holy floor batman

[coldsho]

during my adventures in weight reduction i happend to go thru the floor a couple of times, im stripping out all the sound deadining, whcih weights a ton btw. whats the best way to fix the hole, i dont have a welder, would riveting new panels be enough if this is a track only car?

 

[silversho89]

That would probably work. If the holes aren't to big, you might be able to just hammer the surrounding flat and then gob some jb weld on it. Then you could paint it to match if you want. This was just an idea that popped into my head, maybe not a good one but oh well.

Are you putting a cage in the car?

Rob

 

[coldsho]

i plan on adding bracing to reduce flex but it wont be strong enought to be concidered a cage altho itll basiclly look like on when its all finished,

u think it would be aeasier to do whole sections of the floor brand new or just the small areas i dont really care how it looks

 

[RAYJAY]

fill the holes with sheet metal and seam sealer couple of rivet's and its fixed

could get some 1/4 alum diamond plate to make it look good

 

[SHOnuff93]

1/4" diamond plate? that is big time overkill, the floor is only sheet metal.

What kind of holes did you make? drill holes? if you just punched holes with a drill you can leave them no worries.

 

[Shoaz]

How did you remove the sound deadening material?

 

[RAYJAY]

1/4" diamond plate? that is big time overkill, the floor is only sheet metal.

What kind of holes did you make? drill holes? if you just punched holes with a drill you can leave them no worries.

sorry its the rice in me coming out ....

 

[coldsho]

i scraped some off whn it got hot from sitting in the sun, but the best way was to freeze it with dry ice, then it jsut chipped off. i hhave a few rust spots, im gonna have to do some cutting and riviting of new boards. im just gonna use sheet metal.

when i do so, should i seal it up, i dont want to add weight but if im gonna be racing eventually im gonna be rained on

 

[stlsho90]

Come on Rob,I'm surprised you didn't jump on this.

Just don't plan running Naaaawwwsss with the diamondplate, I hear if you too big of a shot, you'll blow the welds on the intake manifold and your passenger floorpan will fall out.

 

[silversho89]

Come on Rob,I'm surprised you didn't jump on this.

Just don't plan running Naaaawwwsss with the diamondplate, I hear if you too big of a shot, you'll blow the welds on the intake manifold and your passenger floorpan will fall out.

Thats only if you dont listen to you laptop and smack it to shut it up. Other than that you'll be fine.

BTW, anyone interested in doing a diamond plate spoiler group buy?

Rob

 

[RAYJAY]

wow took you guysssss a long time to hop on this one ........lmao

Jeff

 

[silversho89]

wow took you guysssss a long to to hop on this one ........lmao

Jeff

 

[coldsho]

im just gonna use normal sheet metal and rivet it till i can get a hold of a welder