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| nine14cats |
 Nov 18 2003, 11:54 PM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo  Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None  |
I made the plunge and decided to start cutting into the car and lighten her up....I've pulled the hoods, gutted the doors, pulled all the glass except for the windshield, and have cut off every tab and extra piece of anything metal on the car...
Total weight taken out so far = 286 lbs! (according to my bathroom digital scale)... Here's a few pics.... The first one is the doors gutted... Bill P. Attached image(s) 
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| nine14cats |
Dec 8 2003, 10:01 AM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None |
Hi JP,
Still alive...barely...been back and forth to Hong Kong 3 times in the last 6 weeks for business. And I have the flu....and my car is in a million pieces....every spare second I have other than family, work, sick, etc..., is spent painting the car. And I wouldn't have it any other way... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I've attached a pic with door inside my "homemade" paint booth....If you cut out the door so that the inner metal rim is till there, the door is pretty solid...by that I mean it opens and closes positively and with not too much flex. As far as foam or aluminum for the tops of the doors to keep from scratching my elbows...I was going to go with a bent "L" of aluminum. I haven't fab'd it yet but I plan on doing that next week after I re-assemble most of the car. I snap off some pics of the the finished cover when I get it done. I'm up against a timeline of December 27th. I plan on running a test day at Sears Point to dial in the car with the new weight (or lack of it!) and the new front air dam and rear wing. My engine goes back in next week. Our first Time Trial is February 14th at Sears, so I'm trying to be prepared.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) I've got a little more weight out...last count was 286lbs...but I haven't measured the new bucket of metal...but I don't know if I can get to 300lbs without taking the interior apart... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) Here's some pics of the door and of the car and spray booth in my garage...I think my wife wants the garage back for her car! Bill P. Attached image(s) 
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nine14cats Project Jenny Craig - continued Nov 18 2003, 11:54 PM
nine14cats Here's a pic of the front of the car with all ... Nov 18 2003, 11:56 PM SirAndy r_towle Trunk floors, Entire Dash (make a custom fiberglas... Nov 19 2003, 01:49 PM J P Stein Bill, if you're still alive, I have a Q or 2.
... Dec 7 2003, 06:47 PM campbellcj JP; what a lot of guys do around here for the wind... Dec 8 2003, 12:16 AM J P Stein I was lookin' for somethin' simple, like h... Dec 8 2003, 01:57 AM nine14cats oops...hit the send button before it was finished ... Dec 8 2003, 10:02 AM nine14cats take 2 Dec 8 2003, 10:03 AM nine14cats here's a shot of some of our wheels painted...... Dec 8 2003, 10:05 AM nine14cats Here's the rear lid with my son's and daug... Dec 8 2003, 10:07 AM nine14cats a pic of the empty engine bay...the 6 goes back in... Dec 8 2003, 10:08 AM nine14cats side shot... Dec 8 2003, 10:09 AM nine14cats and misc parts in the game room....geez...my hous... Dec 8 2003, 10:13 AM nine14cats oh...and I was inspired by Eric Shea's GT gril... Dec 8 2003, 09:31 PM J P Stein Thanks, Bill. This pretty much allays my concerns.... Dec 9 2003, 02:33 PM fiid Hey Bill -
So you're running with NCRC on th... Dec 9 2003, 02:43 PM Scott Carlberg Bill,
did you happen to weigh, and if so, do you ... Dec 9 2003, 03:12 PM nine14cats Hi Scott,
I'll look through my bucket of part... Dec 9 2003, 08:44 PM
nine14cats Hi Fiid,
I hope I have the car together to run NC... Dec 9 2003, 08:45 PM |
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