Well, I'm just recently after passing the annual "MOT" test, or a test of roadworthyness for your car, and I've decided now's the time to start making some mods. The thing that's been on my mind for a while now, is a strip-out. Losing the rear seats, carpets, parcel shelf, etc. I'm wondering how this is really going to reflect on my fuel consumption though. My car weighs 1280 stock. If I can manage to get 128KG of parts out of it (which I would probably consider unlikely) how is the 10% less (all from the sprung weight) going to effect my FE? Would I be likely to even see a 5% betterment? I was also considering losing my wing mirrors, but was talked out of it
, probably still going to drop the mud flaps though. I can't see the mud flaps making a huge difference either, but every little counts. Essentially what I'm looking for I suppose is advice on stripping out. Is it generally seen that it's overkill to have to live with for the tiny increase in FE?