Striker got weighed today, 600K, lardarse

[The Knobs]

So it looks like my car needs to cut down on some fat somewhere, but where to start, and where to stop.
Its a sierra irs chassis but it still sounds rather lardy to me.

[Werner Van Loock]

All I can say is that mine weighs 500Kg and that's striker nr17 using:

lightweight Morris Minor Live axle
Toyota 4AGE 16v (light compared to most other engines)
Toyota T50 gearbox (very light compared to T9)
13" wheels and rubber (a lot lighter then 15")
escort front (a lot lighter then sierra)
no windscreen
no wiper system
no heater
small battery
drums at the rear (lighter then discs)
no nonsense interior eg Bare aluminium and CF dash

and that's it. Could be a little lighter by using fiberglass seats, lighter wheels, digital dash and by replacing the heavy escort Radiator and fan.

[petercoll]

Mine is 535kg with half a tank of petrol.
Liveaxle with a crossflow engine, and Type 9 gearbox.

Pete

[The Knobs]

Thing is, i am thinking of changing the front end to escort bits and some lighter/better brakes coupled with some 13 wheels and tyres, and wonder what sort of weight will that lot drop ? That along with losing a few miles of cable from the loom, windscreen and wipers, one of the horns, lorry battery etc, might get it down to somehting a bit slimmer. Cant see be able to lose 50 kilos plus though.

[AndyHamp]

Mines 560Kg ... that was with windscreen/doors and 3/4 tank of fuel ....

Mazda MX5 engine/supercharger/inter-cooler/custom alli rad/etc
14" wheels
Escort Live axle/Serria disks/callipers/ATB diff
Outlaw callipers on front & "Raceleda" uprights
Bench style seats


600kg sounds high for a Striker ... what's the spec ?

Andy

[Maverick440]

Seam to recall mine came it at around the 550kg mark:
Striker IRS
Type 9
Rs 2000 ally bell housing
2.0 Pinto
Ally sump
Sierra Vented front discs
Sierra rear discs
15" wheels
Golf ally rad
Full screen and wipers

[The Knobs]

Car is the red one thats on Raw brochure built by Les Phillips.
Sierra based with 16v 4age, T9, discs all round, screen and all the usual bits really. Only addition that is probably 15 kilos is the full bolt on cage. Wheels are cheapo 15" with 888s. It has a full dash with full instruments but nothing too ott.
The weighbridge is a VOSA one so should be very accurate.

[Werner Van Loock]

Well, 15" wheels and Tyres compared to 13" wheels and tyres can save up to 5KG/corner!
The sierra uprights are massively heavy
the IRS version will always be heavier then the live axle version, you will just have to live with it

windscreen wiper and heater combo is also a massive weight

but the biggest weightsaver is yourself. Whenever I get into the car, I add 20% weight
So if I can lose 20KG, that would be the biggest weightsaver

[adithorp]

The answer is...BEC it!!!

Well someone had to point out the obvious

adrian

[Maverick440]

Well the RAW striker has much thicker Ally than the Sylva versions and from what ive seen the fibreglass is thicker too.
It all adds wheigh