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In store for the car this winter is a new white paint job. benson c5 block, sc61, etc...

any advice from people who have completely ripped their cars apart and put back together. Im trying to base my buildup around the sport fwd class.

 

If you have the opurtunity while stripping the interior out. try and see if anyone around you powder coats and have the inside sprayed your choice of color. this will cut down huge on sound. and gives it a really nice look.-pdang

 

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any advice from people who have completely ripped their cars apart and put back together.</TD></TR></TABLE>

take out everything that u dont need.

if ya didnt strip out the sound deading do that.

if ya want to get the undercoating off of the wheelwells you can get a wire wheel(put epoxy on it) let it get hard, than put that mother on the electric grinder. and get the undercoting off. it doenst take long, but makes a f-ing mess.


good luck with it.

 

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take out everything that u dont need.

if ya didnt strip out the sound deading do that.

if ya want to get the undercoating off of the wheelwells you can get a wire wheel(put epoxy on it) let it get hard, than put that mother on the electric grinder. and get the undercoting off. it doenst take long, but makes a f-ing mess.


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thanks for the advice.. i already stripped most of the sound deadining material out last summer when i sprayed painted the interior Now im wanting to do it right. how much sanding and prepping is neccessary inside the car before paint is layed?

btw i removed the heater core, blower motor, all ducting, PS pump, lines, and resevoir... , radio, wipers (which i might have to put back for SFWD) all kinds of other stuff was removed prior to this... AC, rear wiper motor, power seat belts, rear seats, more than i can remember. the car wieghed 2350 last season im very anxious to see the new weight. most likely ill be adding to meet class requirements.

 

i grinded off lots of little tabs that where for interior pieces i took out, now the car is getting bead blasted before the interior/underbody gets painted

 

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how much sanding and prepping is neccessary inside the car before paint is layed?

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id say make sure the surface isnt "shiny" ya could take it down to bare metal..paint stripper may be your friend.. spray on and wash it off..

my whole car was blasted with differant types of material before the paint was layed on it.

 

if its for sport fwd tho he needs all those little tabs to put back his interior. you need it from the doors forward...

 

where did you have your car bead blasted? I weant to do something like that on the inside so thats it will look perfect.

 

Looks like you have been working hard on that.... that's the easy part though; the hard part is putting it back together.

 

LOL.. uhhh you obviosly havent heard about the g2 integra chassis for racing

id switch to a dc2 before its too late.

 

sport FWD class eh? You looking for a one piece fiber glass front end? I got one that I want to get rid of.. Interested?

 

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i dont think they are legal in sport fwd.

 

Hey do you guys know of any good places in so cal to get a car bead blasted?

 

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id switch to a dc2 before its too late.</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha. buy gordons for cheap.

 

Lookin good chris, lemme know when your ready to start preppin.

 

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haha. buy gordons for cheap. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah really, but im not even hating. there is a reason those cars dont go fast. ask anyone who has ever built one. if you decide to stick with it, know you are fighting an uphill battle AND make sure you read the rules before you just do random **** to the car.

 

it looks like you are going backwards, the car should look better....jokin...good winter project.....

 

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yeah really, but im not even hating. there is a reason those cars dont go fast. ask anyone who has ever built one. if you decide to stick with it, know you are fighting an uphill battle AND make sure you read the rules before you just do random **** to the car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Are you being for real Gordon or joking around? I know not many people build them but I can't think of a reason why.

 

im not kidding. the chassis's are crap.

 

what about them????

rust?? crossmember? engine bay is too jampacked? doors/windows???

 

Those chasiss are prone to flexing right? They have those framless windows that dont have much rigidity. The last fast one I've seen was Tony Fuchs DA way back when, lol. Good luck.

 

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yeah exactly, tony threw in the towel on that. said it was a good learning experience, but wished he knew now what he knew then. then youve got the cadoctor performnace g2. thing had mad power, but just didnt go.

 

He's looking to build a fun and clean street car but just wants to make sure it will fit in SFWD class to race when it's convenient. Chris has done plenty of research on the chassis. Let's just say he wants to be different and enjoy's a challenge

 

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you took the words out of my mouth. i dont want to be another EG. just something different. I dont see any thing holding the car back from low 11's. hell maybe even faster. and the SFWD thing is just for fun. no hard competition here.

 

unfortunately I just did what you did, and I say unfortunately b/c this was a project that started in January and I just got everything back together and running this past week....I stripped it down to little suspension, the steering column and e-brake...welded in the cage and painted inside, outside and engine bay...
As far as what you should do for the interior, be patient sand with 220 grit and take it down, not all the way to bare metal(never thought of powder coating, but that sounds like a good idea). I would have all the glass taken out, b/c you'll get a better paint job in the long run.
........keep the rule book with you and always look **** up before you just hack something off....let me gets pics and I will post.....GOD I LOVE HER!!!