Entering the GRM $2011 Challenge solo

Haha you guys are funny . I think if I keep it Team Angry Rooster or Angry Rooster racing I'll be okay. This weekend I tinted the tail lights, and stripped all of the sound deadner out. It took me all day Saturday to strip all of it, but I left the firewall insulation on so that it doesn't get too hot. When I got the car I bought $60 worth of Rustoleum and painted the inside black, I mean EVERYTHING. Now that money went to waste because I painted over the sound deadner. I should have weighed the everything I took out but I was too tired by 12'oclock in the morning to do it. Anyway, here's some pics.

What do you guys recommend to get ALL of the sound deadner off?

Dry ice and a hammer.

Well I got all of the big stuff out but there are still those little chunks the size of pennies, and they are EVERYWHERE. How would I get that little stuff off?

I'd think the dry ice trick would still work.... it makes it brittle enough that they just crack off.

Otherwise... you could try kerosene and a gas mask?

I might just get some dry ice and see. I think the kerosene would make a mess.

about 6 of those 150 grit flap wheels for an angle grinder and an afternoon...good luck

progress looks really good by the way!

Thanks, I'll give that a try if the dry ice doesn't work well. Thanks for the comment by the way.

also can try a varaity of twisted/knotted wire brushes on your angle grinder... gloves/mask and protective clothing is a a must... that stuff gets NASTY as it gets flung off (i had to do that on my neon to get to the metal to do some welding at some point)

I have used an air chisel to get the sound deadening but you have to be careful not to put holes in things. You also will go def. Hearing protection is a must when working in a car with one of these.

I have also used an industrial heat gun (mine is for welding PVC roofing) It melts the stuff and it just scrapes off. I have been wanting to try my dremel multi max tool but I have not had a car that needed that treatment since I have owned that tool.

donalson wrote: also can try a varaity of twisted/knotted wire brushes on your angle grinder... gloves/mask and protective clothing is a a must... that stuff gets NASTY as it gets flung off (i had to do that on my neon to get to the metal to do some welding at some point)

Well the only problem with that is I'm working out of my garage and don't have any power tools. So I only have the basic tools.

dean1484 wrote: I have used an air chisel to get the sound deadening but you have to be careful not to put holes in things. You also will go def. Hearing protection is a must when working in a car with one of these. I have also used an industrial heat gun (mine is for welding PVC roofing) It melts the stuff and it just scrapes off. I have been wanting to try my dremel multi max tool but I have not had a car that needed that treatment since I have owned that tool.

I've tried the heat gun. It works, but it's SUPER messy.

When I did it on my car I used dry ice and a chisel to get most of it out. The harder stuff i ended up getting off with acetone and a anglegrinder with a flap disk. You have to be very careful when you are using the flap disk though. Dry ice should be able to get most of it off. Also another tip, cut parallelogram shapes in the sound deadening and then apply the dry ice. It makes it easier to chisel smaller pieces at at time rather than one large chunk.

Make friends with someone who has a Snap-On Crud Thug.

haha ^^

damn, I am lovin this! all I got to say is, WORD!!

The turbo setup looks killer and on the Z just makes it better. I want to do the Challenge....someday and most likely by myself also lol

Wait... is AngryCorvair trying to pickup evildky??

NickF40 wrote: haha ^^ damn, I am lovin this! all I got to say is, WORD!! The turbo setup looks killer and on the Z just makes it better. I want to do the Challenge....someday and most likely by myself also lol

Haha thanks, and good luck.

cheechthechi wrote: When I did it on my car I used dry ice and a chisel to get most of it out. The harder stuff i ended up getting off with acetone and a anglegrinder with a flap disk. You have to be very careful when you are using the flap disk though. Dry ice should be able to get most of it off. Also another tip, cut parallelogram shapes in the sound deadening and then apply the dry ice. It makes it easier to chisel smaller pieces at at time rather than one large chunk.

Well I already got most of the sound deadener out so it's just those annoying litle pieces left over.

Hopefully getting my fuel pump and slave cylinder this week and should be repairing my wiring harness this weekend. After that I'm going to move the battery to the rear.

Working on the harness now will take some pics when I'm done.

Just put some speakers in my friends accord and he payed me $80, then I went to Advanced Auto parts and spent $70 of it. I bought a slave cylinder w lifetime warantee for $14.99, Premium brake pads w/ lifetime warantee for $20.01, 19ft of fuel line (Don't know why I bought so much LOL) at $1.25/ft and payed $23.75, and a bottle of Dot 3 brake fluid for $6.49. It all came up to $69.48. This purchase brings my total spent of the budget to $469.48 with the purchase of a 240z, this 280z, a L24/ 5sp, a L28/4sp, triple Mikuni's, Cartech turbo kit, 240z seats, and 3 or 4 boxes of random parts. Not bad at all

Installed the slave cylinder today after school. When I went to bleed the clutch, fluid got past the piston and brake fluid got everywhere. I guess it's a good thing I have a lifetime warantee. The new one will be in tomorrow morning. Is there a proper way to bleed the clutch?

Just finished relocating the Z to my dad's shop so that I can trim the core support for the intercooler piping, swap the springs, and get my fuel system complete. Should be running soon if I spend some time on it. Only problem is I have finals coming up so I have a lot of studying to do

Decided I'm going to pull the motor in the Z, clean-up/paint the engine bay, go through the motor, and put it all back together after. I want to get this done now so that when I get it running I don't have to blow apart into pieces again. My friend (Tom Suddard) is going to paint the bay for me, he painted his E30 BMW and it was amazing so I trust him

Your friend Tom Suddard...

...I smell a bit of bias!