We really under appreciate how Chris lays everything out so nicely for like 40 seconds of talking. Like that’s 400 pounds of stuff you nicely place just to showcase its really awesome
Was thinking the same thing. Dude really illustrates for his viewers. And is really genuine and precise. He's one of the best car guys on here no doubt
Just a disclaimer for anyone who doesn’t know: DONT immediately go to remove an airbag after disconnecting a battery and thinking it’s disarmed. I’m sure you’ve mentioned it in previous videos but airbags are linked to capacitors that can store the circuit energy and keep the bag live. It’s always Good practice to wait 15 to 30 minutes after disconnecting the battery to let the capacitor dissipate the electricity elsewhere first.
Here's a tip that came straight from the Honda dealer during the airbag recall nonsense. Take you're battery terminal cables after you have removed the battery and just hold them together to complete the circuit after about 1 minute all the capacitors should be discharged. I got that response after I made a terrible joke about the airbag blowing up in the techs face the moment he touched it.
Always appreciate when people make videos like this. I don't need to listen to 15 minutes of backstory and 10 minutes of unrelated channel updates, merch advertising, plugging their patreon, etc. that shit is so annoying
*clicks on how to change tire video* hey guys it's every RU-vidr nowadays, tires are important. They are round which is good for rolling. They are filled with air which reduces turbulence. They are rubbery which is good for traction and breaking. They have rims which is good for showing off. They are black which is good for racists to learn to coexist. They are attached to the breaks which is good for stopping. There is four of them which is good for balance. So if your tire is damaged or missing you should really consider changing the tire. In today's video I'm gonna be teaching you the top 10 best ways to change a tire. So let's not waste anyone's time and get right to it but first don't forget to bosh that like button before you see weather or not this video was actually informative and even more importantly smash that subscribe button, I make these videos not for a chance at passive income nor grocery store level fame but because I read some guide to making these cookie cutter youtube videos and have my moms nice Camara. And don't forget to click the bell so your phone will piss you off more than it does. Okay so lets jump right into the video no lenghty intros on this channel. First thing you want to do is identify the 4 tires on your car. Then you want to check their psi. You do this buy taking your car to a mechanic and having them use their special psi tool that looks like a flute. Check your owners manual for the psi you're car desires. Usually its about 55 psi. If they are below that change them for new ones. Dont cheap out and buy used. Now that your new tire arrived in the mail. Fill it to 55 psi. Jack up your car, pull old tire off (doesn't show the 1 detail you were looking for). And that's it. Now you can drive around with a rounded tire car. If you somehow made it this far without hitting the back button please like and subscribe to my channel for more cookie cutter how tos overly long and hardly helpful. That's the way the cookie crumbles...
That “fastener” holding in front of the carpet behind the clutch is actually the clutch stop. Make sure you reinstall that to prevent any possible damage to the clutch system.
@@chrisfix Hahaha oh damn, whoops! I should get to the video of this year's race pretty soon, hopefully it turned out better. According to the thumbnail I saw, it looks like it tho. Love your content btw, followed your stuff on and off for years (Still need to watch that light scratch removal one regularly 😂), great to see you push things even further with full on endurance racing!
Lol yeah totally! Huge relief. I keep tons of extra plastic clips and bolts etc for stuff in my truck just in case. That stuff is definitely a bear to wrestle in and out ;)
@@AGlimpseInside haha likewise, I was commenting and thought I saw your logo and then scrolled down and was like yup lol we basically watched this video at the same time ;p I like Chris's I guess lol
Quick side note: the biggest reason your braking distance is garbo at the start is because you have bad tires. You can see they are fully locked and you are skidding. You can also hear wheel slip on your launches. Upgrading tires alone will significantly improve your performance
@@yu01025 because they are trash... I guess NO one told you yet but BMW are the worst german cars... they came last in every test... your welcome... I drive an Audi, a million times better then any shitty BMW. Besides you can't touch my Quattro. At 550hp an m5 can't even touch me from a light! Spinning ain't winning brotha! Your welcome!!
I like tho how it could've been like 3 min vid of just pictures of him removing and then the weight. But by this way we can see how cars are put together!
Hey Chris just a reminder that you are loved and appreciated by hundreds of thousands of people, their cars, and their wallets. The amount of effort you put into your videos is absolutely perfect, and even now I'm appreciating your audio work, loud and cheerful yet clear and informative with great fidelity. Keep up the awesome work dude, you are truly a legend in the history of automotives!
Window motors, door cards, dashboard😅, side airbags, steering wheel with airbag, side trim, wheel liners and sound deadening, spoiler and side marker lights. Probably another 200lbs! Then weld in a 250lb roll cage!
