… I can dig it.
Thats kinda crazy about the speakers. Thats a cool detial that not many people will ever see
I think I can hit 3500 pounds flat with a 1/8 tank of gas.
Have to see if this will open the passenger door hook. It’s a porsche boxster spyder / GT4 cloth door pull, which I modified with a hack saw.
Interesting. I dont see why it wouldnt work. it might be a little difficult due to the angles that you would have to pull at and not having the use of leverage
Thats almost 1000 lbs right from stock. I like that you have pulled weight out but still made the overall car look cool and not hacked up
It turns out a used B8.0 red stitch steering wheel with airbag is only worth $250. Market clearing price.
Thats a good idea. Make a weight thread with all the weights of the parts being pulled off.
I’m at 3538 pounds with 1 gallon of gas. Even with my “boat anchor” wheel and tire combo, which is 44 pounds lighter than stock.
My base weight is the car, with no gas, with the spare tire and tools out of the trunk, and with the Milltek non-resonated exhaust. That exhaust has only a center muffler upstream, so a bit lighter at the rear.
Weight 3810
front brakes -10
Rear brakes -8
rollbar 80
rear seats -67
battery -40
exhaust -7
flywheel -5
wheels -40
dampers -8
rear door panels -14
rear speakers -8
carbon hood -30
front seat swap -111
gas - 8 gallons 48
front console -10
total 3580
My B6 S4 with spare tire, all factory tools + medkit, all floor matts in the car and a full tank of gas is 3860 lbs.
Only weight reduction is the ECS light weight rotors and RPF1’s.
I would have thought your car would have been much lighter with all that gucci kit.
I just installed some Corbeaus, and removed rear seats and the matting ahead of my next TA event… I am guessing my OEM seats are identical to yours, the corbeaus are 20 lbs a pop + 11 for each base…
I will roll it on the scales and see how much weight I lost.
I like the direction of your thread!
What kind of idiot puts a racing seat and a rollbar in a heavy German sedan?
Great post this is very good information
That’s impressive. Also impressive: Panarama holds the record for a sedan at Streets of Willow springs. It also has one of the top 10 lap times of any production car. That is really impressive.
They are a bit heavy, but can set some decent times when dialed in
I don’t know how one can justify a Panamera Turbo on US roads. The S model seems like plenty. I guess unless you took it to 1/4 mile often enough. I couldn’t see doing more than 1 track weekend a year in it. Neat that you can get rear steering to reduce turning circle to smaller than that of a 2017 A4. Best of both worlds.
It’s not that crazy, I’d rather have the panamera GTS its the most fun 0-60 still 4.0 and insane throttle, just doesn’t have the oh shit rush from 3800 and up that the turbos do. Again if you spend most time under 90 mph and nice country roads get the GTS.
I do love the redesigned rear of the 2017 but would rather get an older gen panny since prices will be pushed down some over the next few years.
Better yet ditch em all and get a gt3 or even a 991 with all sporting options and power kit and sport design, it’s 85% of a gt3 with more power around town -
Or a Cayman? Maybe an R couldn’t justify the gt4 yet
I have a 981. Much practical:
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This seems like the ultimate cruiser. 8 speed DCT, 440 HP, 400 ft/lb, Apple CarPlay, rear steer, best seats in the business, as much leather as you can afford, first LED matrix lights. On a component level you can see how it gets to $110k quickly. Overall a much better car than a a loaded RS7, assuming you can deal with 150 less HP lol.
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That looks dope. Well done.
This is what it looks like for someone with 1/10th your budget ;D