re w210 e55 weight reduction questions
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2000 W210 E55// 2007 Toyota Tacoma X-Runner
Curb weight
Is the weight of the vehicle including a full tank of fuel and all standard equipment. It does not include passengers, cargo or any optional equipment.
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re weight reduction
here is the diet,recaro front seats 28Lbs each savings est 35Lbs, resonator delete 26Lbs ,spair tire about 40Lbs, battery 80Lbs est 43LBS savings using optima battery,remove back seats 30Lbs, replace cat with only primary freeflow cats 25Lbs est savings, my goal is about 250lbs + weight loss & last but not least i am returning to the gim another 20+lbs any aditional imput would be appreciated
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here is the diet,recaro front seats 28Lbs each savings est 35Lbs, resonator delete 26Lbs ,spair tire about 40Lbs, battery 80Lbs est 43LBS savings using optima battery,remove back seats 30Lbs, replace cat with only primary freeflow cats 25Lbs est savings, my goal is about 250lbs + weight loss & last but not least i am returning to the gim another 20+lbs any aditional imput would be appreciated
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Resonator is 24lbs reduction. Spare tire & tools is exactly 50 lbs (Mercedes does this on purpose). Going with an odyssey PC680 you acn drop another 50lbs from battery alone, crank pulley another 4lbs, and there are more things you can do.
Honestly I ended up selling my E55 b/c I realized if I wanted to do any more weight savings above that it would be best to just sell myc ar and get CLK55 AMG (W208) so thats exactly what I did. You can get a 208 CLK down from its 3450 down into the 3300s or even 3200s with the right mods. With our same drivetrain and those weight numbers that would be a killer combo. To me the 208 in the 3200s would be the best AMG platform... but thats just my opinion.
Honestly I ended up selling my E55 b/c I realized if I wanted to do any more weight savings above that it would be best to just sell myc ar and get CLK55 AMG (W208) so thats exactly what I did. You can get a 208 CLK down from its 3450 down into the 3300s or even 3200s with the right mods. With our same drivetrain and those weight numbers that would be a killer combo. To me the 208 in the 3200s would be the best AMG platform... but thats just my opinion.
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Resonator is 24lbs reduction. Spare tire & tools is exactly 50 lbs (Mercedes does this on purpose). Going with an odyssey PC680 you acn drop another 50lbs from battery alone, crank pulley another 4lbs, and there are more things you can do.
Honestly I ended up selling my E55 b/c I realized if I wanted to do any more weight savings above that it would be best to just sell myc ar and get CLK55 AMG (W208) so thats exactly what I did. You can get a 208 CLK down from its 3450 down into the 3300s or even 3200s with the right mods. With our same drivetrain and those weight numbers that would be a killer combo. To me the 208 in the 3200s would be the best AMG platform... but thats just my opinion..
Honestly I ended up selling my E55 b/c I realized if I wanted to do any more weight savings above that it would be best to just sell myc ar and get CLK55 AMG (W208) so thats exactly what I did. You can get a 208 CLK down from its 3450 down into the 3300s or even 3200s with the right mods. With our same drivetrain and those weight numbers that would be a killer combo. To me the 208 in the 3200s would be the best AMG platform... but thats just my opinion..
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re e55 diet
thanks for that info on the battery and any other that you can add will definately look into that, regarding the clk that would be a super sleeper,because these cars are so expensive to mod, diet with 40-50hp increase is worth looking into.
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re unsprung weight
what do you guys think of using 2 oem spair rim with drag radials or possible 4,with a little wider in rear, front currently 235/45/17 and feels very light
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What is the purpose of switching between Drc36 and E55 pwr in the same thread?
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Black Beast , though I haven't weighed it yet but here are the mods to lighten it up so far
Lighter wheels/tires---
Kleeman headers- downpipes
Stock air bo removed with custom cone air intake system
Resonator delete
Recaro front seats
Lighter battery --
Deleted rear seat
No spare tire
Lighter wheels/tires---
Kleeman headers- downpipes
Stock air bo removed with custom cone air intake system
Resonator delete
Recaro front seats
Lighter battery --
Deleted rear seat
No spare tire
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