2.4 Liter G4CS build thread

[Atuca]

Last two weeks I been continuing work on the Interior.

I got rid of all the sound deadening material! I didn't have easy access to dry ice, so I went at all of it with a plastic scraper, a heat gun, and some goo gone. It took alot of time, I want to say.. two weeks since last update right? I would NOT reccomend this technique if you have access to the dry ice, but this did work, and cleaned up nicely. You can see on the firewall where I havn't even started to clean. That is how it starts. I will have to go back and clean everything one more time it looks like, but this is the majority of the work.

I got rid of the spare tire holder in the trunk. I just went at it with a dremel, and a lot of metal fatiguing. Anywhere where the tac welds went through the sheet metal, I covered up with some jb weld. Below the trunk is nothing, so all the jbweld is doing is keeping dust from coming into the trunk area. If I had easy excess to a welder I would have, but I don't feel it is "necessesary" to have to.

and Lastly, I still been removing wires here and there. Who knows when it will end? My only real concern lately has been do I remove the rear defroster or not. I think that the lexan glass does not have defrosters, so when the time comes for the carbon fiber hatch and lexan speed glass, I mise well remove the defroster now. Can anyone verify this hypothesis?

 

[stevestevesteve]

wow, where is all the rust?!?!?! haha your lucky! jery nice work, i have been following you, your whole build!!

 

[Atuca]

I probably should have noted why I removed the trunk spare tire. There is a battery relocation planned for all of this, and I wanted there to be plenty of room for a battery box.

I also plan on making a fitted subwoofer box that will lay flat without interfering with the battery box, instead of the removable box I have now. The fitted box will still be easy to pull out for race days, but on days I want to pretend it is a "show car" at meets or with friends, I can have the option. AND with the fact I removed the GSX plastic raisers? (I don't know, the plastic boxes that held the spare tire tools and gave enough room for the trunk floor to be flat with the bigger spare tire), the trunk floor is a good 3-4" lower, and will need a new trunk floor made anyways if I wish to give it a flat finished look.

Man looking at the firewall again makes me not want to work on my car anymore, I still have to clean that all up.. and the man hours its going to take... at the akward angle I am going to have to be at.. uhh

 

[Evan K.]

I used gum remover for carpets to get that goo off. Comes in big bottles you can use with a spray nozzle. Goes a lot faster.

 

[Strm Trpr]

Damn man, you're ballz deep in it now, you must keep going...
Ha Ha, you're rear seatbelts are still in there....

 

[Atuca]

But what if I find a midget hooker at the track and my fiance calls shotgun?

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