Seibon's CF hood is only 12 pounds lighter than stock? No freakin' way! Really?

I have the CF Invader hood and the difference between the stock and CF is night and day...I threw away the old hood and never actually weighed it to find out how much it was (or my CF hood for that matter), but even without a scale, I can tell the weight difference is a lot more than 12 pounds...

But I don't have the Seibon hood, so maybe they make their CF hoods heavier than ViS?

BTW, I have the Zyclone CF hood too and according to Jeff, it's like only 13 pounds. I can lift it between my thumb and forefinger on one hand...so I think that weight approx by Jeff is on the spot.

Also, when I removed my stock hatch, that thing was heavy like a mother! Needed two hands to carry it. The CF hatch, again, was lite enough for me to lift with a single hand. So it has to be at least 20 pounds heavier.

When I get home, I'm going to weigh my Invader hood and the stock hatch to see how much they actually weigh...then we can get an "official" weight list going.

BTW, I was going to see how lite my Celi could get with all the fiberglass and carbon fiber stuff I have on it...until I realized I had 2 amps and 3 subs in my car, doh!


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I used a bathroom scale. Note entirely acurate, but usually about .25 to .5 pounds off.

I went back to the stock hood after a while, didn't want to do hood pins, and I do a lot of windy highway driving, so I didn't want the loop that is anchored in fiberglass tearing loose and and causing me to wreck.

I was able to remove the CF hood and put the steelie back on all by myself (yes I've got long arms!). I think the stock hood weighed about 35lbs, and the seibon weighed in at about 23lbs.

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12lbs is A LOT of weigth to be removed....very worth the $

and you wanted to get a plastic replica tank?! talk about not worth it....

2 words = Fuel cell

All these weight savings amount to MAYBE a 16sec car? Not worth it imho.
Boost it and keep the creature comforts.

yea so instead of doing 17.9s we can all do 17.7s

I know a company here that manufactures fiberglass gas tanks for motorcycles. They actually started out using plastic (it doesn't melt, btw, it's a thermoset plastic - not ALL plastic melts!) but switched to fiberglass several years ago because it's higher quality. Anyway, I bet if someone had the right design and the right money, they could custom fab a fiberglass tank for a car. They've been in business for years and years, and are VERY well known and reputable in the motorcycle industry.

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newb there is more to racing than straight lines....

removing any weight improves speed, and increases handling.
Rotating weight that is removed is even more significant.
Removing weight that is placed higher in the car (sun roof for example) has large positive effects on handling.

This post has been edited by playr158: Jun 12, 2008 - 10:48 AM

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If you remove your sun roof, your left with a hole in your roof. What are you going to do if it starts raining?
There isn't a single person on this forum that has a race car. Everyone here uses their cars on a daily basis and such drastic weight savings are just not practical and wont amount to all that much.

Throw a turbo kit, v6 or 3s swap on your car, and you'll do better in a straight or curved line. Want better handling? Replace those oem blown shocks with a nice coilover setup. If you do that, youll end up with a faster/better car, then what you would get by gutting your interior.

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boosting isn't always the answer + it can move you out of a class you are currently competing in to one you will get CRUSHED in.

If you remove your sunroof....umm dur umm... replace it with a plug?! zomgz brilliant! its pretty easy
not to mention a sunroof can be removed on a friday night in 20 min. before a saturday morning autocross and you can duct tape a freakin cardboard box in its place and get a decent result. and then replace. It depends on how dedicated you are to what you do.

plus weight removal = free
boost/swap = thousands of dollars + more understeerz

but anyways this is a HOW to lighten a celica...

what does your boost have to do with this topic?!

This post has been edited by playr158: Jun 12, 2008 - 11:13 AM

Like i said.. there isn't a single person on here that has a race car.
Most people use their cars as daily drivers and such drastic weight savings are just not practical for them (i know they are for you, but im talking about the rest of the people posting).

And there is no way Im duct taping anything to my car.

well which body kit is most aerodynamic ? lol

u guys really shouldnt be debating this topic... f some1 wants to remove there AC becuz they want there daily driver to be faster let them.

This post has been edited by SoundSlut_dotcom: Jun 12, 2008 - 12:52 PM

Step 1: Remove the power antenna (if you have it)
Step 2: figure out how to connect the antenna in the hatch glass to your radio instead.
Step 3: Tell me how you did step 2

i garantee this will work....

remove rims
remove steering wheel
remove all front and back seats
remove the motor
remove all interior and exterior
and there you have it!

^ damn...

1) remove car.

0 Lbs / 0 Kg

This thread has gone on long enough, we all get the idea. Closed.