I removed all my heat shields under the car, i think theres about 5 pretty good size ones...few pounds...

hole saw to the door panels

whatever you do take off weight it and post it in the pinned thread.

does anyone know how to get that tar like crap off the floor I'll bet thats good for 10 lbs.

Dave

Get 25# of Dry Ice Pellets. Spread over the tar/sound deadner material. Let sit 30-45 minutes. Remove pellets. Take Deadblow hammer and whack, tar till break up and crumble. AS always:PLEASE EXERCISE THE PROPER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, :GLOVES, COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN. GOGGLES AND A FACE SHIELD. pROPER VENTILLATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. YOU CAN/WILL APHOXISIATE YOURSELF!!!

Does that really work?



And, umm, what is Aphoxisate?

apparently it does work, it makes the tar freeze so it's very brittle and breaks apart from the blows with the hammer / chisel.



I think he meant asphyxiate.

You'll pass out, because dry ice is carbon dioxide, and breathing it is bad, m'kay.

AK I didn't check my dictionary!!! Sorry

The interior tar is actually worth a little over 20 lbs. I weighed all of mine after I chiseled it out.

The weight of the cage is very dependant on the type of tube (dia. and wall thickness), and the design. I've estemated a couple of cages for autocross. One more thorough than the other, but neither of them have a lot of side impact protection that the road race guys have.

One cage has roughly 70' of tubing, the other has about 57'. Tubing weight:

1.34 lbs/ft for 1.5"x.090"

1.769 lbs/ft for 1.5"x.120"

So the min. weight for the small cage would be ~76lbs, and the max weight for the bigger cage would be ~124lbs.

These numbers do not include the weight of the welding add rod, or the mounting plates... but I think my tube length are on the long side, so it may balance out.

I've also thought about making a tubular version of the engine support cross brace. That stamped/welded metal piece that goes between the front suspension. But I don't know what the stock piece weighs yet.

wow, the Tar crap is that heavy huh?



Damn, i once wanted to rip all my carpet out and have the inside chassis repainted. But i didnt do it, cause i didnt know how to get the tar crap out. I think a stripped interior would look realy nice if it was cleaned up a bit.



" Step in to nice shiny red sheet metal for floor boards"



Granted, alot more road noise is going to be transferred thru the chassis. But Fuk it https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/ohmy.png