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I meant 2,100lbs up there, not 2,200, edited.

And removing sway bars is a bad idea, it's not just for body roll, it helps handling drastically.

[nito]

Skierd,

Those are serious mods, for serious racers. To decrease et even further, have you tried slicks on the front tires and donuts on the rear? Some Mustang drivers used to put Mickey Thompsons on the rear and donuts on the front. The only problem is they would trailer the tires or brought them in a separate car. Then installed at the strip and chain/secure the street tires.

Nito

Originally Posted by skierd

Start with a lighter car. My 98 L hatch 5spd was 2087 pounds without any weight removal. I figured if I had put it on a complete class-legal diet (I raced mine in SCCA Solo's F Street Prepared (FSP) class) I'd be able to get it down to 1900 pounds or so, without resorting to aftermarket body panels or the like and keeping most of the interior.

Lightweight battery, header and no cat over the stock cast iron manifold, remove the radio, replace the driver's seat with a aluminum kirkey bucket and the passenger seat with a kart seat, remove the air bags, lighter wheels and tires (my old race wheels were heavy, about 32 pounds, I had at least 5#'s a corner to lose), remove both front and rear sway bars (and go with stiff enough springs to control body roll). This car already didn't have a/c or p/s. Make sure you run the car extremely low on gas (at the track only obviously).

You should be pretty close to running mid 14's with a beta swap with bolt-ons without any weight removal honestly.

[mengthor]

more power and stiffness is the best solution the accent's weight is already good enough in my opinion.