First of the Texas Twins, First Build Options

[Puebloswatcop]

Since I am going to have to media blast the car myself, I decided to get some of the thick layers of paint and such off the underside of the car. I am hoping that will minimize the time and mess from blasting.....

[Puebloswatcop]

I used a disk sander for the low spots and a DL for the high and flat surfaces. It is amazing how thick they layed on the paint, especially in the wheel wells. Once I get the majority of the paint off of the underside of the car, I will build a plastic tent over it so I can blast it.

[Puebloswatcop]

So I spun the car on the rotisserie and I could still here stuff ratling around inside the Longs. So back to the drawing board. I fashioned a small hose that I could snake all the way through the long. Just taped 1/4 inch plastic hose to my air nozzle. Starting at the front access hole in the long, I fished the hose through and could see debris start blowing out of the rear access.

[Puebloswatcop]

With the car upside down, I continued by pushing the hose through the rear access all the way to the back of the long. There is a hole in each long at the rear about the size of a quarter, that I could fish all of the garbage out of, the car being upside down let gravity assist with getting the debris to that hole.

[Puebloswatcop]

So after about another hour, and several times of repeating the process, I think I finally have evacuated all of the tenants bedding. I set my hand grinder next to the pile for reference as to how much these unwanted guests had put inside one long. I will say at least these mice know what Porsche class is all about, only high living for them.

[Puebloswatcop]

Spent the rest of today removing as much of the paint and old seam sealer from the underside of the car. About 60% of the underside is stripped now. Both front wheel wells and most of the floor.

[Puebloswatcop]

On the back half of the car I still need to finish the rear wheel wells....

[Puebloswatcop]

Got most of the firewall done today, but most of the engine compartment will have to be finished with the blaster.....Maybe next week. One little tip, remember to wear a respirator when stripping this crap...I forgot to put it on today and now my chest feels like its full of 10 pounds of dust and paint.....Yuk.

[Puebloswatcop]

Well more parts back from the Powder Coater... The brake cluster parts:

[Puebloswatcop]

and the trailing arms. The trailing arms are boxed and I had them done in the Metalic Gunmetal color as well....

[Puebloswatcop]

And since it was cold and rainy out I decided to go ahead with re-assembling the pedal cluster.

[Puebloswatcop]

I used a bar clamp to install the new bronze bushings

[Puebloswatcop]

All new parts and hardware make for a real nice pedal cluster...

[wonkipop]

the guy with the 1.8 30 before yours now on the other side of the planet is enjoying watching this thread.
its going to be an amazing rig when you get done.
a long way from the little 1.8 it once was. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[Literati914]

Hey Kevin, is that the same bar clamp you used for the A-arm assembly? If so, what size do I buy.. ? (to accomplish the same two jobs)

Also, was the interior (tube) of the pedal assembly protected from powder coating or not? Id think the bushing fit could be a problem if not, but it looks like the interior got pc too from the pics.


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[Puebloswatcop]

Hey Kevin, is that the same bar clamp you used for the A-arm assembly? If so, what size do I buy.. ? (to accomplish the same two jobs)

Also, was the interior (tube) of the pedal assembly protected from powder coating or not? Id think the bushing fit could be a problem if not, but it looks like the interior got pc too from the pics.


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Good Morning Doug

The clamp is actually a pipe bar clamp. I have a 48 inch bar, which is really overkill, but it's what I had. I would say a 24 inch will do both jobs and be a bit less clumsy to work with. Just make sure when you buy the clamp portin that it has the plastic covers that go over the steel so it is less likely to cause marring of the items you are clamping.

I did forget to tape off where I didn't want the PC to be on the inside, however the PC guy was smart enough not to actually spray the inside, so it was just light overspray. I was able to sand it out for the most part, so the bushings had a slight interference fit inside.

The bushings actually went in pretty easily I just didn't like the idea of putting them in without the proper size drift, so chose to press them in. In the one picture you can see the socket laying there, that is becase the flange on the clutch tube interfered with pushing the bushing in all the way, so I used it to get the clamp to a point where I could get the bushing in all the way.

[Puebloswatcop]

Lost my "go to" guy for cars today. My father in law passed away today unexpectedly. He was my inspiration for my car build.....He was always there to encourage me when things didnt go right and would answer my stupidist questions with encouraging answers. I feel so empty.....please pray for our family.

[9146C]

Very sorry for your loss Kevin. My condolences to you and your family.

[Literati914]

Lost my "go to" guy for cars today. My father in law passed away today unexpectedly. He was my inspiration for my car build.....He was always there to encourage me when things didnt go right and would answer my stupidist questions with encouraging answers. I feel so empty.....please pray for our family.

Kevin, I can relate ., same thing for us about a year ago. Condolences, prayers for you and yours..


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[Puebloswatcop]

Decided that today I would work on the trailing arms. I know I will probably take a hit on this from some people, but I did go with the polybronze bushings from Elephant Racing. I want to see if there is any significant change in the ride. I figure if I don't care for them I can always change them out and go back to rubber bushings. That being said I measured the incide of the bushing where the grease groove is to find exactly how deep the crossover point in the grooves was and then transfered that measurement to the front side of the trailing arm tube.