Typ89 seats: was Removing A/C

[Richard Hoffman]

As for the CQ seats:
I would LOVE to toss those seats.  Worst excuse for a "sport seat" ever!  As
much as I like the heated option, I could care less about the power adjust.

I doubt there are any OEM seats that are direct fit and more supportive, so
for the time being, they stay.  I am just not in the mood to pull apart the
interior to weld in different seat tracks just yet.

I like the feel of the Coupe GT seats - much better rib and thigh bolstering
than the CQ seats.  Any possibility these came leather and/or heated but
non-power?  Getting seat tracks is not an issue, I'd just saw them out of a
car at the junkyard :)

I am not really into the racing-style seats.  Sure they are
super-lightweight but not what I want in a daily driver.

Another seat I enjoy is the VW Corrado VR6 sport seat, but I bet this
fitment would be more difficult than the CGT seats.

Thanks in advance!
Richard


----- Original Message -----
From: <JShadzi at aol.com>
To: <billzcat1 at hotmail.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>; <audi20v at rennlist.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: Removing A/C = Little weight savings


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> Richard, though 40 lbs doesn't seem like a lot of weight, this is probably
> the most substantial one-time weight removal you can do, and combined with
a few
> other weight reduction things can pull maybe 75lbs out of the car.
> Realistically, this isn't a huge amount, but every lb counts, do some
reading on the
> cause of weight on acceleration.
>
> Also, the AC weight in out in front of the front axles, in this regard
40lbs
> is quite significant wrt weight distribution, etc.
>
> Overall, if you're going to be baking in your car to save 40lbs, yes, its
not
> worth it, in most cases the AC is in the way of other upgrades, etc, and
> that's usually the reason it comes out for me, the fact that its in the
way of
> other, "more important" things.
>
> If you want to get some more weight out of that Coupe get rid of those
power
> front seats, that's probably another 40lbs each seat (if you have power
> passenger too) there, and now your'e almost up to 100lbs removed ;)
>
> Javad
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/27/2003 12:51:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> billzcat1 at hotmail.com writes:
>
> > Hello all!
> > A while back there were some threads about removing A/C  Figures from
60-150
> > lbs were quoted. I just finished the A/C delete on a 90 CQ and used my
> > digital postal scale to weigh everything since I was curious how much
weight
> > was really saved.
> >
> > This total represents EVERYTHING from the engine-bay side of the A/C
system.
> > I took off all lines, brackets and fittings from the bumper to the
firewall.
> > I didn't touch anything under the dash, since thats WAY too much work!!
> > Compressor with bracket still attached - 20lbs, .5 oz
> > Condensor - 10lbs, 13.5 oz
> > Small cast iron bracket - 13.3 oz
> > Aluminum pipe with solenoids attached - 6.1 oz
> > Freon Accumulator - 2lbs, 12.0 oz
> > 5 aluminum/rubber lines - 12.6 oz
> > - 4.6 oz
> > - 1lb, 12.6 oz
> > - 1lb, 6.6 oz
> > - 2lbs, 12.5 oz
> >
> > Total 41 lbs, 14.3 oz
> > I was not impressed by this amount of weigh savings. Just passing along
the
> > info as something to consider before deleting A/C. It's not saving that
much
> > weight IMO!
> >
> > Richard
> >
>
>