Snailz

Well this weekend i'm cleaning my engine bay up. Currently planning on taking the air pump, cruise control, that canister at the rear right of the bay(forgot the name of it) and possibly ABS & AC out. Then replace the pulleys and all that wonderful stuff. But, my question is, is there anything else i can take out to free up room? It's a street car so don't want it looking too illegal, already have my exhaust that hits around the 110dB mark and i've disconnected all the pollution gear.

phoenix7

clutch fan and shroud? Power Steering? relocate the battery?

why are you doing this anyways?

Snailz

Nah i'm going to leave the power steering, the battery is fine in it's current position just moving the fuse box into the battery thingy. Reason for doing it is that i hate having useless stuff in my car and i have abit of a fetish for clean engine bays. Also having a tiny rotary engine but having my engine bay looking messier than all my mates pistons pisses me off a fair bit.

phoenix7

sounds like a dumb reason to pull crap out. Have fun and post pics when you're done.

Snailz

Haha also lightens the car up, less weight = go faster. =p But yup will post pics.

clokker

iTrader: (2)

Pics are always good.

I doubt you can remove enough weight from a street car to make a tinker's damn worth of difference and your choices as to what get removed are schizophrenic to say the least if weight is a concern.
I mean really, lose the charcoal cannister but leave the PS?

If you're serious about weight then get serious...if not, just leave it all.

phoenix7

yeah, I figured he wanted to get rid of weight and stuff but he wants to keep the battery in it's place and keep the PS. After what he removed and what I posted i think that's about all you can remove.

clokker

iTrader: (2)

An aluminum hood (if you don't already have one) would save a few pounds.

What model car is this anyway?

Snailz

It's a S5 turbo, getting a carbon hood eventually but atm just doing stuff that doesn't cost much. What would you suggest i do with the battery? Keeping the PS cause i don't like having to spin the wheel like 2 times to go around a round about. =p ABS will probably stick around until i get bigger brakes.

jonesfromindia

aluminum> carbon fiber.

front mount> top mount.

moar boost>weight redux.



remove the rats nest.

Snailz

Yeah top mount is being removed soon, and obviously boost is getting increased. But as i said, just doing minor stuff atm. Car got hit last week so waiting until insurance repairs it before i go doing anything major.