Weight of stripped RT?

superhatchsuperhatch Moderator
in General Civic Wagon Discussion
I put my little piggy up on the scales this past summer and with me in it I think it came in at 2508 (?). I'm wondering how much weight we can lose if we start really shedding pieces, or replacing with light weight stuff.

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  • driftin90driftin90 Senior Wagonist
    ask jaker what his weighs.
  • MrLewayneMrLewayne Wagonist
    Id say something around 200 to 300 pounds max.
  • JakerJaker familEE
    I've gone to great lengths for weight reduction, but I have a rules set that I have to follow. Obviously I have no drive to the front wheels, but with a full tank of gas and all the stuff that I listed in the WOTM thread, I'm sitting at 2,240 lbs (no driver). My wheels and tires would probably be a bunch heavier than what you're running because of their size. I'm also carrying about 20-25 lbs of extra weight for the supercharger. If I was just looking to get it as light as possible, I think it'd be pretty easy to get it down to 2,150-2,175 with drive to the front wheels.

    Just be aware that when I started autocrossing my Wagon (I did a couple events in 2008 before it went under the RWD knife), I quickly discovered that the design of the fuel tank (saddle tank) prevented me from running it with anything less than about 3/4 of a tank of fuel. Anything less and it starved massively in the corners. I'm seriously considering either doing some pretty substantial internal baffling of the OEM tank, or making a surge tank with a 2nd fuel pump.
  • debrisdebris Wagonist
    Jaker, seeing that you run your wagon in competitions, why not remove the oem tank and run a proper fuel-cell?
  • turbo_tegturbo_teg Council Member
    Jaker wrote:
    I've gone to great lengths for weight reduction, but I have a rules set that I have to follow. Obviously I have no drive to the front wheels, but with a full tank of gas and all the stuff that I listed in the WOTM thread, I'm sitting at 2,240 lbs (no driver). My wheels and tires would probably be a bunch heavier than what you're running because of their size. I'm also carrying about 20-25 lbs of extra weight for the supercharger. If I was just looking to get it as light as possible, I think it'd be pretty easy to get it down to 2,150-2,175 with drive to the front wheels.

    Just be aware that when I started autocrossing my Wagon (I did a couple events in 2008 before it went under the RWD knife), I quickly discovered that the design of the fuel tank (saddle tank) prevented me from running it with anything less than about 3/4 of a tank of fuel. Anything less and it starved massively in the corners. I'm seriously considering either doing some pretty substantial internal baffling of the OEM tank, or making a surge tank with a 2nd fuel pump.


    I noticed that as well years ago kinda a pain in the ass if u show up to an event with less than a half it will hurt ya all afternoon long.
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