Because rear seats were watered, I removed them, as well as junk&co in the trunk :
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seat (horiz) : 5kg
carpets : 6kg (rear and trunk)
misc : 8kg (included 5L diesel jerrycan)
seat (vert) : 18kg (included 2 headrests)
spare tire : 20kg (included all tire accessories)
For a total of 57kg = 125lbs. For my 1130kg = 2491lbs car this is a 5% reduction
This is more than a full tank : 60L * 0.85kg/L = 51kg = 112lbs.
I got a errand with the car and my butt-o-meter felt the difference in coasting distance so I tried to beat my 2.6km (1.6mi) coast (from 120 to 40km/h - 75 to 25mph)... I reached 2.8km
OK this is a non-scientific test, as the speed is the one indicated by the needle and the distance is the one read on the trip odometer at +/- 0.1km. The road is non-flat and in bad condition.
Playing with the
calculator (in fact this file :
http://www.geocities.com/frontsidesk8er/delsolaero.xls) I got :
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70km/h = 44mph : 5.24hp to 5.13hp ie -2.1%
90km/h = 56mph : 9.38hp to 9.25hp ie -1.4%
Sadly, I can't let the car as is : I will have to put back the rear seats as the baby seat can't be put on front seat.
The vertical part of the seats are foldable 2/3 - 1/3, but I can't find the correct tool to detach one part from the support
at least I can remove the headrests.
I can put back only the 1/3 horizontal part of the seats, but that will save only 3kg which doesn't worth the fact I'll loose 2 seats.
I'm seriously thinking about not putting back the spare tire and its accessories... as well as the trunk carpet which is really heavy. Already "lost" the misc junk, except the 5L diesel jerrycan that will not come back in the trunk before 1400km = 870mi...
Denis.