Well, I had an interesting opportunity yesterday - as I left the Refuse Transfer Station (you might call it The Dump) in my Uno Turbo. I asked them to weigh me on the weighbridge and it came to exactly 1000kg (+/- 5kg).
I was a little bit surprised as that seems like quite a lot, but then I remembered that the weight of the Mk2 Uno Turbo is 945kg, and I weigh 70kg, my Uno Turbo is a Mk1, so it seemed roughly right (almost full tank of fuel also).
Actually my handbook shows 895kg as the weight of the Mk1. Add 70kg to that and you might expect my car to weigh 965kg.
I can explain an extra 3kg of front stereo speakers/mountings, 8kg of amplifier (under seat), 2kg of subwoofer (it weighs 14kg but the spare wheel - which it replaces - was 12kg), the stereo head unit weighs 800g, and then there's lots of luxury sound deadening material - I used 16 sheets at 200g each (3.2kg), plus a 'mover's blanket' (compressed felt) which weighs 2kg. As you can imagine, this really does transform the Uno Turbo into something that rides with the compliant silence of a Rolls-Royce... or not These trappings of luxury come to a total of 19kg.
Then there are the 15" alloy wheels, which weigh 19kg each incl. tyres. Standard 13" wheels are 12kg each, so that's an extra 7kg * 4 (28kg).
In total I've managed to explain an extra 47 kg. 895kg + 70kg + 47kg = 1012kg, happily I've saved a little weight under the bonnet by drilling brackets, leaving off parts, etc.
So at least I know where the weight is coming from - now the question is, is it worth trying to save that 47kg or not? How much weight have people really managed to get out of their Unos? I'd imagine that a saving of, say, 200kg, would give a really noticeable benefit. But can it be done? As you can see, even my luxury additional soundproofing added less than 6kg.
I would probably leave the amp and sub at home, but I don't think I'd bother to remove all the hard-installed stereo gear just to save 5kg. But what do you think...?
Cheers,
-Alex
I was a little bit surprised as that seems like quite a lot, but then I remembered that the weight of the Mk2 Uno Turbo is 945kg, and I weigh 70kg, my Uno Turbo is a Mk1, so it seemed roughly right (almost full tank of fuel also).
Actually my handbook shows 895kg as the weight of the Mk1. Add 70kg to that and you might expect my car to weigh 965kg.
I can explain an extra 3kg of front stereo speakers/mountings, 8kg of amplifier (under seat), 2kg of subwoofer (it weighs 14kg but the spare wheel - which it replaces - was 12kg), the stereo head unit weighs 800g, and then there's lots of luxury sound deadening material - I used 16 sheets at 200g each (3.2kg), plus a 'mover's blanket' (compressed felt) which weighs 2kg. As you can imagine, this really does transform the Uno Turbo into something that rides with the compliant silence of a Rolls-Royce... or not These trappings of luxury come to a total of 19kg.
Then there are the 15" alloy wheels, which weigh 19kg each incl. tyres. Standard 13" wheels are 12kg each, so that's an extra 7kg * 4 (28kg).
In total I've managed to explain an extra 47 kg. 895kg + 70kg + 47kg = 1012kg, happily I've saved a little weight under the bonnet by drilling brackets, leaving off parts, etc.
So at least I know where the weight is coming from - now the question is, is it worth trying to save that 47kg or not? How much weight have people really managed to get out of their Unos? I'd imagine that a saving of, say, 200kg, would give a really noticeable benefit. But can it be done? As you can see, even my luxury additional soundproofing added less than 6kg.
I would probably leave the amp and sub at home, but I don't think I'd bother to remove all the hard-installed stereo gear just to save 5kg. But what do you think...?
Cheers,
-Alex