Soarer GZ20 Drift Project 1410kgs !!

[MR 1JZ]

laurie

I want one

how much?

[chris davey]

MR 1JZ's new car is a street car at heart...and wont be getting gutted just yet...

quoted so you can't change it

Laurie: is carbon kevlar lighter than regular fibreglass? Much harder to make? More expensive?

I am going to make a bonnet for my Corona that is all

[MR 1JZ]

chris ive got the "just yet" clause in there

[Laurie D]

Carbon/kevlar, when laid up in the conventional way, is not that much lighter than chopped strand. But it's stronger. I did mine using a vinyl ester resin to keep it supple and reduce the shrinkage of normal polyesters. I retain the standard hinges from a donor bonnet, and use 3 bonnet pins up front.
I had an engine fire not long after fitting the thing and it suffered a bit, but it's fine for racing.
To make one for road use would probably need another layer or so to be more rigid.

expensive.

Laurie D

[MR 1JZ]

expensive.

I gathered that

[chris davey]

Thanks Laurie. No more road use for me

Do you have any pics of the bonnet?

Probably just end up with fibreglass anyway then.

Thanks

Chris

[Laurie D]

Chris,
There were some pics on the old toymods site under "soarer ready for sandown" taken when the car was rebuilt after the calder smash. In some ways carbon/kevlar is easier than chopped strand to layup, so don't be daunted by it. It just aint cheap.
I can email you some pics of the bonnet and mould if you're really interested.

Laurie D

[kingmick]

I put my drift project GZ20 1G-GTE L soarer on the weighbridge today, despite it going on a MAJOR diet over the past few weeks. Weight Including me at 85kgs, one original drivers seat, interior completely stripped, doors innards cut away, bumper metalwork removed, tems gone, etc etc. 1/4 of a tank of fuel.

1410kg's


Whats the lightest someone's gotten their GZ20 down to?? I reckon theres still another 200kgs to go from the bonnet, rear bumper bootlid, fuel tank boot area etc but not much else

PS the aircon is still there as I'll be using the car for Demo events throughout the year.

Is 1200kg possible?

mate, the stock seats are heavy even in a rolla. the tar paper on the floor and the firewall insulation removal will give you an easy 40-60kg but will make it noisy and hot. the front seats will be easy 50-70kg each.The glass is very heavy so if you are just doing drag replace it if the rules allow. This should bring you close to 1200. Remmeber 1200 without a cage is as good as my old fella at protecting you, when you take away the things that have been put together as a whole to protect you in the standard car.

[MotivatedSeller]

There was a video somewhere where some guys had a lancer (i think, or a corolla)... stokc in every way. They stripped it to basically nothing but the engine and a seat... purpose was to make it a 10second car... i think they got down to 12s? Anyways, if you can find that video they'll show you a lot of stuff you can get rid of

[horse]

Laurie D car pics

hot.

[Laurie D]

........thanks Huy, looks a little different in engine bay now, full 3 ltr plus new turb and manifold. More mumbo too!

Laurie D

[MR 1JZ]

how much power now laurie?

and what did you do with the 2.4L bottom end?

[Laurie D]

Around 420 at the back. Old block was knackered and has gone to the furnace!

Laurie D

[Looonie]

Dead thread revival.

I had my GZ20 to 1250kg race weight.


Stripped interior, retained dash, console, door trims and front section of roof lining.

Recaro type R reclining drivers seat on custom rail. GA70 passenger seat.

No air con or fan, removed air con pump, condensor and shit. Removed PS pump and lines from engine.

3" exhaust, second hand off a supra.

Removed all sound deadening... I reckon a good 30-40kg in there... filled a garbage bag.

Aftermarket struts and springs.

Removed front and rear bumper steel bars.

So umm... not too hard to get down to a reasonable weight... and realistically could be turned back to a street car at the drop of a hat by putting interior back in and re-adding the aircon and fan setup.

But doing all that would just be homo when I have a stock manual gz20 in the driveway with black interior and all that street car type stuff in it waiting for one of the spare 1jz-gte's to find their way in...

[cptsideways]

Well in addition to removing everything!!! I've also no gone the whole hog & removed the wiring loom well anything that was'nt needed for a road car. Just engine loom & basics like oil & water temps.

Interestingly under the front bulkead there a second ally panel behind which is another 15kg of sound deadening.... now gone - Just leaves the main bulkhead in place.

I've also deleted the subframe mounts, the whole set of bushes & all weighs 15kg & once removed you can drop the car on the subframe 1cm approx for better ride height & geo

The front subframe also weighs shitloads, I plan to fit a modified Z30 subframe which is all ally, you can pick it up with one hand it weighs about 20kg compared to the 50-60kg of the original steel one.

My calculations are looking to be just over 1100kgs !