Anyone with a stripped 944 race car?
08-05-2003, 01:19 AM
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08-05-2003, 01:36 AM
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At least im not a ricer trying to make a dinky early n/a look like a carrera GT....
(am talking to Dan on AIM right now...we dont actually hate eachother...that much...
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(am talking to Dan on AIM right now...we dont actually hate eachother...that much...
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08-05-2003, 11:53 AM
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Race Director
Originally posted by Dan Gallagher
so if i go under the car and scrape off coating how much will it weigh? hell this car is old i bet there is 100lbs of road tar stuck under it.... but that sounds like the kind of job that will **** off everyone in the shop for days
also i have an optima battery but i havent put it in yet, still a regular battery in there right now
so if i go under the car and scrape off coating how much will it weigh? hell this car is old i bet there is 100lbs of road tar stuck under it.... but that sounds like the kind of job that will **** off everyone in the shop for days
also i have an optima battery but i havent put it in yet, still a regular battery in there right now
Here is a NASAforum thread on this.
944-Spec Thread on Weight Removal
08-05-2003, 01:03 PM
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Here are the links that work 
(I finally fooled the system to make them show up correctly!!):
http://www.huntleyracing.com/rollcages/newzebra_rollcage1.jpg
http://www.huntleyracing.com/rollcages/newzebra_rollcage2.jpg
http://www.huntleyracing.com/project_cars/chassis1.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040001.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040002.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040003.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040004.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040006.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040007.jpg
(I finally fooled the system to make them show up correctly!!):http://www.huntleyracing.com/rollcages/newzebra_rollcage1.jpg
http://www.huntleyracing.com/rollcages/newzebra_rollcage2.jpg
http://www.huntleyracing.com/project_cars/chassis1.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040001.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040002.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040003.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040004.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040006.jpg
http://www.archcartpro.com/users/dkhajavi/images/p8040007.jpg
08-06-2003, 07:59 PM
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it doesnt look like much in the pictures but visualize what it will be in a month or so.
still scraping crap off the floors:
shaved mirrors and door handles
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gotta clean up the wires after i clean and paint the floor... notice the dash
still scraping crap off the floors:
shaved mirrors and door handles
: gotta clean up the wires after i clean and paint the floor... notice the dash
08-06-2003, 08:04 PM
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cleaning the floor is taking forever, on the plus side we have a couch right by the lifts and after about an hour in the car the adhesive remover gives me a nice little high so i can go sit down and zone out
08-07-2003, 11:01 AM
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There isn't very much true undercoating inside the car. I think what you might be referring to removing is the sound deadening material. It consists of what seems to be fibrous asphalt panels (approx 3/32" thick) that are bonded to the inside of the tub. I used a propane torch to gently heat these things and they lifted right out with a putty knife / scraper. I removed all of this stuff in approximately 1.5 hours using this method. Works much better than frying brain cells with that nasty adhesive remover stuff . . .
Regarding the actual undercoating (that covers the entire underside of the tub and also a little inside the tub), I used a 13,000 rpm angle grinder with a very stiff wire brush cup attachment on it. Takes the stuff off very quickly but leaves a HUGE mess. Make sure to wear a very good filtration mask over your nose and mouth when doing any form of grinding or sanding that creates dust in the air.
Jeff
Regarding the actual undercoating (that covers the entire underside of the tub and also a little inside the tub), I used a 13,000 rpm angle grinder with a very stiff wire brush cup attachment on it. Takes the stuff off very quickly but leaves a HUGE mess. Make sure to wear a very good filtration mask over your nose and mouth when doing any form of grinding or sanding that creates dust in the air.
Jeff
08-07-2003, 02:30 PM
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yea the sound deadening is what im doing right now, if nothing else just for a cleaner surface to paint over.... like i said earlier i think if i started trying to remove the undercoating it would be messy and i would start making enemies at the shop 