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Re: Track car prep
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:59 pm
by chris white
Paint has been sprayed!
Re: Track car prep
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:14 am
by Thom
Did you ever experience the front members each living a life of its own when cutting the front cross brace?
Re: Track car prep
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:53 am
by ROB III
Thanks for the shots with paint...good clear views of interior minus ALL trim and sound deadening....useful for future reference.
Re: Track car prep
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:59 am
by chris white
Thom wrote: Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:14 am
Did you ever experience the front members each living a life of its own when cutting the front cross brace?
I have seen that done a number of time. Once you are in front of the shock towers there is not much added chassis stiffness so you can end the frame rails there if you want.
Re: Track car prep
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:06 am
by Tom
Very cool pictures. What did you paint it with? I suppose the beauty of a race car is that you can always add structural bracing and cross-members as needed wherever they fit....
Re: Track car prep
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:30 am
by chris white
Tom wrote: Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:06 am
Very cool pictures. What did you paint it with? I suppose the beauty of a race car is that you can always add structural bracing and cross-members as needed wherever they fit....
its called 'Delfleet Essential' PPG paint. its an epoxy paint designed for 'fleet' use. Meaning that its very tough and affordable! I have used it before and its a very hard finish....but you need to cover everything in a 2 mile radius - it sticks to everything and dries as hard as hell!
Re: Track car prep
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:21 pm
by chris white
Some more pics if stuff that no one else will ever see….but I know what it looks like!
Re: Track car prep
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:41 pm
by ROB III
Much appreciated.
Re: Track car prep
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:32 pm
by chris white
nice tip from this project - Home Depot has 'generic' tyvek 9' x 150' for about $100. Great to build a temp paint booth by taping it to the ceiling around the car. The Delfleet Essential 2k epoxy paint has a hell of an overspray that is sticky as hell. For a couple of hours after the spray you could hear you shoes sticking to the floor!
Re: Track car prep
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:34 pm
by chris white
ROB III wrote: Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:53 am
Thanks for the shots with paint...good clear views of interior minus
ALL trim and sound deadening....useful for future reference.
A lot of brackets, tabs, studs and stuff were removed before paint. amazing how many things were added by Porsche. Probably took of 20lbs in not needed attachment hardware.