I rolled my 2005 Prius in 2016. By the grace of God, I walked away with no broken bones. Had the car towed to my house, then spent the next few days removing everything from the ac vents to the visors, radio, sunglasses holder, door panels, actuators, covers for the tweeters, glove compartment, rear hatch panel and electric latch actuator, window/door lock controls, cup holders, power button, airbags, hybrid battery, etc. etc. etc. I then organized everything, took pictures and posted everything on ebay. Absorbed a lot of the cost from totaling the car without full coverage. And it was pretty satisfying knowing everything was being put to use and not wasting away in a junkyard in the rain
If you would have cut the catalytic converters off of it about four to six months ago the right person those would have brought you $1,800 hope you didn't scrap the car and leave the Converters on it because they're still worth well over 1,300 right now...!!!!
@@motersickel there’s no way. I can buy a brand new (off brand but Prius compatible) catalytic converter off eBay for $150 I just looked it up and holy shit. That’s crazy. I parted my old Prius out about 6 years ago so I doubt it was worth near as much. My current Prius has a clogged catalytic converter. Wonder is that effects value. I know they’re wanted for the rhodium and platinum not for the function of the apparatus themselves. Also, the engine on my wrecked Prius had nearly 300k miles
Wow, just realized the amount of stuff in a car that is there just to provide comfort for the drivers and the passengers. Really makes u appreciate life
If you want to see his face, go to one of his REALLY old videos. Specifically the video about tinting your windows. You can sometimes see his reflection in the glass. You're welcome🙂
@@rk22cc I think he just values his privacy more than anything doesn't want random people bugging him or finding out where he lives and stealing his stuff someone posted a video full of personal photos of him and calling him out as a bad friend/person and he was not happy, to say the least. It's kind of a meme at this point though.
@@rk22cc Chris probably has many reasons to hide his face. For example, someone seeing him and real life and annoying him to the point of insanity, and privacy in general.
That's a good weight saving! Some more weight saving thoughts: you can also remove the AC Compressor and use a shorter belt. Remove power window motors and fix the position of the windows if allowed. Remove the cabin air heat exchanger and piping. Replace heavy door interior panels with fibreglass coverings if allowed. Replace glass side windows with clear plastic if allowed. Remove cabin air ducting if allowed. Remove the catalytic converter and add a straight pipe to the muffler.
Despite all that work and substantial weight reduction, average acceleration time improved by less than 1 second. I'd be quite disappointed if I had a car to do. Though the braking improved a lot.
I personally tried this and found the car lost a ton of weight when I took out the engine block and replaced it with a cardboard box. I also replaced the shock absorbers with slinky toys; finally I took out the suspension crossmember and replaced that with some metal bars I welded together. On an unrelated note I’m typing this comment in the hospital.
Watching chirs is so fun that you might want to work on your own car only to find out that theres no editing magic in real life and you have to do a lot of work
The weight is what makes it luxurious. They purposely make the doors heavy so you get the nice thunk when you shut it. also they make the driver side a little higher so when you get in the balance is perfect
First thing ima do when I start making my race vehicle thanks bro this really helped me understand weight reduction a lot more getting to see the differences
As a European where stick shift is kind of the standard I cringed at seeing the relatively poor shifting (especially in the second and third 0-60 run). You see the shifter slamming from side to side upon releasing the clutch. Be more gentle. With a manual transmission, you're the one to control the slip between the revving engine and the stationary wheels, where with an automatic you have a torque converter and in a sequential DCT/MCT you have the electronics to do that for you. Additionally I would say,: Don't put that much force into shifting. You can still shift fast if you ease the transmission in the next gear instead of slamming it in. Several transmission parts like the linkage, shifting fork and syncro's will thank you.
@@dreaparn2462 You've never driven a stick shift road car with a regular manual gear gearbox I see. Oh, and I have raced; in a car with a proper racing gearbox engineerd to take a beating.
True. I used to have a 2011 Camry that was sonically beautiful, music sounded so good in it, couldn't hear much outside. Then I got a 2016 and it was noisy as hell. Even going through the car wash, sounded like a tin can rattling with some change in it and the sound of the music sucked too. Completely different than the 2011.
My old Yaris was so loud on motorway that I used noise canceling headphones on longer drives. But those old 1.3l Toyota engines never consumed motor oil.
1 pound would be at max 4 pounds, but that only depend on the distance from the center, if you remove a nut for example wont change much but if you change the tyres it would be the max difference
The dry ice part is a nice tip. In the cleaning industry there’s a product used to freeze bubble gum and remove from surfaces. For such a big removal though, dry ice is a great idea.
