Diary of a Madman; TitaniumTT's see you @ DGRRXI RE-REbuild

[WE3RX7]

You can always flapper wheel those welds down to a nice finish if you cared, but its getting covered back up I'm assuming anyways...

The factory sound deadening is 25lbs+ so its all coming out on mine before LS goes down. Most of the factory sheet metal in the rear is pretty thin, I know just pulling the speaker towers out resulted in a few small holes in mine, it almost tears like paper its so thin!


Good weather down this way this weekend though, so hopefully you'll have the same and get a bunch of shit knocked out!

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by helghast7

well if its easier on you to wait till next weekend then thats fine with me, im not going to need them for a bit since i still have a bunch of stuff to put back together, i think im pretty close, but i still feel like i have miles to go....it doesnt help that i keep loseing my antenna mast lol

It's really up to you pal, I'm looking at the weather now and they're saying some sort of precipitation EVERY day next week Lemme talk to Alex and see if we can fit the FD in his garage. I doubt it, but it's worth a shot. Then we just need to bring my Plasma cutter to his place. If you're not in a huge rush than I would say we should put it off till next weekend and save you a trip to CT. This way you can drop the seats off, hang out for a bit while I weld up the intake pipe, and come back hopefully the following weekend and snag the seats. Sound like a plan? What do you want to do?

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

You can always flapper wheel those welds down to a nice finish if you cared, but its getting covered back up I'm assuming anyways...

Yeah, but when you flapper them down, you remove strength, not a lot, but some. I plan on sanding the bottoms down, because that'll be seen..... sorta Had I flipped the car upside down and welded the bottom first, I would've been able to run a continuous bead on the top, but the vertical piece still would've been a series of incredibly small stitch welds... oh well.

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

The factory sound deadening is 25lbs+ so its all coming out on mine before LS goes down. Most of the factory sheet metal in the rear is pretty thin, I know just pulling the speaker towers out resulted in a few small holes in mine, it almost tears like paper its so thin!

According to FedEx the 2Gal LS weighs 30lbs for shipping, I'm not concerned with weight so much anymore. I used to be nuts about it but there gets to a certain point, for me anyway, where 25lbs of weight vs something that's quieter, cooler, and better sounding is worth it. You're looking for a 2600lb FC though, so yeah, every little bit helps. The FD for example, I'll be surprised if it weighs less than 2900 lbs'. The FC is 2800 which is light enough for me.

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Good weather down this way this weekend though, so hopefully you'll have the same and get a bunch of shit knocked out!

Supposed to be awesome weather up here too.... lower 40's and sunny to boot. Most of the work is done in the garage so the weather doesn't really effect me, but we're out of space until the boat leaves which doesn't look like it's happening anytime soon.... sadly. Oh well, with Alex's car here I'll be forced to devote a bunch of time to the boat.

[BigIslandSevens]

My FD on a set of CAT scales coming back from a dyno run was 2660 with 1/2 tank and NO driver( 200#) I am single turbo R2 with no a/c,p/s,ABS,etc..

How accurate those scales are I don't know.

[helghast7]

yea that works for me, im not in a rush yet, when it starts to get closer to being done...like when i first fire her up, then thats when ill be in a rush lol

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by BigIslandSevens

My FD on a set of CAT scales coming back from a dyno run was 2660 with 1/2 tank and NO driver( 200#) I am single turbo R2 with no a/c,p/s,ABS,etc..

How accurate those scales are I don't know.

VERY accurate, and DAMN Dave, that's light!

Originally Posted by helghast7

yea that works for me, im not in a rush yet, when it starts to get closer to being done...like when i first fire her up, then thats when ill be in a rush lol

No worries man. We just got set back a day too with Alex's crap. It'll be a miracle if his car makes it to my shop by mid week as planned.

It's just a matter of getting one day of decent weather were we can both crank on it for a solid day.

[helghast7]

yea i completely understand what you mean

im praying this weekend is good, im intending on getting alot of stuff done, i just picked up everything i need to finish my battery relocation and my fuel pump rewire except welding wire stupid store closed right when i got there

oh well theres always tomorrow

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by helghast7

yea i completely understand what you mean

im praying this weekend is good, im intending on getting alot of stuff done, i just picked up everything i need to finish my battery relocation and my fuel pump rewire except welding wire stupid store closed right when i got there

oh well theres always tomorrow

Yup, I need to rock and fucking roll this weekend. I've got 2.5 patches done and 6.5 left. AND I decided that I'm going to roll my primer which means that it needs to kick for 2 days

So I can bust my ass all I want I still need to sit around for 2 days and do nothing but touch myself while watching paint dry before I can do the Lizard Skin or the Herculiner

Meh, 55 days left, I just hope that I don't have any issues bodyworking/shooting Alex's car, that could fuck us both for Deals, and if I don't make it to deals becuase of some abortion LS1 powered RED RX7.... I may have to kill him

[helghast7]

lmao!!!

[helghast7]

.....i think i need to go to modders rehab....i cant turn it off man

i keep getting these ideas in my head that i want to try....ugh

cant discuss these things here lol

[TitaniumTT]

There is no rehab, there is only cold turkey, the cure is to go out and buy a honduh

Not a bad, but not a good weekend either. Got most of the patches done before I ran out of weldthru primer, pics say it all I guess. This is getting old damnit, I just wanna SPRAY!

[TitaniumTT]

A few more

[TitaniumTT]

Last batch maybe?







This was the patch on the "frame rail," don't know why I didn't get a before, but there were three layers that needed to be patched, and this is where I'm going to put the 1/8" thick Jack Pads if I EVER nee to get something there.

[TitaniumTT]

This one is gonna suck.... I have more to cut out on the outboard side of the pinch weld

[helghast7]

ohhhhh...i love looking at your welds, it always inspires me to get better at welding myself....which is why im diving right in and trying to weld up my own battery tray

im sure next weekend ill come crying to you to fix it =D

btw im gona post up a pick of the first time i mocked up the IC piping i want ur opinion on where you would put the BOV...though space is going to be more limited once its in for real since i didnt put the rad or condencer in yet