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Old 02 February 2014, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mickywrx
What's the MPG for 400 miles and 46 litres of fuel? I don't do sums.

76mpg??

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Old 02 February 2014, 07:20 PM
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39.53mpg

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Old 02 February 2014, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GAZ2293
39.53mpg
[Richard Hammond]I am a driving god![/Richard Hammond]

Even more of a Deity if I go with Dan's sums.
Old 02 February 2014, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mickywrx
What's the MPG for 400 miles and 46 litres of fuel? I don't do sums.
Not sure but more importantly what's the car because it's not a blob sti
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Old 02 February 2014, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by jay-sti
Not sure but more importantly what's the car because it's not a blob sti


Classic WRX.
Old 02 February 2014, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by GAZ2293
I asked how he put 3 gallons in when you can only buy and display it in liters
I hope this is a wind up, wont to sound dafter than Tommytitbrain?

Also i feel obliged to ask again matt, What have you done to lose 135KG from your car apart from the aircon delete,Presuming you are calculating the kerb weight with appropriate fluids in at the correct 1395KG as you say its now 1260KG?
I was going from the commonly stated 1380kg so 1275kg if that's ok?

5kg FIA custom racing seats
Aircon & ancillaries removed
Alternator cover removed
Airbox resonator and intake removed
Front girder removed
Horseshoe brace removed
Bonnet sound-proofing removed
Boot carpet
Boot sound-proofing
floor mats
jack
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spare wheel removed
Rear seat sound proofing removed
Fog lights and holding brackets removed
Unneeded plastic cut from front bumper
Boot light bracket removed
Roof handle & brackets removed
Driver foot rest removed
Roof strengthening plates removed
Radiator side brackets removed
Injector brackets removed
Ashtray lid
lighter removed
Polycarbonate battery clamp
Carbon fibre pillar covers
Rota GRA lightweight alloys
TPI lightweight tuner nuts
2 catalytic converters swapped for lighter pipes.

Plus few other things that I've missed.

Basically the rear seats still remain.

I'm looking into lightweight battery, steering wheel, prop-shaft and panels/glass to save another serious chunk. I wish I'd known how heavy calipers were before buying OE replacements.

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Old 02 February 2014, 08:08 PM
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Lol b0llocks.....

Carbon pillars is a good one
Old 02 February 2014, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Gear Head
See my early post fella.

I guess the 3 gallon guy always puts 13.635 litres every time!
I have to recalculate now but for quite a time £20 was bang on 3 UK gallons.
Old 02 February 2014, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by tubbytommy
Lol b0llocks.....

Carbon pillars is a good one
Not chosen arbitrarily I might add. Some local nicked one off Billy and OE were hard to find and far more expensive than the Chinese "Carbon fibre" ones.



TBH Tubstermeister you have to get damn close to notice them.

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Old 02 February 2014, 08:18 PM
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I had them they stick on top of the original plastic pillars so you have added weight lol.
Your post are epic comedy cess pit keep it up....
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If you have done all that fair play but lets hope you dont crash it then with no front end protection/roof protection, Suprised you didnt remove the door bars too in all honesty as there is a good bit of weight in them along with trimming back the inner door skins...carbon cannister etc

Technically carbon pillars are adding weight as its a stick on part


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Originally Posted by tubbytommy
I had them they stick on top of the original plastic pillars so you have added weight lol.
Your post are epic comedy cess pit keep it up....
Aye I stuck it on top of the stolen one
Old 02 February 2014, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by GAZ2293
If you have done all that fair play but lets hope you dont crash it then with no front end protection/roof protection, Suprised you didnt remove the door bars too in all honesty as there is a good bit of weight in them along with trimming back the inner door skins...carbon cannister etc

Technically carbon pillars are adding weight as its a stick on part

Gawd don't say things like that. I wasn't aware of them.

I weighed a Carbon Pillar and it was quite a few grams lighter than the OE Pillars they replaced.

