drop 800lbs with squidskins?

[2bar4g63t]

hi, i read this guys post who is a distibutor for sqiudskins, wanted to see if this was accurate:
James the owner of SquidSkins dropped 800lbs in these parts:
CF Hood
CF front and rear bumpers,
CF front fenders,
CF door Skins
CF Rear Hatch(no wing or wiper)
CF Seats
CF dash
CF engine bay mounts (some misc ones like the ecu mount and some other crap...)

His Next Project is a CF Sun Roof


thats 800lbs directly off the car and it doesn't look like ass(IE a stripped interior etc)

so think about a 2000lb car witha 400hp 4g63 motor and awd,

is this possible???800lbs?? no f-ing way right?

 

[GSX_RCR]

So that's around $5,000 (give or take) for 800lbs? (what you think custom labor is free?)

I'd rather spend that $5,000 or so and build up the motor/tranny to handle more boost.

 

[TimDSM]

I guess it might be possible, but just think about how much it would cost. CF hoods are, what, $3-500? All the rest of those parts would be at least that much if not more, so in the end you're talking several grand. I think it'd be a better idea to add performance parts to the engine instead.

 

[j_woody]

anyone have a link to somewhere to price out and look at all these cf parts?

 

[greyforestgst]

anyone have a link to somewhere to price out and look at all these cf parts?

www.squidskins.com except it doesnt appear to be up

 

[focusedrage]

if the addage is true that for every 6 pounds lost is one horse power gained... then dropping 800 lbs would be like adding 133 horspower. and its even better because the car is less floppy. so i agree that it is probly a larger amount of money that would need to be spent, then simple power modifications.

but on a side not, if you had factory warenty, imagine adding 133 hp painting the panels... the car would be bone stock

 

[greyforestgst]

what really matters is horsepower / weight

if a dsm drops 800 lbs, that means it has lost say 3/10 of its weight, thus it is now 10/7ths its original speed (3/7ths quicker)

not to mention weight savings helps just about everything related to a car's performance, including handling, braking, and fuel economy.

800lbs sounds like an exaggeration, though, frankly...

 

[leakyfaucet]

hi, i read this guys post who is a distibutor for sqiudskins, wanted to see if this was accurate:
James the owner of SquidSkins dropped 800lbs in these parts:
CF Hood
CF front and rear bumpers,
CF front fenders,
CF door Skins
CF Rear Hatch(no wing or wiper)
CF Seats
CF dash
CF engine bay mounts (some misc ones like the ecu mount and some other crap...)

There's no way in hell that all adds up to 800 lbs. Seriously.

And how comfortable would a carbon fiber seat be?
How much weight do you really think you save by getting a carbon fiber dash and carbon fiber doorskins. SERIOUSLY.

A better alternative would be to get hollow front and rear bumbers (those make up most of the weight on that list) and just remove the wing and wiper, and the door skins, and extra seats.

 

[Syndicate13]

I'm willing to bet be may have replaced some glass with plexi too. Our hatch is really heavy, replacing that with CF and the glass too would probably save 100-150 by itself. I do agree that 800 sounds a little excessive though.

 

[focusedrage]

i think the rear hatch they make is designed for plexi, and the dash is heavy so i hear. also leaky, bride and alot of other companys make carbon seats, they are still apolstered mind youi

 

[kooka]

pbth. 800lbs, please.

hood drops about 30, fenders like 3 each, etc. theres no way were getting to 800 here. you wanna drop 800lbs?, get a colt.

 

[2bar4g63t]

yea, thought it seemed like a hell of a lot of weight lost, but all those parts do come in fiberglass to which is what ide get, but if it dropped 800 pounds ide happily drop the money. i think for fg it'd only b like $3000 , then put your money into your engine, less stress on all the parts, epecially the drivetrain, and get hella betta gas milage. does anyone know someone sells a complete fiberglass body like Rau' car , i know there are a few companies selling them for FD's because when i had mine i almost bought one.

 

[carboy08]

Hit the gym, lost 20lbs, car felt faster :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 

[1fast97gsx]

this post is uber ghey. First off that stuff won't make you loose 800 lbs .. second carbon fiber panels are VERY ricey, and 3rd .. the car would look like ass. Why not just get mor power out of it to begin with and keep the clean stock look?

