Weight obsession - part weights on S13

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Originally Posted by codyace

I couldn't agree with you more. All to often people get caught up with weight, when the truth is that a reliable and consistant car is what really counts most. Certainly there are all things we can do to save weight that help out, and that are easily changed (wheels, carbon fiber panels, suspension parts) but beyond that, I (and I may sound very simple for admitting this) would much rather just play with the horsepower of the car, and the setup. Trust me, I'd love a super light car, but in the grand scheme of things, I'd rather try to make more HP and find more traction after a certain point.

As before I do not discredit the bantam weight obsession, I just think there is often to much emphasis put on it for street based cars.

I do agree that weight loss shouldn't be a major focus before the car is dialed in, but I feel like in my case, I've got the suspension pretty well DONE. It's all solid/rod end/spherical - good dampers - roll center is corrected somewhat - roll stiffness and balance is good. I just need less weight to hustle it around the track quicker. Plus it's R-comps all the time as soon as these NT-05s die(they're lasting a surprising amount of time as they wear down). I really haven't paid a huge amount of attention to dropping the pounds on the car up until now, and I feel like that's the next area to mess with the car.

If you were making a general observation of Zilvia, then yea, I'd say a lot of guys spend way too much time obsessing over weight when their car is just not well put together or setup. You'll gain way more time making sure everything works well together vs. taking off 50 lbs on your car and having it be setup like a nightmare.

Oh another note, went to a local shop and saw a Koni yellow piston vs. a Stance coilover piston. The stance piston was laughable. So was their adjuster mechanism.