rip out interior carpet, get rid of the sound deadening in engine inspection bay, remove the roof, carbon fibre bonnet, go on a diet.

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the insulation above the engine access weighs in a fair bit. Fibreglass boot/bonnet. Dump the soft top frame, fit a racing f/g hard top (if you must). Depends how far you want to go.

 

the insulation above the engine access weighs in a fair bit. Fibreglass boot/bonnet. Dump the soft top frame, fit a racing f/g hard top (if you must). Depends how far you want to go.

The problem is that you need to lighten the front and rear by similar amounts to retain the balance, if you shed too much from just the front the car will under steer and feel very light at speed. It’s quite difficult to shed any significant amount from the rear as there is not much you can remove.

 

passanger seat, dashboard, carpet, swap to lightweight wheels, fiberglass panals theres a company in swindon that will copy a oe part and swap it for a carbon fiber copy,

lose softtop, shorten fuel tank, remove sound deading, replace windows with perspects, remove ignition, remove window winders.

jesus you could replace the whole car mate it all depends how extreame you wanna go?

but one things for certain i could defintly get you under the 850 mark

 

why dont you jus buy a lotus? it makes so much more sense than stripping your car!

 

Dee

Lotus drivers don't wave to MGs so that fun would disappear.

MG drivers don't wave to MGs either of course.

 

why not buy a lotus and start a trend of waving to other lotuses? (i had to check that that was the correct plural! haha)

oooooooooooooooor by a lotus and wave by to all the mgs as you pass em! hahahahah

 

As Sharky has said, it's not simply a case of shedding weight, rather it is all about shedding it from the right places.

The F/TF has a 45/55 weight balance front/rear, shedding weight fromt he front therefore is a bad idea, so GRP / carbon fibre bonnet/wings etc are not advisable unless you can shed a similar amount from the rear to counter balance it.

Your best bet is to start with the cabin and maybe look at a carbon boot lid - not much else you can loose from the rear end after this.

 

Dee

Lotus drivers don't wave to MGs so that fun would disappear.

MG drivers don't wave to MGs either of course.

Buy a Lotus and put an MG bagde on it & confuse everybody

MikeS

 

Your best bet is to start with the cabin and maybe look at a carbon boot lid - not much else you can loose from the rear end after this.

Perhaps you could save a decent ammount on the exhaust system (small damper and remove the cat)
Also MS does a lightweight subframe doesn't hè ?
MS's adjustable rear tie bar will save weight.
Drilled disks on the rear when upgrading braking
Lose the VVC mechanism if you have one and switch to solid cams.

 

Lose the VVC mechanism if you have one and switch to solid cams.

are you mad :yikes:

its all well and good loseing weight but you wouldnt want to lose power as well?

 

What on earth do you want to shed weight for apart from going on a diet!!
It may get you a little more MGP or torque, but you can't drive it any faster so why bother. Anyway I thought MG drivers were calm, considerate and law abiding?? er....!!?

 

forget the weight just add more power

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MikeS

 

are you mad :yikes:

its all well and good loseing weight but you wouldnt want to lose power as well?

(for example) DVA power gets the K-series well over 200bhp without the (heavier) VVC mechanism so it would be an option for losing weight IMHO.

 

(for example) DVA power gets the K-series well over 200bhp without the (heavier) VVC mechanism so it would be an option for losing weight IMHO.

The VVC mechanism probably only wieghs 2-3KG more than standrad solid cams, so not worth the hassle. If you remove the VVC cams, you have to fit a blaking plate kit, which would add the weight back on anyway :lol: + you would instantly loose 25BHP.
The reason DVA used to revome the VVC mech, was because the mappable ECU's they use could not control the VVC mechanisms. But last year that changed, they developed the ECU's and they now have that capability so there is now no reason to remove them, and also no reason why a VVC could not be tuned to 200BHP

 

Going back a few years, the official weight for the MGF was as follows:

MPi - 1045kgs
VVC - 1060kgs

Not sure where the extra 15kgs came from, but ABS & EPAS (standard on VVC, optional on MPi) probably only account for a small proportion of the weight difference. VVC alloys and half leather seats don't weigh a great deal more than the fabric and MPi alloys - leaving the engine bay.

I suspect the majority of the weight gain is the VVC plenum, manifold and mechanism combined - this is extra weight, and it is in the wrong place on the car (the rear), but in the big sceme of things, is probably not worth worrying about i reckon.

 

Hypothetically, what could you do to remove weight from a TF?

It stand at 1100kgs where as an Elise is at 850kgs. So, we've got 250kgs to get rid.

First thoughts:

Wheels - how much do standard wheels weigh?

How about reducing unsprung weight?
There are lightweight Magnesium alloys for the TF out there. Such as the ones on this TF.
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