Is it just me?
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Originally Posted by RS_Matt
Aye I stuck it on top of the stolen one
Lol cess pit you're such a comedy troll.
The carbon ones stick on the original plastic trim.
Apart from the fact you can't remove the plastic trim to steal it without opening the doors, the tale all ads up
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Originally Posted by RS_Matt
Gawd don't say things like that. I wasn't aware of them.

I weighed a Carbon Pillar and it was quite a few grams lighter than the OE Pillars they replaced.

Is it just me?
Did you weigh them before they were stolen? Just in case
Old 02 February 2014, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by tubbytommy
Lol cess pit you're such a comedy troll.
The carbon ones stick on the original plastic trim.
Apart from the fact you can't remove the plastic trim to steal it without opening the doors, the tale all ads up
Really? Are you having a giraffe?

So my "Carbon" fibre pillar covers magicked themselves on?

You really are the strangest troll we've ever met.

Next you'll be saying it's BS that I once ate 3 Big Macs and that the human body can't physically do it. .
Old 02 February 2014, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by tubbytommy
Did you weigh them before they were stolen? Just in case
Oh they were both stolen now, you're making it up again?
Old 02 February 2014, 08:44 PM
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Got a link to these carbon pillars??
Old 02 February 2014, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by tubbytommy
Got a link to these carbon pillars??
Up close, easily removed and stuck to the OE clips.



I bought them 5 years ago so can't be arsed chasing through my ebay records.
Old 02 February 2014, 09:06 PM
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Fu6king hell Matt, you only look about 12 years old!!!!


You got more pics of the seats, They look o.k apart from the impreza lettering amd badge!!

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Those are stick on items I had on my blob.
So did you leave one side of the car unlocked one night so the thieves could open the door to remove the trim
Old 02 February 2014, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by tubbytommy
Those are stick on items I had on my blob.
So did you leave one side of the car unlocked one night so the thieves could open the door to remove the trim
They were certainly cheap but do a job covering the exposed clip holes etc.. Dunno what the door has to do with the removal of them... I had to open the door to fit the seats if that's where you're getting confused?
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Originally Posted by RS_Matt
They were certainly cheap but do a job covering the exposed clip holes etc.. Dunno what the door has to do with the removal of them... I had to open the door to fit the seats if that's where you're getting confused?
you said they were stolen, you cant remove them without opening the door
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Originally Posted by RS_Matt

Bloody good find that man!!!

I would have thought colder air would just mean more power at lower revs hence less throttle needed to cruise, funny how it all works.
Colder means more oxygen and that means the ECU puts more fuel in.
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Originally Posted by tubbytommy
lpg! what a waste of money on an old wrx, the amount of miles you need to do for it to pay for itself is silly.

a fool and his money............
Your obv an expert on such things!
I should have consulted you first!
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Originally Posted by joshnosh
Your obv an expert on such things!
I should have consulted you first!
probably would have helped, stop you wasting money on crap you dont need like catch cans etc and i could have pointed out that imprezas cost a lot to run before you found out you could'nt afford to put fuel in it.

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Originally Posted by RS_Matt
5kg FIA custom racing seats
Aircon & ancillaries removed
Alternator cover removed
Airbox resonator and intake removed
Front girder removed
Horseshoe brace removed
Bonnet sound-proofing removed
Boot carpet
Boot sound-proofing
floor mats
jack
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spare wheel removed
Rear seat sound proofing removed
Fog lights and holding brackets removed
Unneeded plastic cut from front bumper
Boot light bracket removed
Roof handle & brackets removed
Driver foot rest removed
Roof strengthening plates removed
Radiator side brackets removed
Injector brackets removed
Ashtray lid
lighter removed
Polycarbonate battery clamp
Carbon fibre pillar covers
Rota GRA lightweight alloys
TPI lightweight tuner nuts
2 catalytic converters swapped for lighter pipes.
What injector brackets?
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Originally Posted by Kwik
What injector brackets?
and you cant attach the front bumper if the bar is removed

plus most of those parts dont weigh a lot and would never add up to the claimed weight saving.
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Originally Posted by Kwik
What injector brackets?
Brackets that protect the injector bases and I believe hold the OE fuel rails.

They probably have a more accurate name.


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