| Ditch what? |
Benefit |
Drawback |
Weight
(kg) |
|
| Air conditioning |
- Better cabin heater
- Less engine bay clutter
- Less complex
- Can fit larger front mount IC radiator
|
|
- Pump - 6.9
- Chiller - 2.6
- Radiator - 3.1
- Pipe work - 1.6
- Cooling fan - 1.5
- Mounting brackets - 0.8
- Liquid receiver - 0.6
- Sensors/etc - 0.2
- Refrigerant - ?
Total - 17.3 |
| Catalytic converter |
- Better exhaust gas flow
- More power
- Turbo spools up quicker
|
|
10.9 (Aussie DP weighs 2.4kg)
(Homemade DP weighs 3kg) |
| Stock exhaust |
- More power
- Better turbo spool up time
|
- Noisier
- May rattle
- Need to buy an aftermarket exhaust, cheaper than Toyota but won't fit as
well...
- Never need to buy another exhaust
|
Guess at least ~5kg? heavier than stainless? Probably more!
Stock exhaust heavy |
| Rear car mats |
|
|
3kg! |
| Misc pipes / bolts / brackets |
|
|
2 |
| Excessive stock ECU wiring |
- A lot less clutter in the engine bay
|
- Need to fit an aftermarket ECU
|
1.5 |
| Carbon canister |
|
|
1.3 |
| Stock air filter & box |
- More power
- Turbo spools up quicker
|
- Gonna suck in hot air from engine bay, air intake temps ~2 deg C hotter
|
1.1 |
| Air box to turbo pipe work |
- More power
- Turbo spools up quicker
|
- May need a straight air intake
- May need to relocate the battery
|
1 |
| Remove under bonnet insulation |
- Better cooling effect for the engine bay area
|
- More engine noise
- Need to protect paintwork above the turbo/cat area
|
1? |
| EGR &
VSV assembly |
- Lower intake air temperatures
- Less crap fed into the inlet manifold
- Less clutter/crap
|
- Emissions may rise
- Need to fabricate 2 blanking plates
- Combustion chamber temperatures may rise
- Increased risk of detonation
|
0.9 |
| Spare tyre cover |
|
- Carpet may sag around the spare wheel - get a space saver instead!
|
0.7 |
| Air intake resonator |
|
- Slightly more noise... maybe!
|
0.6 |
| Alternator cooling duct |
- More room to do an oil change
|
- Alternator may overheat - doubtful
|
0.5 |
| TVSV, TVIS VSV and mounting plate |
- Less complexity pipe work and clutter
|
|
0.5 |
| Battery clamp & plastic tray
|
|
- Need to move battery to boot
|
0.4 |
| Pre-air filter box pipe work and fittings etc |
|
- Hotter intake temperatures
|
0.4 |
| Remove cambelt top cover |
- Provide a route for heat to escape from the cambelt area
- Extend the life of the cambelt
|
- Cambelt exposed
- Greater risk of getting something caught in rotating bits - fingers, ties, hair, pets and wire loom
|
0.3 |
| Remove rear wheel brake disc backing cover |
- Dissipates heat faster from brakes
|
|
0.3 each |
| Carbon canister mounting bracket |
- Provides exactly the right spaced holes to mount a
WI pump!!
|
- Need to drill out spot welds to fuel filter bracket
|
0.2 |