Just wanted to know if anyone has any special trick for getting the remnants of floor tar off after chipping it off. Currently i'm using wd40 and a scouring pad which seems to be working but i just wanted to see if anyone had any unknown tricks. thanks.

 

lighter fluid might work.

 

bug and tar remover, "the one with the green bug on the logo" should do more than enough...

ltr.

 

some kinda bar I found at a local Canadian Tire store.....(like a pep boys in the states) some kinda clay bar...works awsome! for bugs and tar...

 

A whole lotta work for 20lbs..IMO

 

thanks guys, cant have your feet sticking to the floor come race day.

 

i hope this is an entirely race car...cuz saving 20lbs in any car other seems like a huge waste of time

 

Its my honda challenge car. It probly wont be ready for any of the races this season. But definitely by next season.

 

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if you think that way, you won't get anywhere. I pay attention to the smallest things (tape on wire looms, plastic brackets). The weight adds up, you'd be suprised.

I like to say " if you take care of the ounces, the pounds take care of themselves"



oh and to get the residue up, I use b-12 chemtool either in the spray or in the liquid.

 

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if you think that way, you won't get anywhere. I pay attention to the smallest things (tape on wire looms, plastic brackets). The weight adds up, you'd be suprised.

I like to say " if you take care of the ounces, the pounds take care of themselves"

um i think im doing A ok without scraping 15 - 20lbs of tar out of my lude, just look at my sig...thansk though


oh and to get the residue up, I use b-12 chemtool either in the spray or in the liquid.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

lol...like I said...20 lbs of tar is just the beginning if you're going to cut weight out of the car. And just imagine how much better your car will handle if you took 300 lbs out of it

 

where did you get that stuff from? thanks.
And yes the little stuff does add up, its surprising. Every little bit helps out the whole.

 

your not rmoving 300lbs from a prelude withou sacraficing everything inside, inclusding AC seats carpet anything, and even them i doubt youd get 300....

 

i'm not sure weather your talking about my car or not but my prelude is nothing more than my daily driver. I have a 1990 civic dx hatch which im using for honda challenge and as of right no the only stuff thats in the car is what needs to be in the car by regulation. After i have everything squared away i'll weigh it and let you know what it came to.

 

the b-12 chemtool i get at checker/kragen/ whatever...it's a carb cleaner/fuel additive dissolves that tar stuff, though

 

thanks for the help man. on me

 

I busted my *** taking out all that tar from my Honda Challenge car and now I regret it. They have added minimum weights now and unless you weigh over 250 lbs you will probably have to ballast it anyway. I have to add over 50 lbs of lead. Ignore all this of course if you are running H1.

The best trick for that tar **** is just using dry ice to start with. I did not do that so I removed the residue with a heat gun and a plastic scraper. 3M adhesive remover works very well on the real small pieces.

 

I was kinda poor when it came time to do the tar so i just put the car outside when it was real cold, let it sit for a while, then chipped away. Most of it came off, just some annoying residue. And yeah i plan to run H1 so i'm good for the weight restrictions. thanks.

 

poor? I think last time I got ice cream at the creamery here at Penn State I told them I had a 4 hour drive, which they'll pack it in more than enough dry ice to make your trip, and it only costs $2 extra

 

when i say poor...i mean poor. 2 dollars is two things off of the dollar menu (considering i have some change for tax). And my usual diet is the dollar menu...college rocks.

 

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Yea clay bar is the ****! I have it.. you can buy the kit at a Autozone or something for about $15

works GREAT!