The 370Z Weight Reduction Thread

[370zForever]

yeah, you're right, but man what else can you do to save weight, besides rip everything out.......

[theDreamer]

Originally Posted by 370zForever

yeah, you're right, but man what else can you do to save weight, besides rip everything out.......

Check the first page, there is plenty to do.
~After market performance upgrades are many times lighter
~Battery, remove plastic cr*p, etc.
~Interior parts can be removed or replaced.
~Carbon fiber

[370zForever]

Yeah, that stuff has been done, but to balance the car to 50/50 with the Z's actual weight distribution at around 55/45 or 54/46, you would need to move around 160 pounds and around 155 pounds if you really lighten in to around 3100 pounds. I wish nissan could have made the Z's transmission rest in the back like the GTR's. That would have helped.

[370zForever]

This is a question that I don't think everybody thinks about, but does anyone have any info on the weight of aftermarket limited slip differentials (i.e. The OS Giken LSD that I want that has 28 plates, Quaife, Carbonetic etc)....?? The Z's differential is mounted on its rear axle, so it would be great if it was the same weight so that it does not add weight or offset the weight distribution....

[370Zsteve]

Originally Posted by 370zForever

Yeah, that stuff has been done, but to balance the car to 50/50 with the Z's actual weight distribution at around 55/45 or 54/46, you would need to move around 160 pounds and around 155 pounds if you really lighten in to around 3100 pounds. I wish nissan could have made the Z's transmission rest in the back like the GTR's. That would have helped.

Why would you want to balance the car at 50/50 when the car's designer put a small forward bias that was designed to give the car perfect 50/50 when exiting a corner under WOT?