I was wondering what are the things that could be removed under the hood that aren't really essential. I was thinking about removing the headlights washers and well anything else down around there to clean it up a lil. Making some room room for a fmic.

 

Depending on where you live and how stringent the inspection/emissions requirements are there, there's plenty that can get the heave-ho. You will have to get some CEL's coded out though...

 

^ What he said.

You really don't have to clear anything out for a FMIC. You will need to shave some parts of your bumper for the FMIC to fit tho.

 

Yeah new Mexico doesn't have any much. But I do wanna keep most of the emission stuff if possible

 

It's not just for the fmic but mainly for the more organized look if possible. But I would like to lose some weight. One question though how much do our cars really weigh? I have a sticker on the door that says 4334 pounds I don't know if that's how much it really weighs or not.

 

I think 4334 is the GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating), which is the maximum weight the car can handle. ISTR the "wet" weight (car + fluids) of my car (w/auto & quattro) is around 3400 lbs. A FWD car with a manual would prolly be a couple hundred less.

 

Ok thanks I really thought she weighed 2 tons for awhile there. So give or take 3300 lbs maybe its a 1.8tqm. So is there any write ups on removing some components? I looked on Audidiy but didn't find anything

 

What year is it? Some years have more extraneous crap than others

 

It's a 98

 

Little light reading for you

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...on-AEB-Engines
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...simplification
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...hlight=in-line
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...liminate-this-.......
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...e-this-....-II
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...ification-help

If you search this forum for "PCV Evap delete" you should find some more info too