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  • BradM
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2003
    • 3397

    #1

    Hey Gearheads - Car guys!

    I am looking for the lightest curb weight car possible for a project. It needs to be around 1600lbs or lower. The best thing I can find is a early 90s geo metro. Anything else out there?
  • AndreaM
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2008
    • 174

    #2
    Chevy Sprint... Are you lookin for older cars or something new?
    Engagement Marketing/Brand Development

    K2Dynamics, Inc.

    [email protected] | ICQ: 40794650 | skype: andreajmata

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    • BradM
      Confirmed User
      • Dec 2003
      • 3397

      #3
      Originally posted by andrea_stockroom
      Chevy Sprint... Are you lookin for older cars or something new?
      Older the better. I am doing an EV conversion so I will basically be ditching everything but the transmission etc. Motor goes, all gas features go.

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      • Machete_
        WINNING!
        • Oct 2002
        • 14579

        #4
        Get a old Volvo 360 with the 2,0L engine
        Its RWD and is around 950 kg standard, but can be stripped down to about 1600punds if you remove the crap inside.

        Then buy a Volvo b21ET or b23ET engine. Its easy to boost above 400bhp and the engine last forever if you do it right.

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        • Machete_
          WINNING!
          • Oct 2002
          • 14579

          #5
          Or do like adam
          Old Datsun + a nissan SR20DET engine http://sr510.com/

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          • smack
            Push Porn Like Weight.
            • Mar 2002
            • 10652

            #6
            hands down the honda crx.

            they're very light to begin with, and you can easily put them on a diet to make them even lighter. i think their curb weight is right around 1700lbs.
            Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

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            • the Shemp
              congrats to the winners
              • Nov 2001
              • 10891

              #7
              nsu prinz ?
              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NSU_Prinz_30_.jpg
              i use Vacares...so should you
              Submit your picture galleries to my site...Outlaw TGP

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              • Machete_
                WINNING!
                • Oct 2002
                • 14579

                #8
                OH, if its a EV conversion I would go with a Honda Civic or a lowprofile car like that for best aerodynamic

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                • fuzebox
                  making it rain
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 22369

                  #9
                  First gen Toyota MR2.

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                  • BradM
                    Confirmed User
                    • Dec 2003
                    • 3397

                    #10
                    Originally posted by fuzebox
                    First gen Toyota MR2.
                    Yea... got a few people recommending that also.

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                    • Elli
                      Reach for those stars!
                      • Apr 2003
                      • 17991

                      #11
                      Renault LeCar?
                      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_5
                      email: [email protected]

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                      • WarChild
                        Let slip the dogs of war.
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 17263

                        #12
                        Mazda R100

                        oh nm saw the weight.
                        .

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                        • Kudles
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2003
                          • 5477

                          #13
                          Have fun with that
                          Free to Play MMOs and MMORPGs

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                          • mynameisjim
                            Confirmed User
                            • Aug 2007
                            • 2985

                            #14
                            Porsche 914 with no engine is pretty light.
                            jim (at) amateursconvert . com Amateurs Convert

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                            • James Greuel
                              Confirmed User
                              • Mar 2004
                              • 243

                              #15
                              get an opel gt

                              light body, very areodynamic, handles well, and cheap. You can find a body for about five hundred on ebay, and get the weight down to 1600, with no engine or trans.

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