944 Cup For Sale
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Neil Haughey
New member
What did he say [
]...oh noise, yes you get used to it, without the trim the ventilation is miles better as well. Only problem is if you have a passenger. My brother and I drove up to Donny in the de-trimmed S2, we kept saying to each other its not that bad really, by the time we got to Donny both of us had sore throats.
BTW the S2 actually sounds pretty good without any sound deadening, really throaty when on it. Biggest problem is tyre and trans noise just gets a bit tiring.
TTM
Well-known member
Since I've been using an early Clio 1.2 as an everyday car I haven't stopped thinking about how to reduce weight in the turbo without sacrificing too much comfort, but apart from removing the folding back seats and fitting buckets seats there really doesn't seem to be easy gains to make...
944 man
Active member
Fit a lightweight battery.
Fit GRP front wings.
Fit a GRP bonnet.
Remove the PU mounted lamps.
Remove the rear wiper assembly.
Remove the window regulators.
Replace the rear hatch glass with polycarbonate.
Replace the windows with polycarbonate.
Replace the door cards, handles and bins with HDPE sheet (retain the top of the door card).
Remove the electric hatch release mechanism and replace with an extinguisher pull.
Remove the radio and all speakers.
Remove the sound deadening bituminious pads.
Remove the rear seatbelts.
If you have a full cage consider removing the side impact bars, particularly from the passenger side.
Remove the air conditioning components (do they work [])
Remove the power steering pump and run without assistance.
Fit forged Fuchs CS wheels.
Many of these modifications will affect your vehicles comfort, but many will be aceptable and combined theyll make a substantial difference. The battery, the hatch, the bonnet and the seats (and a few other items) can save over 100 kilogrammes without affecting the vehicles comfort, or noise levels too much.
Fit GRP front wings.
Fit a GRP bonnet.
Remove the PU mounted lamps.
Remove the rear wiper assembly.
Remove the window regulators.
Replace the rear hatch glass with polycarbonate.
Replace the windows with polycarbonate.
Replace the door cards, handles and bins with HDPE sheet (retain the top of the door card).
Remove the electric hatch release mechanism and replace with an extinguisher pull.
Remove the radio and all speakers.
Remove the sound deadening bituminious pads.
Remove the rear seatbelts.
If you have a full cage consider removing the side impact bars, particularly from the passenger side.
Remove the air conditioning components (do they work [
])Remove the power steering pump and run without assistance.
Fit forged Fuchs CS wheels.
Many of these modifications will affect your vehicles comfort, but many will be aceptable and combined theyll make a substantial difference. The battery, the hatch, the bonnet and the seats (and a few other items) can save over 100 kilogrammes without affecting the vehicles comfort, or noise levels too much.
944 man
Active member
Perhaps, I hadnt really considered that before. I suspect not though, when you consider the inadequate way in which the hatch mounts. I believe that delamination is a result of hatch flex during operation, as opposed to stress damage caused resisting body deformation.
Simon
Simon
Peter Empson
PCGB Member
I can't see the glass hatch giving any benefit at all to be honest (I'd have thought the glass would crack if it had too much stress going through it anyay). I certianly noticed no negatives (apart from an increase in noise etc) when I changed mine to plastic.
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