Oh, weighed my car tonight - 3425 lbs. w/3.5 gallons of gas, no spare...
02-11-2005, 10:46 PM
#11
AudiWorld Super User
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 15,447
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
What?
You asked, I answered. All numbers are factual and verified.
Kind of sad that $9K total investment (car and parts) rolling on 205/50-15 street tires can embarass $55-75K cars, if not far more expensive, huh.
We picked this car for a reason. 33K mile 91, single owner car in perfect shape. No dings, nothing.
We immediately gutted it, prepped the motor back to full gruppe A spec (with the boost turned down, actually - 14 psi vs 30!), put in coilovers, a cage, harnesses, etc as well as a larger alu radiator, gutted all emissions, new exhaust, brake ducts, short shifter, new intake, etc.
Car was $5500.
99% of the labor was, well, in house, if you catch my drift. There's at least 400 hours into it if you ad it all up, but my times free to me!
It also (of course) had the timing belt, water pump, wheel bearings, rotors, calipers and much else changed. All oem stuff, but swapped out. It also had all fluids changed and a lot of gauges and other safety stuff added.
If I paid someone to do it, we'd be into $15K or more, easy.
Oh, well. It's fun, reliable and nobody knows what it is.
Very fun passing well driven Z06's and spec series cars at pace.
Mike S
Kind of sad that $9K total investment (car and parts) rolling on 205/50-15 street tires can embarass $55-75K cars, if not far more expensive, huh.
We picked this car for a reason. 33K mile 91, single owner car in perfect shape. No dings, nothing.
We immediately gutted it, prepped the motor back to full gruppe A spec (with the boost turned down, actually - 14 psi vs 30!), put in coilovers, a cage, harnesses, etc as well as a larger alu radiator, gutted all emissions, new exhaust, brake ducts, short shifter, new intake, etc.
Car was $5500.
99% of the labor was, well, in house, if you catch my drift. There's at least 400 hours into it if you ad it all up, but my times free to me!
It also (of course) had the timing belt, water pump, wheel bearings, rotors, calipers and much else changed. All oem stuff, but swapped out. It also had all fluids changed and a lot of gauges and other safety stuff added.
If I paid someone to do it, we'd be into $15K or more, easy.
Oh, well. It's fun, reliable and nobody knows what it is.
Very fun passing well driven Z06's and spec series cars at pace.
Mike S
02-11-2005, 11:27 PM
#13
AudiWorld Super User
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 15,447
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It's fun..... at 6'8" and 240lbs, I needed a car with room and surpisingly....
that generation of impulse has plenty of head and leg room, evne with a helmet on.
I also wanted AWD and a turbocharged motor to make it easy to build up. Well, it's been the perfect car.
A true blast to drive. Leslie and I share the car. She flys in the thing.
Mike S
I also wanted AWD and a turbocharged motor to make it easy to build up. Well, it's been the perfect car.
A true blast to drive. Leslie and I share the car. She flys in the thing.
Mike S
02-11-2005, 11:34 PM
#15
AudiWorld Super User
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 15,447
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Cheap, fun and very durable. It weighs 2675 with AC and heat intact!
and fully caged. Has it's steel bumper cores intact as well, which can cut 160lbs when removed. Everything else is gutted.
We keep the HVAC as we drive it in the winter for fun and ocassionally to and from track events in high heat.
Mike S
We keep the HVAC as we drive it in the winter for fun and ocassionally to and from track events in high heat.
Mike S
02-11-2005, 11:34 PM
#16
Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,424
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Curious where you saved 100lbs...
my car with lwfw, Stoptech 332s, piggies, Milltek 3", spare and toolkit, and Odyssey 925 weighed 3,560lbs full of gas. Stock was 3,700.
So, -50lbs for spare, -~70lbs gas... ok, guess it does figure.
What's more important is that I took the car from a 61% front bias to a 57% (Odyssey in trunk).
So, -50lbs for spare, -~70lbs gas... ok, guess it does figure.
What's more important is that I took the car from a 61% front bias to a 57% (Odyssey in trunk).
02-12-2005, 03:54 AM
#18
AudiWorld Super User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 7,825
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
1000lb weight savings counts for alot
Most stage 3 owners install the kit to make their daily driver faster. Very few are willing to strip the airbags, a/c, and interior out to make it a track-only car.
