froggy
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| posted on 17/6/17 at 12:35 PM |
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Wiring loom weight ?
Anyone sad enough to weigh the car side loom on their kit ? Used a painless kit last time and with the battery cable it's 7.5kg and lots of it
is now redundant for the new engine going from turbo mid layout to n/a front engined so lots of weight coming out and I'm going to monitor the
weight as it's re built . tia
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steve m
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| posted on 17/6/17 at 03:53 PM |
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No im not that bloody sad 
but I did weigh all the crap I took out of the loom, and other redundant bits in the car, 5.2 kg it was,
and another saving of 13kgs changing the wheels and tyres
Hasn't seemed to of done anything to the performance, but if I removed all the "spares" in the boot, that should save another 10kgs
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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froggy
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| posted on 17/6/17 at 08:37 PM |
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The loom I've taken out of the car weighs 7.3 kg with fuse boxes and battery cable which seems a lot but it's an American kit so all the
wire gauges are a bit much for what they're Doing
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snowy2
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| posted on 18/6/17 at 06:20 AM |
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I make my own looms for my cars even rewiring the ford Zetec ECU stripping out and getting rid of all the non used stuff. i would be amazed if it was
more than 1 kg for the wiring only need to add on a car battery (dont need a big battery)
sometimes you are the pigeon, most of the time the statue.
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b14wrc
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| posted on 19/6/17 at 11:15 AM |
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Fiat Coupe 20V Turbo Loom weighs a tonne!
Hopefully I will be able to scrap off a load when I get to that stage.
Rob
20vt powered rear engined locost
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Huttojb
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| posted on 23/6/17 at 10:24 AM |
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I've done the same, I am re-wiring my car and saving all the wires I take out to finally weigh.. I have adopted to go to CANbus allowing minimal
wiring to be used up and down the tunnel.
Saying that.... If I went on a diet, I'm sure that would be more then enough, as I am probably the heaviest thing in the car lol.
jason
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WesBrooks
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| posted on 18/7/17 at 06:47 AM |
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I've two binbags worth of wiring that came off the '95 discovery! Probably the worst age for wiring as CANBUS and distributed electronics
hadn't really been taken up by Land Rover. My replacement loom has different priorities to you guys though and the 1000A bus bar soon puts
weight saving ideas to bed!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 18/7/17 at 01:31 PM |
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I mind my old Volvo 850 had about 45 wires running from front to back! scary electrics fortunately very well made so reliable would have been really
heavy
for simple cars like old classics, landys and 7's especially those running LED lights, lightweight trailer cable works very well and has all the
wires for the back of the car. Just run it right into the instrument panel.
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