that glues a proper gay to get off it wont budge

niose isnt evan bad

you hear every little rattle and stone that hits your car but soon as you put radio on thats all sorted

but you also might want to remove weight from the front as well, as all that you are doing is creating a nose heavy car.

dont remove it, spread it out to the back. to get the balance.

+ a 1.3 is not a nose heavy car unlike a vr etc

.....So while removing weight from the rear of the car you would ideally removed the same amount of weight from the front. OR move some of the weight from the front to the back (normally within the wheelbase).....

There is nothing wrong with removing weight from the front of the car. Really you want to removed as much weight as you can (where ever it is) Any weight you can't remove you want to relocate it so the car is balanced not that there is much you can really remove but you could relocate the battery and replace the bonnet with a fibre glass one.

I agree that it may not be a nose heavy car (not that I know the axle weights) but if you start stripping stuff from the rear it will start to become nose heavy.

Edited 5 January, 200818 yr by max_crox

Removing lots of weight from the rear of the car isnt necessarily a bad! Less weight transfer under braking means less lift off oversteer.

As far as I see it, less weight over the rear axle reduces rear end grip when not under load - ie, no throttle/braking situations. So MORE lift off oversteer. I like this idea though. As far as I'm concerned, once you have reached the limit of grip at the front axle, start reducing rear end grip until you strike a happy medium.

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+ a 1.3 is not a nose heavy car unlike a vr etc

of course it is. not weighed a polo engine but its probably a healthy percentage of 780kg

To be honest mate I doubt a Polo engine is even triple figures... I can wander around with one in my arms (minus gearbox) and I'm not the strongest person in the world.

As far as I see it, less weight over the rear axle reduces rear end grip when not under load - ie, no throttle/braking situations. So MORE lift off oversteer. I like this idea though. As far as I'm concerned, once you have reached the limit of grip at the front axle, start reducing rear end grip until you strike a happy medium.

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It does make it more skitish in general, but it means less of a change of grip under braking meaning more predictable handling :)

True, I see your point. TBH, my Mk3 was just a wannabe rally slag anyway, I think I was sideways most of the time in it

yeah I'm not a person for stereo stuff, when someone hit my car from behind, my bass amp and speaker cabenet flew forward and hit the back of my head.... which pissed my off as the police called it the car stereo!!! didnt help that the crash snapped the neck off my brand new 700 pound bass...=[

There was a lad round here a few years ago who was killed by a flying toolbox in similar circumstances.

something else you could do to reduce weight is remove the spare wheel well and weld in a thinner plate, that saves about 5kgs and easy enuf to do just make sure u seal/paint it after

something else you could do to reduce weight is remove the spare wheel well and weld in a thinner plate, that saves about 5kgs and easy enuf to do just make sure u seal/paint it after

something else you could do to reduce weight is remove the spare wheel well and weld in a thinner plate, that saves about 5kgs and easy enuf to do just make sure u seal/paint it after

really I'm intrested in doing that now hahah

something else you could do to reduce weight is remove the spare wheel well and weld in a thinner plate, that saves about 5kgs and easy enuf to do just make sure u seal/paint it after

really I'm intrested in doing that now hahah

The spare wheel well gives the boot floor the majority of its rigidity.

I'd think long and hard before removing it!

i dont think i really can be bothered haha

gunna get ooutside done first :)

Cheers Stevie was waiting for that pic lol. Just saw the interior in yours Jack aswell, I've started scraping that bloody soundproofing out and gona sand down the areas where it was and paint the entire floor of the interior back to the colour of the bodywork. Might keep the carpet out as at some point I'm gona go for the track look interior.... couple of them black Magnum bucket seats and red Sabelt harnesses would look great!!

Front seats: 15kg each roughly?!

Rear bench: 24kg

Soundproofing: 30kg almost I'm told

Interior panels, spare wheel and jack: gotta be about 30kg if not more?

Could also move the battery to the boot, full tank of petrol, change the windows for polycarbonate ones and get a fibreglass bonnet and boot? That's my plans but not just yet.... money is a worry at the minute unfortunately....

Just had some fun weighing things on bathroom scales:

Spare wheel: 13kg

Jack & Tools: 5kg

Door panel: 3kg each

Rear trim panel: 2kg each

Rear bench seat: 12kg (seats only, not seatbelt assemblies)

Parcel shelf: 3kg

Other weights I'm told:

Front seats: 15kg?

Soundproofing: 30kg?