any pics..i wanan see this

 

well...all u really need is an engine and 4....maybe 3 wheels.....hell..get rid of the driver seat and get a soapbox!

 

well if u really want to get it down ditch the glass and use plexi glass, if street legal like mentioned, go with a complete CF body or as much as possible, use lighter racing seats, take out the AC and other "unneeded" components, replce as many stock parts with aftermarket parts(as many aftermarket parts are lighter than stock) and buy some light racing rims
those should cut down a lot. dunno bout 2000 lbs though

 

Lexan windows that don't roll down are the lightest possible, or just a net over the window openings

 

well i dont know if nets are street legal, but if he takes out the AC youd kinda need windows that roll down

 

I used 4 small nuts welded to the door to hold my windows in so I could pull them out if needed.

 

hahah ghetto setups are funny
no offence

 

2190lbs full of gas and with me in it, full exhaust, intake, streetport, VDI intake, MSD ignition, elec fan, no power accessories, etc., etc., etc...

Ghetto? If that's the way you want to look at it...

 

what do u use the car for?...not a daily driver i hope...call me a ***** if u want..but i'd still keep my power steering and A/C

 

No ****, AC is a necessity in NJ, I'm going to be hating life when I move back there and it starts getting warm there. I have no AC in Colorado and it isnt bad, but it gets mighty humid in NJ.

 

ghetto like bolts and screws to adjust your window, i didnt mean it as an offensive comment

if this helps at all with your weight problem:
this was posted in https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?p=3614972

 

AC only bugged me in "defrost" weather when running straight air made the windshild worse.

I did have it as a daily driver...and loved it...until I bought an S5 with a cracked intermediate housing. I tried to put my S4's motor in her and **** rolled down hill from there...

...looking to start over...

 

i still want to see what u did with the sawzall..take pics when u get a chance..thanks

 

Wasn't taken as an offensive comment ...but I used to, and still do, hear it a lot...

This my bike...which I went at with much the same idea as I did the 7.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1094852994.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1094853015.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1094853064.jpg

...you just can't judge a book by it's cover...

 

im curious as to what can u remove with a sawzall..and im not interested in the bike..gimme pics of the 7!!!!!!

 

I think I just got another SE. It's going to have the same thing happen to it. The first one is gone.

Basically everything that wasn't holding something up was cut out...only thing on the doors themselves was the outside sheet steel and the latch rod. Dash was gutted. Windows to lexan. Everything was pulled out that I didn't need. I actually rebuilt the wiring harness so I could pull out the wires I didn't use, and then only use 6 bands of electrical tape to hold it together. I went at it with the philosophy that if 4 bolts held it, but 3 would work, two would probably do just as good. The outside looked just like any other SE. The inside looked like a different world. I even cut a large portion of the floor pan out (under and behind seats) and used two cross bars for suppor.

If I gut it...by god I do it RIGHT...

 

hahahahahaaaa....driving that thing musta been fun....and strangly..i dont use the a/c when im driving by myself....easier on the gas and engine...but when theres a lady in the car....then the a/c gets turned on....