Really? Another Miata thread....

[rherold9]

Got off my ass and did something to the car after it was sitting for 3 weeks...

Got the car on stands. Track wheels with sticky tires are stowed in garage. I then decided to start just removing stuff:

Fog lights
Passenger seat out
Passenger 6 point out
Factory 3 points out
Random metal pieces
Bose Amp(this thing surprised me with how heavy it is for it's smaller size)
Windshield/a-pillar plastics + heavy metal soft top center mount piece
Center speakers on roll bar
Soft top release on roll bar
Bluetooth Module
Removed glove box
CD from previous owner that somehow got behind plastics
Airbag is almost removed except the only two screws holding it in didn't want to budge... The 4 bolts for the brackets holding it came out fine of course... I'll probably be drilling the screws out. Not wasting more time on that crap. I had a ratcheting wrench and screw driver on it and wasn't budging, just kept popping off the head

I think overall I probably pulled out 70-90 pounds of junk tonight, not including the fog lights as brake ducts will replace those

Still a good amount left too:

Passenger airbag
Headunit
Random plastics under and around dash
Carpet
Sound deadening
Door plastics
Door speakers
Door whatever I can remove behind there
Glass side windows

With lightweight battery this season I'm hoping for 2480 or less with driver and 1/4 tank of fuel. To benchmark, this season I was 2630 with 1/4 tank

There's also still soooo much extra wiring from all this crap from the Grand Touring model. I'd bet 15-20 pounds of wiring easy can be removed as well. I may have a professional shop mess with the wiring. Don't trust myself to not mess that up. I'm cool with audio wiring, etc. But removing things from main harness scares me. I may wait on this until I cage it too

No fog lights:




Good bye passenger seat:




Test fitting the new driver's seat for ultimate weight reduction:




Before:






After:






Hidden gem from previous owner:




No idea what band this is. When I looked it up they are from Cville. I bought the car in Waynesboro so that's pretty cool I guess:




No glove box feels weird. This is getting more race car like:




Race car?:



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