PRO-TIP : Dry-ice blasting is also incredibly great for blasting under the car to clean remove rust & make the belly shine+ any other mechanical parts like, steering-rack, suspension A-arms & bushings, engine oil-pan, the intricate gearbox housing pattern, remove the dust on brakes+rims just looking like brand new again..
I did it the other way, with a heat gun. It worked also with a hair drier, but it was slow. The rest of the sticky bitumenous crap was cleaned with toulene.
For some reason, the wires to these speakers were already disconnected. BMW: They were connected, but since you did not pay for the $5,000 sound system upgrade, we disconnected them.
That last zero to 60 run and the pure excitement…priceless! Oh, and I’m a car audio guy and didn’t know about the dry ice trick for removing sound deadening. You just plain rock! Thanks for another dope vid, Chris 🤙
Cris can remove more weight from this BMW since he wants a track car by replacing some heavy metal body parts like: Hood (/Bonnet), Roof & Trunk with lighter fiberglass+reinforced carbon fiber parts and the heavy doors glasses with lighter perxplex then lighter rims and carbon ceramic brakes.. all things will definitely drop the weight even more..
Didn't watch it all, yet, so don't know if your 6.8 to 6 comment was a typo... but if, after losing all that weight, he only gained .8 of a second, then you, and he, is off his meds bigtime for thinking that makes any sense.... I gotta get back to the VID, because this comment is insane, or a typo... it has to be a typo. I could take my pants off and gain .8 of a second!
Imagine being an E46 owner and just having an entire series of how to build your car into a race car made by one of the highest quality auto RU-vidrs at your disposal for free. Y’all are lucky 😂
As a lifetime automotive weight weenie myself, I want to let you know that you're officially my 'Hero of the Month'. I'm truly impressed with your video due to your passion for what you do and also your willingness to obtain the data to back it up. I talk about improved acceleration, handling, and braking all day...but being able to legitimately quantify it is the real deal! Bravo my friend, and keep up the great work!
Yes - so right! ... And now he should next have the car lifted up, all engine, drivetrain and axles removed, and refitted with the usual lightweight parts, race clutch with no flywheel, lightweight pistons, titanium connecting rods and crankshaft, new diffs - and all the other nice stuff er know about, remoove the heavy paints and windows - and the journey would continue. The Porsche Museum at Stuttgarts has a police porsche in such trim in display actualy (the windscreen being just a small slice of lightweight glas, right from a GT Porsche from the track, etc.) - lowered, with aeroparts from the speedtunnel, handbuild and refined engine, etc. - a gift from Porsche to the Stuttgart Autobahn police some 20 years ago. Now on display. 🤗
@@JamesBrown-ux9ds - of course you're right about all of that, but it sounds like the sanctioning body and the class he's competing in will limit what he can do. I was seriously wondering why he picked an Xi model as the steering ratio is slow and the car is quite a bit heavier due to the front differential and driveshaft. Hoping that he clears this up in some future videos. I really didn't like how slow the steering rack is in the Xi model compared to the 330i.
Why not remove the sliding glass and slap some ballstic-grade plexliglass into everything except the driver door (net, obviously) and windshield (actually important, and worth keeping the shatter-proof coated glass)? That would also let you delete the interior trim on the doors, which you stated was only required so that it could contain the glass when the windows are rolled down, and the window motors, which is AT LEAST another 30-40 lbs...
I just absolutely love how you inform about the position of each and every screw, bolts and nuts. This isn't just informative, it's helpful and time reducing efforts.
I don't drive, I'm not into cars (although I know which ones I'd want if I won the lottery, lol), I'm not into racing (let alone enduro-racing) or car modding - but this video was strangely satisfying to watch. Thanks, YT algorithm!
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If I made it as light as possible, I would also replace all the glass with plastic. You no longer have to worry about pieces of glass and you can strip even more.
Glad to see an US content creator that is aware that imperial metrics are unknow for everyone outside US and it's really pleasent to get conversion everytime :) Thank you and amazing content tho
I build cars in a factory and did quality control for our plant, so none of this was anything new to me. However it was actually really of cool seeing the steps that you saw for assembly being done in reverse for disassembly! It also amazes me just how similar stuff is put together in a BMW sedan vs a GM truck!
You made me recall a comment from senior guy from Chrysler, may be a VP level person saying the Mercedes, BMW and Audi folks procure the parts and sub-assemblies from the same folks from whom we procure and they end up charging a premium. I am not saying the up market cars are not premium, my point is they charge way too compared to certain enhancements they do compared to an ordinary run of the mill cars.
race car drivers go through lots of cardio and endurance training, too, for that exact reason. Low weight and high endurance, especially important for long races.
