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

[Gregory Casimir]

wow what a pain in the ass. you should mail the piece you cut out to him

[sickofpistons]

In a box full of shitzies too! Lol
nice build and progress so far thou, brian !

[limbar85]

I haven't read through all of the pages, so I'm not sure what color or brand of paint you are using for everything, but I highly recommend Eastwood's 2K Ceramic Chassis Black or even any of their Extreme Chassis stuff. Very Very durable stuff.

[Max777]

if you think that is bad, check out this 240zed:

http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/wmv/

(Start with "mull@hugo01")]


EDIT: You need to honestly watch all the videos. After seeing that work, it makes an FC feel like cakewalk, and inspires you to build anything.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by helghast7

well it looks like i might have to bring it in pieces....the coworker that owns the mig welder ive been using is being a bit of a dick at the moment....oh well lol

still not a bad thing though, now i can pick your brain and actually do something about how to mount the top hook part

Sure man, no worries, we can weld that up for ya in a heartbeat.

Originally Posted by classicauto

How secksay!

I can has him 4 employment? Dats da m0st aw3shum skillz evar!

NEIN!!! We must keep teh talent like dat in the US! At least till after I get a pro's seal of approval on my repairs

Originally Posted by Gregory Casimir

wow what a pain in the ass. you should mail the piece you cut out to him

Or just find him and put a huge billboard across the street from his shop showing off his work for him.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by sickofpistons

In a box full of shitzies too! Lol
nice build and progress so far thou, brian !

Thanks man
Maybe some white powdery material too?

Originally Posted by limbar85

I haven't read through all of the pages, so I'm not sure what color or brand of paint you are using for everything, but I highly recommend Eastwood's 2K Ceramic Chassis Black or even any of their Extreme Chassis stuff. Very Very durable stuff.

Negatory, using a high line PPG epoxy primer for the bare metal, then topcoating with a truck bedliner

Originally Posted by Max777

if you think that is bad, check out this 240zed:

http://www.voodoo-people.com/~daz/mull/wmv/

(Start with "mull@hugo01")]


EDIT: You need to honestly watch all the videos. After seeing that work, it makes an FC feel like cakewalk, and inspires you to build anything.

Good video's actually, from what I saw, haven't made it through all of them yet. A few things that I would've done differently though.

No difference working on that from an FC, there's just a TON more rot in that car. At what point do you scrap a car though? The closet locks for hatch, 1/4" plate welded into the frame rails, and the hinge welded in place and then welded locked..... wow.... And the owner claimed no rust at all.... I hate Ebay sometimes..... most times.

[MaczPayne]

What a pleasant surprise... I would have never noticed all the cancer if the car was on the ground!

[TitaniumTT]

Alright, time for the last of 3 major updates for a while....

I left off all pissed off at the amount of rot and what I had to cut out to make the repairs. Ridiculous amounts of garbage and pisspoor repairs from the PO's SO.

So after all was cut out that needed to be cut out, we started rebuilding the chassis.... scary I know... regardless, here is where we started..

The middle of the sammy was replaced and reenforced.



All buttoned up with a new base and bolts for the fenders.





This shows how much I had to cut out to get it all out. Crazy, Had to completely rebuild about half the seem. Strong as hell, sealed up nicely, I shouldn't have a problem with this chassis for a LONG time. Can't wait to do the same to the FD



Even the inner part wasn't safe from the rot. Although it is now.

[TitaniumTT]

Around the corner..... YES!

Lizard Skin Interior sound control... had a few issues spraying it, don't know why, worked great when we did Alex's.... I think it was too warm and too dry. Had been running the 80,000btu heater for 4 days @ 75*. Everything was dry, and hot, and REALLY dry. I think the LS was just too thick. Either way, it's over, done, and dry... WOOT!







And here's the new undercoating on top off all the new metal

One coat, covered REALLY well, didn't think a second was needed and I was REALLY anxious to get the tape off and make sure everything was still proper underneath. I like it, great base to start reassembly. A few things left to do and I can begin the reassembly. It'll prob be two weeks before I make any big progress after tomorrow, we're bringing Alex's car into the shop for paint. Still planning on having both @ Deals. Tomorrow's big goal.... er today's is to get the fuel cell squared away. Basically completed except for final welding/pressure test. I'm looking forward to it.





So I'm around the corner.... WOOOOOT!

[TitaniumTT]

ok, last one

[2gslse]

All I can say is wow what a diffrence I hope you get both cars together in time to take a break before DGRRX so you can rest.

[FC3S Murray]

yep.....you did the factory proud. You are the only person I know that performs BETTER being sleep deprived lol.

[helghast7]

haha the car looks crazy Brian,

cant wait to see it in one piece

once again the parts look amazing, im going to have to do before paint and after pics of the stuff and post them up, just like always couldnt be happier with the quality work done

thanks again

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by 2gslse

All I can say is wow what a diffrence I hope you get both cars together in time to take a break before DGRRX so you can rest.

I got home @~midnight last night, was up calling Alex @ 9:30 this morning, just got back now after a pretty kickass day.... he was fading and my comment was, would you rather wait until April and make a run at my 45hr strait record or just keep working till 1:30 every so often?

Neither, I just want to drive the car

Originally Posted by FC3S Murray

yep.....you did the factory proud. You are the only person I know that performs BETTER being sleep deprived lol.

Thanks Sean, yeah I think they would be happy. I don't know about better.... I think I just don't let the sleep deprivation bother me until I get into bed..... then I'm just dead to the world for 6-7 hrs...

Originally Posted by helghast7

haha the car looks crazy Brian,

cant wait to see it in one piece

once again the parts look amazing, im going to have to do before paint and after pics of the stuff and post them up, just like always couldnt be happier with the quality work done

thanks again

Thanks Dave, me neither. Glad you like the parts, I was thinking today.... when you come for the exhaust, if you want, we can powdercoat both the elbow and the battery tray while we're cranking on the exhaust. just a thought. Glad you're happy with them, I was pleased with how they came out as well.

Talk to ya soon my friend.

[helghast7]

ohhhhh.....hmmmmm...well for that matter ill leave the other 4 ic pipes unpainted aswell....we need to talk prices though, this mans money tree has been withering since i bought the fd, hahaha