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jesse wall · Joined: 09 Nov 2002 Posts: 284 Location: blanch nc

Well after years of trying LT found a way to make a very light car. First take it all apart , yes all apart , when you have a body with no glass doors etc all stuff out you can take out. Put the tub on a bed of sand and build a cinder block wall all aroung car ; only takes about 200! Then take kero heater gun and heat to 300plus degrees for several hours. Let car cool and you have a legal light car , not dipped , not heatd to hurt metal and very very light because every thing that is not metal is charcoal. Vaccum sandblast and prime . anyway LT read it somewhere or did it or maybe thought it up I do not know. If you want to try it let us know how it works for you . I forgot to mention, use tin or steel siding and insulation to build a sandwich and hold down with other blocks for roof please do not share this info with the 944 guys , you know how bad they cheat! they will be building light cars and putting lead in cross membe and front etc oops ! maybe I should not have said that
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bcblase · Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 574 Location: Winchester, VA

Dude...slow down...use periods...complete sentences...less commas...

Maybe less caffeine?

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924guy · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject:

?????? so build an oven, cook your car at 350 for four hours and melt off everything... might as well throw a turkey in there while your at it, so the Porsche and dinner will be done around the same time...

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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Anyone else getting Terminator flashbacks?
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jesse wall · Joined: 09 Nov 2002 Posts: 284 Location: blanch nc

I like the turkey idea,may get sponsorship from butterball?
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924RACR · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:33 am Post subject:

LOL! Yeah, 350 will only melt 'er down... 451+ will be needed to burn it up! Which I wouldn't recommend, I'd be concerned about roof brazes dying, aluminum weakening, etc...

But we will be taking another shot at taking weight out of the car this spring again... maybe more undercoating to grind off, etc... will keep all posted on the results!!
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gla924sem · Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Posts: 405 Location: Taylor, Michigan

Don't think your local environmental agency would approve of the
un-controled emissions from such a bake off

darkcross · Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Valley in L.A.

DIY heat treatment...

I wonder if shot peening every inch of the body and chassis can be done to add structural rigidity to the body.

That way, not only it is lighter, but bulletproof! Don't forget to reapply the zinc coating (I'm pretty sure the paint would peel off).
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2Fast · Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 459 Location: Klamath Falls, OR

nicoflow · Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 13 Location: Ky USA

here's yet another idea probabbly gona get flamed for thid one but it might work in the same manner and it is deffinatly less harmfull on the enviornment.

1. Strip the car down completely to hte steel.
2. have your local powdercoat shop bake it in their oven to remove all the crap you cant scrape off.
3. powdercoat is lighter than regular paint, so is carbon fiber.

just my 2 cents,

let me know how it turns out, it should cost about the same as building your own oven and trying to heat it.
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