 

[focusedrage]

this post is uber ghey. First off that stuff won't make you loose 800 lbs .. second carbon fiber panels are VERY ricey, and 3rd .. the car would look like ass. Why not just get mor power out of it to begin with and keep the clean stock look?

dont be ignorant, the company claimed that loss, probly with alot of assosiated wieght reduciton, carbon fiber is used by everyone up to F1, its not ricey, and you could paint it. The point is you would have a stock look but be way faster.

 

[VRMAN]

Maybe the car has lost 800lbs, and the list is what helped but not all inclusive. Those CF pieces probably helped the car lose like 350lbs.

And carbon fiber is ricey? :thumbdown

Ricers picked up on the trend, originated with real racing, don't be ignorant.

 

[98RedGs]

CF front and rear bumpers,
CF door Skins
CF Rear Hatch(no wing or wiper)


Pm "Theboogieman"
I pm'd a user we have on the site to ask him to reply to this thread. Now we wait on boogie and I'm sure he can give you a dam good explination of each part and weight that will be reduced.

 

[Lunch_Box]

this post is uber ghey. First off that stuff won't make you loose 800 lbs .. second carbon fiber panels are VERY ricey, and 3rd .. the car would look like ass. Why not just get mor power out of it to begin with and keep the clean stock look?

Squidskins carbon fiber is not in a glossy finish and is ment to be painted over so I dont see how saving some weight and making your car look the exact same is ricey.

 

[1fast97gsx]

Squidskins carbon fiber is not in a glossy finish and is ment to be painted over so I dont see how saving some weight and making your car look the exact same is ricey.

Sorry I was under the impression that the car would look like the way a carbon fiber hood looks ( unpainted ) ... now I think that would be very ricey. If it was painted and looked stock then it's fine, but I still in no way believe you would save more than 150 - 200 lbs. And even so .. whats that come out to about 3 tenths in the 1/4 mile MAX? Just raise the boost a few psi and same result.

 

[Kingdom]

what about safety?

how does carbon fiber handle damage?

 

[burldude]

Okay I have tried this squid skin sight around 10 different times and it does not come up . Does anyone actually know if they exist or is this just another make beleive company . I would like to buy all the above parts and see if it does half of what they say and I doubt that but 400 lbs would deffinetly be felt . Any one actually have a working link to them or any link to get carbon fiber hatch lids for a 1g dsm?

 

[Lunch_Box]

Yes they do exist. I have been on the website before so I know that they are real. They are a Canadian based company. Just keep trying daily maybe the site is down for repairs.

 

[greyforestgst]

this post is uber ghey. First off that stuff won't make you loose 800 lbs .. second carbon fiber panels are VERY ricey, and 3rd .. the car would look like ass. Why not just get mor power out of it to begin with and keep the clean stock look?

ferrari enzos are ricey and look like ass?
that and a lot of other supercars have body panels totally composed of carbon fiber

 

[UW95GST]

Sorry I was under the impression that the car would look like the way a carbon fiber hood looks ( unpainted ) ... now I think that would be very ricey. If it was painted and looked stock then it's fine, but I still in no way believe you would save more than 150 - 200 lbs. And even so .. whats that come out to about 3 tenths in the 1/4 mile MAX? Just raise the boost a few psi and same result.

if your car is fast, what does it matter how it looks? you obviously don't realize how much paint weighs. if parts were replaced to reduce weight, the CF should remain unpainted

as for 3 tenths in the 1/4, apparently you've never lost by 3 tenths

 

[Twizzle]

Sorry I was under the impression that the car would look like the way a carbon fiber hood looks ( unpainted ) ... now I think that would be very ricey. If it was painted and looked stock then it's fine, but I still in no way believe you would save more than 150 - 200 lbs. And even so .. whats that come out to about 3 tenths in the 1/4 mile MAX? Just raise the boost a few psi and same result.

so your saying the hks time attack evo viii, which has the fastest lap time on the tsukuba circuit is rice? why, because they saved weight by not painting the carbon fiber? its about function, NOT looks. besides, ricers cant afford full carbon fiber bodies, thats why they buy apc wings and anodized fire extinguishers and altezza lights and blinking valvestems and flashing headlights and ugly fiberglass bodykits and mufflers with stock diameter exhaust pipe and racing steering wheels and carbonfiber shiftknobs and underglow and windshield banners... ok you get the point.