Jasonmreiss Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 The entire car is stripped, finally. Gonna start cleaning it tomorrow, then get it ready for the rotisserie that I don't have yet. I sure hope I can put it all back together. I'll post some more pics tomorrow. I've also been video ing the process Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmreiss Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 I got the sound deadening off the hatch area, and passenger floor today. No heat or dry ice, just a chisel. Boy is that hard work. So far zero rust ))))))))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luseboy Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I got the sound deadening off the hatch area, and passenger floor today. No heat or dry ice, just a chisel. Boy is that hard work. So far zero rust ))))))))) Sounds like your making good progress. I found a heat gun to be helpful, but you have to be careful because too much heat will make it stick to the metal, but there's a sweet spot where the tar crap comes off easily. Wait until you go to chisel off undercoating, that's the fun stuff! Zero rust?? That's impossible :lol:, either that or you're just really lucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmreiss Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 None on the floor so far, there is just one cancer spot on the tail light mount. I'm pleasantly surprised. I'm gonna get some dry ice tomorrow for the drivers side and tunnel. What should I use for the undercoating? I've heard about some needle tool thing that works well. I need to build the rotisserie first though...and move the car. The wife won't go for having it here for that process lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luseboy Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 None on the floor so far, there is just one cancer spot on the tail light mount. I'm pleasantly surprised. I'm gonna get some dry ice tomorrow for the drivers side and tunnel. What should I use for the undercoating? I've heard about some needle tool thing that works well. I need to build the rotisserie first though...and move the car. The wife won't go for having it here for that process lol That's awesome! You got lucky, thats for sure! Nice, hopefully that goes well! I simply just used a woodworking chisel that I didn't care about anymore. You have to make about 3 passes over each spot to get it all off, but it comes off pretty easy. Don't apply heat to it though, that makes it into a thick, gooey paste. Haha my mom finally went off at me after getting the undercoating off the driver's side wheel well. I cleaned everything up as a Christmas present though. I'm not looking forward to chiseling everything off under the car. I don't have the luxury of being able to use a rotisserie, so I will have to crawl under the car and chisel away. Welding under there will be just as fun, and will leave me some nice little brands all over my skin . Have you checked your frame rails under the floors yet? That's where most of the rust damage on my car is. I'm replacing mine with some baddog frame rails and adding the subframe connectors for added stiffness to the chassis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmreiss Posted January 3, 2012 Author Share Posted January 3, 2012 Not really, I know one of them is really dented, doesn't look like any bad rust spots though. I'm gonna need to do a lot of re-enforcement though as I'm planning on over 400 horse. Pics soon my phone died Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmreiss Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 I finally got it all stripped. The drivers side floor was a nightmare. Dry ice, heat, chisel, wire wheel, ugh! But all done. Time for rotisserie and undercoating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RB26powered74zcar Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I got the sound deadening off the hatch area, and passenger floor today. No heat or dry ice, just a chisel. Boy is that hard work. So far zero rust ))))))))) You scored.... Not many left in that good of shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmreiss Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 Does anyone know if I should actually remove the undercoating? The z car restore book says if it's in decent shape, just to recoat over it. I know the floors are in good shape, and I really don't want to take it off cuz well......it's hard to do lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luseboy Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Does anyone know if I should actually remove the undercoating? The z car restore book says if it's in decent shape, just to recoat over it. I know the floors are in good shape, and I really don't want to take it off cuz well......it's hard to do lol It's not a bad idea to remove it all, but it's really not necessary. I am going to just remove what I can and then undercoat over everything afterwards. Should work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S30Mark Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Very solid! I'll be patiently awaiting seeing your rotisserie build pics On a side note, is that Z Restoration Book good for someone doing a resto-mod build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmreiss Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 I think so, there's a ton of stuff in it I won't need as I am also doing a resto mod, but there are great things in it like tips and tricks and things like how to do all the weather stripping, and also what parts can be found after market and what parts can't be found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmreiss Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 I got the engine bay all cleaned out. I couldn't really afford por15, and didn't want to deal with the prep work involved, so this is the hammerite stuff. It seems to work ok, plus the black finish is actually gun metal, which is what I may be painting the car anyway. Mods, could you move this to the project section if it's not already? Maybe change the subject to my 280z project? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonmreiss Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 I'm wanting to get a little out of order at this point. Here's my problem. I'm taking the shell across town soon to my welders shop. He will be putting on the bad dog frame rails, welding up all the holes, fabricating the corvette tail lights, and most importantly fabricating and welding on the metal flares. Unfortunately it will be a few months before I have money to throw at it. Wheels and tires will run around 1500, and the coil overs will run about a thousand. I want to run the gc setup, and the rbr 8.5's with maybe 275 out back and 255 or do up front. Is it imperative that all that is setup before building the flares? I think I already know the answer, but has anyone done the cutting and flares before the other stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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