New project for me, yet another 993 RS Clone for you :-(
11-16-2011, 12:36 AM
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Prepping for RS carpet.
What a mess the glue under the original carpet is. I am using 3M adhesive remover, but any suggestions? The 3M stuff takes a lot of fluid and the smell is killing me.
The amount of padding is amazing. A layer of carpet, then a layer of cardboard like material then foam padding. The side upholstery had think foam under it. I am surprised my USA Cup was not all that noisy with nothing but carpet over the sheet metal and no foam or cardboard.
The black stuff on the rear bulkhead was added by a stereo installer in the past and has been removed since this picture was taken, as have the seat and trim brackets that are normally removed with RS carpet.
Cup DME mount and where it will ultimately go behind drivers seat.
What a mess the glue under the original carpet is. I am using 3M adhesive remover, but any suggestions? The 3M stuff takes a lot of fluid and the smell is killing me.
The amount of padding is amazing. A layer of carpet, then a layer of cardboard like material then foam padding. The side upholstery had think foam under it. I am surprised my USA Cup was not all that noisy with nothing but carpet over the sheet metal and no foam or cardboard.
The black stuff on the rear bulkhead was added by a stereo installer in the past and has been removed since this picture was taken, as have the seat and trim brackets that are normally removed with RS carpet.
Cup DME mount and where it will ultimately go behind drivers seat.
11-16-2011, 08:30 AM
#93
Prepping for RS carpet.
What a mess the glue under the original carpet is. I am using 3M adhesive remover, but any suggestions? The 3M stuff takes a lot of fluid and the smell is killing me.
The amount of padding is amazing. A layer of carpet, then a layer of cardboard like material then foam padding. The side upholstery had think foam under it. I am surprised my USA Cup was not all that noisy with nothing but carpet over the sheet metal and no foam or cardboard.
The black stuff on the rear bulkhead was added by a stereo installer in the past and has been removed since this picture was taken, as have the seat and trim brackets that are normally removed with RS carpet.
Cup DME mount and where it will ultimately go behind drivers seat.
What a mess the glue under the original carpet is. I am using 3M adhesive remover, but any suggestions? The 3M stuff takes a lot of fluid and the smell is killing me.
The amount of padding is amazing. A layer of carpet, then a layer of cardboard like material then foam padding. The side upholstery had think foam under it. I am surprised my USA Cup was not all that noisy with nothing but carpet over the sheet metal and no foam or cardboard.
The black stuff on the rear bulkhead was added by a stereo installer in the past and has been removed since this picture was taken, as have the seat and trim brackets that are normally removed with RS carpet.
Cup DME mount and where it will ultimately go behind drivers seat.
The old 3M adhesive remover was good the newer diluted version not so much, I bought a gallon of Goof Off® Professional Strength and a sprayer which worked well too.
the RS carpet is so thin that 1/8 -1/4" of underlayment will help it to lie nicely
Hope you are going to cut that ugly growth on the hump off
Where'd you pick up the spare DME mount?
11-16-2011, 12:05 PM
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Make sure that you use a respirator w/ organic vapor cartridges,
The old 3M adhesive remover was good the newer diluted version not so much, I bought a gallon of Goof Off® Professional Strength and a sprayer which worked well too.
the RS carpet is so thin that 1/8 -1/4" of underlayment will help it to lie nicely
Hope you are going to cut that ugly growth on the hump off
Where'd you pick up the spare DME mount?
The old 3M adhesive remover was good the newer diluted version not so much, I bought a gallon of Goof Off® Professional Strength and a sprayer which worked well too.
the RS carpet is so thin that 1/8 -1/4" of underlayment will help it to lie nicely
Hope you are going to cut that ugly growth on the hump off
Where'd you pick up the spare DME mount?
Appbiz backs their Sliverknit with Perlon to make it fit smoother.
All ugly growths are coming off with either a spot weld cutter or carbide wheel.
The DME mount is an extra I got in a swap along the way years ago.
11-16-2011, 12:32 PM
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Oh yeah... That's definitely a fun project to remove all that crap... I lost all the skin on my fingertips when I did mine...
Someone here once posted about removing the glue etc. with one of those small steam cleaners. Said it worked wonders with removing glue & residue.
Someone here once posted about removing the glue etc. with one of those small steam cleaners. Said it worked wonders with removing glue & residue.
11-16-2011, 01:05 PM
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Oh yeah... That's definitely a fun project to remove all that crap... I lost all the skin on my fingertips when I did mine...
Someone here once posted about removing the glue etc. with one of those small steam cleaners. Said it worked wonders with removing glue & residue.
Someone here once posted about removing the glue etc. with one of those small steam cleaners. Said it worked wonders with removing glue & residue.
11-16-2011, 01:06 PM
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Prepping for RS carpet.
What a mess the glue under the original carpet is. I am using 3M adhesive remover, but any suggestions? The 3M stuff takes a lot of fluid and the smell is killing me.
The amount of padding is amazing. A layer of carpet, then a layer of cardboard like material then foam padding. The side upholstery had think foam under it. I am surprised my USA Cup was not all that noisy with nothing but carpet over the sheet metal and no foam or cardboard.
The black stuff on the rear bulkhead was added by a stereo installer in the past and has been removed since this picture was taken, as have the seat and trim brackets that are normally removed with RS carpet.
Cup DME mount and where it will ultimately go behind drivers seat.
What a mess the glue under the original carpet is. I am using 3M adhesive remover, but any suggestions? The 3M stuff takes a lot of fluid and the smell is killing me.
The amount of padding is amazing. A layer of carpet, then a layer of cardboard like material then foam padding. The side upholstery had think foam under it. I am surprised my USA Cup was not all that noisy with nothing but carpet over the sheet metal and no foam or cardboard.
The black stuff on the rear bulkhead was added by a stereo installer in the past and has been removed since this picture was taken, as have the seat and trim brackets that are normally removed with RS carpet.
Cup DME mount and where it will ultimately go behind drivers seat.
11-16-2011, 01:44 PM
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Good question, I didn't know there was an issue and have not taken apart...yet.
11-16-2011, 01:50 PM
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11-16-2011, 02:02 PM
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Love this thread; keep it coming!
So it is possible to fit a GT3 motor and get it running properly in an earlier car?
Do you have any details yet on how you plan to tackle this?
'93rsa 3.8
So it is possible to fit a GT3 motor and get it running properly in an earlier car?
Do you have any details yet on how you plan to tackle this?
'93rsa 3.8
11-16-2011, 03:12 PM
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I don't know, just googled one to show a photo but I remember looking them from Amazon and IIRC, you could get them under $50
11-16-2011, 05:16 PM
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11-16-2011, 07:39 PM
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The crankcase of a GT3 is the same crankcase as the air-cooled 993 so the transmission to engine bolt up is a piece of cake bolt up (The "normal" non-GT3 996 uses another crankcase and is basically a POS engine in comparison IMHO). In fact, the LWF from the 964/993 RS is the same as used in the earlier GT3 RS. The GT3 engine is really a water cooled edition of the air cooled engine with water jackets over the cylinders and basically water cooled 959 cylinder heads. One has to admire the German hot rodder here.
That leaves a rear engine mount, which is easily fabricated using original 993 chassis mounts.
Water lines will run in the center tunnel to front trunk where a radiator will be installed that ducts through the normal opening through radiator and out a new hole cut in the hood (one reason I went to manual steering was to make more room for these lines.
If an entire stock GT3 engine is brought over, one can install the GT3 engine wiring harness and ECU for the wiring, this takes some work for integration with 993 wiring, but doable.
Or, one can go to a Motec, Bosch or other engine management if a modified engine is planned.
11-16-2011, 09:31 PM
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