weight reduction
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RE: weight reduction
ORIGINAL: flyboy
If I keep this one when I get a new car you guys will see just how striped down an audi can be.
If I keep this one when I get a new car you guys will see just how striped down an audi can be.
thats what im talking about. gut it and have a yard sale
nothing but engine ecu and a seat
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RE: weight reduction
Yea but the majority of us have all the extras. The V6s are even worse. I'm not really complaining about the weight. Its the lack of power that makes the weight more apparent. Audi should of made the A4 with more power to begin with, they were just being cheap by using VW's motors.
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RE: weight reduction
ORIGINAL: Trey25
The interior is so damn nice, I wouldn't think of gutting it unless some serious track time was involved. Most of the extra fat is from the Quattro system. I think the best way to improve the power to weight ratio would be to increase the power instead of decreasing the weight. No matter what you do its still gonna be a porker.
Just out of curiosity. Whats the weight difference between the stock and a carbon fiber hood? How would you move the battery to the rear like in the RS4? I'm guessing its not difficult. How do you calculate power to weight ratio?
The interior is so damn nice, I wouldn't think of gutting it unless some serious track time was involved. Most of the extra fat is from the Quattro system. I think the best way to improve the power to weight ratio would be to increase the power instead of decreasing the weight. No matter what you do its still gonna be a porker.
Just out of curiosity. Whats the weight difference between the stock and a carbon fiber hood? How would you move the battery to the rear like in the RS4? I'm guessing its not difficult. How do you calculate power to weight ratio?
so say you have a 100 horsepower car that weighs 2000 pounds, your power to weight would be 1 horse power to every 20 lbs, or 1HP:20LBS
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RE: weight reduction
You front driver and pasanger seat weigh roughly 75lbs a piece. to put the battery in the trunk get a relocation kit or make one it's not that hard to do. If you really wanna do a weight redux your going to need to cut. the car is well made and safe meaning excess metal that can be done away with. carbon fiber hood and trunk, fibergalss bodykit, no bigger than 16" rims, racing seats, no back seat, and a few other things and you could easily drop 700lbs of the car
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RE: weight reduction
and speaking of the swap. i think it could be done for about 3500.
the enigne is already set up rear wheel just make sure the bellhousing
fits. and the engine block isnt hitting the firewall and even then
you can always use a hammer or routing saw. just use the stock
motor mounts from each engine and make them fit together. ecu harness
and youre all set. of course theres more you'll run into but thats
the gist of it all.
the enigne is already set up rear wheel just make sure the bellhousing
fits. and the engine block isnt hitting the firewall and even then
you can always use a hammer or routing saw. just use the stock
motor mounts from each engine and make them fit together. ecu harness
and youre all set. of course theres more you'll run into but thats
the gist of it all.