i have a 87 hatch back lx with the mild mods intake exaust anf electric fan. I have found that a big improvement it speed is to put my car on a diet any good tips on getting rid of a bunch of weight

 

Remove the back seat, put light weight racing seats in the front, replace the stock hatch door with a light weight one with lexan, remove the stereo, etc. Lots of ways to reduce weight.

 

take out rear seat, take out sound inslulating stuff, basically gut the interior

 

depends how streetable you want it
hell delete entire interior except driver seat. get fiberglass panels..

 

lexan windows, fiberglass as much of the body as possible, take out smog pump, a/c and powesteering pump, rack and pinion, gut everything from the inside except the drivers seat

 

hell take the d/s seat and use a milkcrate[&:]

 

the a/c is pretty heavy in the eng.compartment...im gunna remove mine. And its gunna make the compartment look alittle cleaner without them hoses.

 

well these guys have ok idea but not where I would start...
1. put yourself on a diet
2. lighter rims and tires..this is unsprung wt....aluminum driveshaft,aluminum rear brake drums this is like 50-100 lbs
3. a/c 35 lbs 1-2 hp gain
4. lighter battery as in a dry cell 20lbs
5. fiberglass hood 15-20 lbs
6. tubalur a-arms 9-12 lbs
7. remove rear seat 15lbs
8. lighter intake 5-9 lbs
9. remove undercoating 3-6 lbs
10. remove power door lock motor 2-5 lbs
11 find a pair on non=power window door set.. 5-8 lbs
12. remove jack and spare when not needed 35 lbs
13. racing seats? 25 lbs
14. remove the heavy fiberglass bumper reinforce and shocks 15-18 lbs
15 aluminum rad. 1-2 lbs
16. electric fan... 0 lbs but it give hp due to less parisite drag
17 aluminum pulleys mostly the crank pulley 1-2 lbs same as above
18. composite valve cover 2-5 lbs
19. aluminum flywheel..20lbs does hurt low hp torque in street cars
20. fiberglass hatchback..50 bls..strip only
21. hatch carpet 4-6 lbs
notice there is no cut up or anything to take away from looks or comfort...I can think of about 30 more things to do but then looks and comfort will be compremised

 

my personal favorite

 

every 100 pounds is about .1 off your time,

DONT FORGET, dont go to the track with a full tank of gas, adds up