For those who strip their interior before a track day..

**spardikis** · 03-11-2009 09:01 PM

had a look at the tar matting underneath the car yesterday, its alot thinner than the inside stuff. I might not strip it just yet unless i get desperate. cant really see more than 5 kgs in it all however i could still be wrong.

**beeza** · 03-11-2009 09:14 PM

It's also about having a balance between what benny said,makes ya car sound 'rawer'.So that raw sound and a quiet ride.How mine is at the moment I reckon I could lose a little more to have that 'raw' sound come through a bit more but not too much.I love my comfortable ride,just a lil rawer sounding would be sweet!

I'll check mine on friday.I got 3 days off Fri,sat,sun with raceday on Saturday WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

**jks24** · 04-11-2009 09:29 AM

i plan on starting on my boot when I get the time. See how that goes then I might consider the rest of the car.

**vtecrx** · 04-11-2009 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by string

Are you trying to meet a minimum weight? I can't see how adding ballast anywhere could increase performance. The passenger footwell seems to be a popular choice for underweight yanks - nice and close to the centre of mass.

hey mate not going to a min weight.it is more important to have the car weights right rather then being 10kg lighter.

**vtecrx** · 04-11-2009 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by beeza

Awesome thread.The best threads are the ones where people are just sharing experiences,like this one.

Good work!

I'm gonna attack some more sound deadening,might even be able to strip some kg's before trackday,on saturady!

Vtecrx,will U be racing Kermit out there Saturday - SAS?

hey mate yeah i will be there you wont miss me. come say hi

**vtecrx** · 04-11-2009 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by spardikis

had a look at the tar matting underneath the car yesterday, its alot thinner than the inside stuff. I might not strip it just yet unless i get desperate. cant really see more than 5 kgs in it all however i could still be wrong.

hey mate it looks thinner then it is once you get closer to the middle it gets thicker also cant forget it is in the gaurds to. i pulled about 15 to 20kg from them spots.

**fatboyz39** · 04-11-2009 05:37 PM

how did you tackle underneath sound deadening?

**vtecrx** · 04-11-2009 05:39 PM

look my pxt on the first page. screw driver and wire wheel and time.

**string** · 04-11-2009 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by vtecrx

hey mate not going to a min weight.it is more important to have the car weights right rather then being 10kg lighter.

And you couldn't get the weights right without adding a lump of useless mass?

**vtecrx** · 04-11-2009 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by string

And you couldn't get the weights right without adding a lump of useless mass?

no the driver being where it is and nothing to move in the boot i cant any other way, throw me any ideas if you have any.

**string** · 04-11-2009 06:43 PM

Well why not just do a basic corner weighting with some "coilovers"?

With a ~70kg driver off to one side, a battery right up front and an engine with mass in god knows what arrangement, the car's true corner weights are going to be all over the place to begin with - a 10kg ballast seems like almost nothing.

**vtecrx** · 04-11-2009 06:54 PM

so you think i would just put 10 kgs somewhere with out weighting.

did you not look at the pxt of my interior, does it not look like it is half done.

i have scales