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[Adam]

Thats not bad. I'll be running a full interior tho. But the sound deadning is the real killer and hopefully it'll keep in the low 900kg's.

Surely for a show/"normal" car its worth keeping the sound deadening fitted?

[loggyboy]

Thats not bad. I'll be running a full interior tho. But the sound deadning is the real killer and hopefully it'll keep in the low 900kg's.

Without a doubt the deadening, both soft and hard weighs alot, standard seats weigh an awful lot so might be worth swapping them out.

But like LLTN says, why remove only the deadening? best to go down one route or another, not try and hover in the middle, either strip it, or fill it full of trim, speakers, sound deadening and comforts.

also 900kg is more than realistic, (I am assuming your XEing it??) as IIRC an XE only weighs 30kilos more than a 1.2 lump, assuming that a GTE engine is roughly the same, the weight of a gte is about 860, so not much else that can add to the weight bar a cage and a brace or 2.

[hagger]

Car: Nova 1.4sr 85bhp at wheels.
Tyres: rubbish road tires- 195/45/15
Measured car weight: standard weight
Reaction: 0.6420
0-60ft: 2.5821
Time 18.2049
Run at- Santa Pod

One of my first time going down the strip.

[The Simps]

Thats not bad. I'll be running a full interior tho. But the sound deadning is the real killer and hopefully it'll keep in the low 900kg's.

I replaced all the sound deadening in mine with dynamat style stuff. Covered completely everywhere except behind the dash as its a bit tight behind there.

2.9 seconds Simps LOL You really shouldn't be afraid of launching it now you have a F28 in it.

Gav laughed aswell when I told him! I know the car can easily get in the 13s just from the terminal I got with that rubbish 60ft.

I never drive the car hard in 1st or 2nd as there's never been a need! Track is all 3rd upwards as is most on the road. I come off most roundabouts in 3rd as I'm at 22psi by 3-4k.

They'll be a diff in there next year and I might even leave the subs at home next time if I can bare a bassless ride down!

[valvercorsa]

Car:corsa LET 250(ish)hp
Tyres: yokohama neova's
car weight: fully stripped
Reaction: 0.5
0-60ft: 2.0
Time 13.0
Run at- Santa pod (pvs)

could of hit a 12 but run out of fuel maybe next year

[The Simps]

good reaction and 60ft!

[novamadman]

Car - Nova 2.0 16v standard engine
Tyres: yokohama ao 539's
car weight: unsure - weight of gte nova + redtop
Reaction: ?
0-60ft: ?
Time - 15.08
Run at- 97mph - St Angelo Airfield, Ireland

first time doing it, lots of wheel spin :D

[krobinson]

Surely for a show/"normal" car its worth keeping the sound deadening fitted?

Without a doubt the deadening, both soft and hard weighs alot, standard seats weigh an awful lot so might be worth swapping them out.

But like LLTN says, why remove only the deadening? best to go down one route or another, not try and hover in the middle, either strip it, or fill it full of trim, speakers, sound deadening and comforts.

also 900kg is more than realistic, (I am assuming your XEing it??) as IIRC an XE only weighs 30kilos more than a 1.2 lump, assuming that a GTE engine is roughly the same, the weight of a gte is about 860, so not much else that can add to the weight bar a cage and a brace or 2.

When the car was dipped it removed all the sound deadning, including the stuff in the battery tray etc etc. I don't see the point in buying loads of heavy sound deadning to refit it?

Tho this might change after I drive it only to find it rattles and bangs worse than before.

Its a 1985 1.2 shell, and i'm fitting a LET and F28, so has a little more weight than an XE nova.

Keith

[Adam]

Ahh, i thought you meant the undercarpet sound deadening(those thick mats)
I wouldn't bother refitting any of that tar type sound deadening stuff nope.

[The Simps]

all you need to fit keith is a few strips of dynamat stuff, you don need to cover a hole panel. you just need to lay a couple of thin strips on each panel. its amazing what a difference it makes.

kinda like this:-

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