well some of you guys know about this. im gonna try and snap a few pics every once in a while to show the progress. let me know if you have any questions.

anybody have any good advice on how to take off some of the sound dedening material. so far the chisel has been working pretty good. i heard karosene and dry ice. any input? i wanna get rid of as much of it as i can then paint the interior into a shiny black along with the outside.

here we go.

PICS:
PAGE 2 - Engine coming out.
PAGE 3 - Empty *** engine bay
PAGE 4 - Pressure wash, body work (56k good luck)
PAGE 6 - New parts; ready for paint
PAGE 7 - Teaser shots of painted interior
PAGE 9 - Pic of new block
PAGE 10 - New kitty, Painting proccess
PAGE 11 - New tires, Teaser exterior shot
PAGE 12 - More pics of us painting
PAGE 14 - Engine bay clear coat, Side skirts primered, Finally a motor!
PAGE 15 - LighterFaster.com fiberglass sunroof plugin
PAGE 16 - Car finally painted
PAGE 17 - Engine starts for first time!
PAGE 18 - Long delay; rebuilding engine for 2nd time.
PAGE 19 - Engine reinstalled 2nd time. Finally it runs!!!
PAGE 20 - Painted trim pieces. Bumper and hood reinstalled
PAGE 21 - Walkaround video, Video of dyno tuning



































Modified by dinko at 1:42 PM 7/18/2006


Modified by dinko at 9:48 PM 8/12/2006

 

dry ice works.

project looks good looking forward to seeing more progress

 

put a hunk of dry ice on it, let it chill for like 1 min.. then it breaks right off.. move on to the next section

dry ice is 1.99 a lb here at any albertsons

 

commin along nicely

 

Seems like you got some of it off already. Dry ICE though is what i have used in the past. Works like a charm!

 

lookin good

 

I took my tar out with a heat gun, worked pretty good with a putty knife to scrape it, came out clean. Then just hit it off with some mineral spirits and a scuff pad and your good. Your project is lookin good, wish i had a trailer like that.

edit* looks siiiic with the twistys

 

cool. i'll try dry ice when i get off work tomorrow. motor is comin out tuesday. then its off to the machine shop to rehone the cylinders. umm probably new pistons, rods, clean the head. clean up the engine bay. rewire everything the right way.

ALSO!!
i have a big hole in the roof cuz i took out this shitty aftermarket sunroof. it was a pos. is there a way i can weld a new piece of metal in there or should i find a stock sunroof at some junkyard or something

 

just get another sunroof, it might come in handy one day

 

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weld it in on the underside a good body shop can get rid of the hole in the roof

nice EJ prog so far

 

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damn id love a stock sunroof, but its gonna be hard to find one. if nothing else ill weld it up. i just dont want it to warp across the roof. im gonna have to go slow welding and on low and then pour cold water over it as im going ya know. 2 person job.

another questions. will the dry ice get rid of the clunky **** thats like where the spare tire is supposed to be. i dunno why theres big ****** holes everywhere in the interior...filled with like plastic caps, then clunky sticky **** all over it. what is the purpose of that crap and will dry ice get that stuff out?

 

Sweet projekt.

 

got rid of the virgin...

http://www.niann.com/eg6

cuz i found myself a freak!

ill own a HB sometime again. but for now i love workin on this car!

 

commin along great dude Im still lookin for a coupe myself yo!


Modified by Slaughter at 11:00 PM 6/17/2005

 

i think itd be awesome if you continue to post pics of the process

 

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Looks good so far. Keep going!

 

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nice!

 

thanks for all the replies guys. can someone answer my question though. can i scrape that clunky stuff thats in the spare tire area? or does taht have to be there?

 

i scraped it off on my ej1. nice project. im glad to see another ej1 here.

 

About the sound deadining matrerial, i used dry ice. I got the idea from a write up that someone on here did.

All i did was buy the dry ice, break it up into small pieces and spread it around all the material i wanted to break up. Wait about 10 minutes or so until the material starts to turn white. When you see it turning white that means its good to break off. I used a chizel and flat head screw drivers and they just came up in big chunks. Very easy.

Edit: This thread has picks of how i did my dry ice. Also, i did mine at night so the ice wouldnt melt too fast. I live in AZ so that was a concern

Edit again: This is the original thread i was talking about. Helped me out a bunch!

 

great links thanks!

i'm most concerned about the calulking around the seems. can i remove all that **** or does it need that stuff for support. cuz those links dont explain that part. i'd like to have it look as clean and as smooth as possible. so if i have to have it there id still like to remove those big chunks of that stuff. let me know thanks

 

sick, keep us posted.

Nice pics btw