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Well I decided to create this thread, since whats the mayor problem of the B16B, it lacks of torque 
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The EK9 weight is 1090 kg - 2403 pounds, mine weighted with all the tools + half talk of gas 2410 pounds, but I have a carbon fiber hood
Less weight =
more power
Hehehehe
This write up is focused on a daily driven car, no "strange" modifications needed.
The first thing you should do is to change the front hood (bonnet) the oem one weights 30 pounds, the carbon fiber or fiber glass hood weights between 8 to 15 pounds, so with this mod you can loose between 22 to 15 pounds.
Change the OEM Wheels, the OEM (Enkei) wheels of the EK9 weights 15 pounds each without tires. I would recommend this brands:
Spoon - 8.55 pounds
Desmond Regamaster Evo - 8.55 pounds
SSR Type C - 9.87 pounds
Advan RG - 10 pounds
Volks TE37 - 9.70 pounds.
Racing Hart CP-035 - 10.14 pounds
Ray'S CE28N - 8.82 pounds
This weight is for: size 15×6.5J - 5 x 114.3
(This information is not 100 % exact)
This wheels weight range is between 8 to 10 pounds, you can remove 20 pounds of weight by installing after market wheels, and the most import that this is unsprung weight. (In a ground vehicle with a suspension, the unsprung weight (or, more properly, the unsprung mass) is the mass of the suspension, wheels or tracks (as applicable), and other components directly connected to them, rather than supported by the suspension. (The mass of the body and other components supported by the suspension is the sprung mass.) Unsprung weight includes the mass of components such as the wheel spindles, wheel bearings, tires, and a portion of the weight of driveshafts, springs, shock absorbers, and suspension links. If the vehicle's brakes are mounted outboard (i.e., within the wheel), their weight is also part of the unsprung weight.) Visit here if you want more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsprung_weight
Change the OEM header, the oem header weight 28 pounds, a after market header weights between 11 - 15 pounds, you can remove here almost 15 pounds.
I recommend, Toda, Spoon or Mugen Header.
This is a crazy mod for a daily driven car, but you can live with it, you can remove the radio + speakers, a double din radio with speakers weight 18 pounds, you can buy a radio block off plate so you don't have a "hole" in your dashboard.
The OEM EK9 Honda Civic Type R weights 19 pounds, you can change is by a light weight muffler, Spoon, Apexi, Mugen, the after market mufflers weight range is between 10 to 15 pounds, you can remove 5 to 9 pounds with this mod.
The OEM Recaro weights between 40 to 45 pounds, you can change this seats for bucket seats, usually fiber glass / carbon fiber / carbon kevlar bucket seats weights between 8 to 15 pounds, you can remove like 40 - 50 pounds by change this seats, but this will affect comfort, keep in mind this.
If I remember of more ways to reduce weight I will post them later
.....The EK9 weight is 1090 kg - 2403 pounds, mine weighted with all the tools + half talk of gas 2410 pounds, but I have a carbon fiber hood
Less weight =
more powerHehehehe
This write up is focused on a daily driven car, no "strange" modifications needed.
The first thing you should do is to change the front hood (bonnet) the oem one weights 30 pounds, the carbon fiber or fiber glass hood weights between 8 to 15 pounds, so with this mod you can loose between 22 to 15 pounds
.Change the OEM Wheels, the OEM (Enkei) wheels of the EK9 weights 15 pounds each without tires. I would recommend this brands:
Spoon - 8.55 pounds
Desmond Regamaster Evo - 8.55 pounds
SSR Type C - 9.87 pounds
Advan RG - 10 pounds
Volks TE37 - 9.70 pounds.
Racing Hart CP-035 - 10.14 pounds
Ray'S CE28N - 8.82 pounds
This weight is for: size 15×6.5J - 5 x 114.3
(This information is not 100 % exact)
This wheels weight range is between 8 to 10 pounds, you can remove 20 pounds of weight by installing after market wheels, and the most import that this is unsprung weight. (In a ground vehicle with a suspension, the unsprung weight (or, more properly, the unsprung mass) is the mass of the suspension, wheels or tracks (as applicable), and other components directly connected to them, rather than supported by the suspension. (The mass of the body and other components supported by the suspension is the sprung mass.) Unsprung weight includes the mass of components such as the wheel spindles, wheel bearings, tires, and a portion of the weight of driveshafts, springs, shock absorbers, and suspension links. If the vehicle's brakes are mounted outboard (i.e., within the wheel), their weight is also part of the unsprung weight.) Visit here if you want more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsprung_weight
Change the OEM header, the oem header weight 28 pounds, a after market header weights between 11 - 15 pounds, you can remove here almost 15 pounds.
I recommend, Toda, Spoon or Mugen Header.This is a crazy mod for a daily driven car, but you can live with it, you can remove the radio + speakers, a double din radio with speakers weight 18 pounds, you can buy a radio block off plate so you don't have a "hole" in your dashboard.
The OEM EK9 Honda Civic Type R weights 19 pounds, you can change is by a light weight muffler, Spoon, Apexi, Mugen, the after market mufflers weight range is between 10 to 15 pounds, you can remove 5 to 9 pounds with this mod.
The OEM Recaro weights between 40 to 45 pounds, you can change this seats for bucket seats, usually fiber glass / carbon fiber / carbon kevlar bucket seats weights between 8 to 15 pounds, you can remove like 40 - 50 pounds by change this seats, but this will affect comfort, keep in mind this.
If I remember of more ways to reduce weight I will post them later
however i think its way cool for them to fold electrically! 
