OH SNAP!! Amy you finally made it on the boards with your own name!!! Woot!!G35Dreamer wrote:Hey Guys!!! It was awesome working on the car with a bunch of crazy guys lolz...although I didn't do too much work I did take the pictures. Hopefully I'll be able to go back up to NH to work on the car again.
(For those who don't know who I am I'm the asian girl in one or two of those pictures)
I don't know you either but I'm Mark and this is definitley not my first project car!DrummerEJ20 wrote:Dan,Sean,Amy and guy i dont know i wish i was back in NH helping you guys instead of down here.Look awsome and fun.When i come up to visit when ever that is ill deffinatly come see the car.
nice! did you guys remove all that epoxy sealer stuff when you stitched? Did you do the whole car? Have you drove a 240 that was stitched before? (or any car). How was the improvement, any more harshness to the ride?MagikDragon wrote:
Roof will be gusseted to teh cage when it is re welded back on to the car, and the car is already stitch welded, look back to page 3(I think) Mark thanks for the update, ( I tried doing it last night but Iserve takes forever) oh well I have like 103 pics from the first day.
This gallery is updated with every pic from the first day until now if you need a recap. http://iserve.nicoclub.com/isgallery?id=5&cat=433
enjoy and remember support the NICOclub time attack car, post up if this is something that interests you and come watch us race it in october at VIR, This is a fun project that there will be more of in the future, so kick back and enjoy.
we removed as much of the seam sealer as possible, and burnt off the rest when we welded.nwmrkt wrote: nice! did you guys remove all that epoxy sealer stuff when you stitched? Did you do the whole car? Have you drove a 240 that was stitched before? (or any car). How was the improvement, any more harshness to the ride?
Thanks
Ic thanks, does the absence of seam sealer make it more prone to rust? Also this is what im really intrigued by, because I want to keep my s13 as long as possible..."the stitching doesn't really change ridgidity of the chassis all that much, it really just improves longevity of the chassis by keeping it all in one piece.", can you please go alittle bit more indepth on that? Do you mean over time the chassis would "come apart" so to speak? So if I wanted to keep the car as long as possible stitching would be a good investment? Also I wouldn't mind the extra stiffness.MagikDragon wrote:
we removed as much of the seam sealer as possible, and burnt off the rest when we welded.
the stitching doesn't really change ridgidity of the chassis all that much, it really just improves longevity of the chassis by keeping it all in one piece. this obviously isn't going to be a street car, so harshness isn't really an issue with us.
Thanks for the input. My car will see the track as well as the street but not as serioulsly as this car of course. I want to keep my s13 aslong as possible, so what your saying is just leave the same sealer as it is? The chassis will be fine the whole time?MagikDragon wrote:sticthing for a street car doesn't make much sense.
you are really just adding extra spot welds all around your car. IT really keeps the chassis from stretching and coming apart due to the stresses of racing and abuse.
what you can do is add new seam sealer after the stitch welding is complete and then obviously spraypaint to prevent your rust
real men drive trucksthe converted wrote:Just kidding silcaminos are for sissy boys, real men take the whole roof off!
the converted wrote: