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Question about the crap under your carpets....   Message List  
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Re: Question about the crap under your carpets....

Come on guys... I figured with enough of you having raced before at
least one of you would know the fast easy way to get that out.

1.)Go to the local supermarket and pick up ~10-15lbs of dry ice or
dry ice pellets.
2.) Put them on the floor over the sound deadning in moderatly small
areas (~2 square feet at a time).
3.)Wait about 2 minutes and then hit with either a decent hammer or a
mallet (it should lift slightly and then just scrape it loose with
either the back of the hammer or a screwdriver) expect about 3"X6"
pieces.
4.)Enjoy!

It will pop off the floor leaving a nice shiny patch of primer
underneath. There will still be small spots where there are very thin
amounts left on, Due to not getting cold enough. I just used a wire
brush on a drill to get those areas.

-Jon
Team211racing

--- In 24hoursofLeMons@yahoogroups.com, Jay Lamm <jlamm@...> wrote:
>
> Basically, you just want to get enough of this crap off that it
> doesn't interfere with the cage installation (especially, that it
> doesn't burst into flame while you're trying to weld, which is
always
> exciting). Beyond that, yeah, Jason's right--it's just polishing
the
> brass on the Titanic.
>
> Jay Lamm, Chief Perpetrator
> 24 HOURS OF LeMONS
> 5675 Horton Street, Suite C
> Emeryville CA 94608
> 510.507.5778 (Jay direct)
>
> SIGN UP FOR ANNOYING LeMONS SPAM!
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2008, at 11:19 AM, tajracing45 wrote:
>
> > Alrighty...we are stripping down the car and there is this thick
gunk
> > for sound proofing cars under the carpet. I've been to a couple
of the
> > teams websites and there are people actually scraping this crap
off.
> > Is it really necessary to take this stuff off? I really don't see
the
> > benefit of spending a day or two taking all this crap out of the
> > car to
> > gain maybe 3 or 4 pounds? Is there a resale value? Can you smoke
it?
> > What is to gain? What is to lose? Please, y'all chime in, and Mr.
> > Lamm too.....
> >
> > Travis
> > www.tajracing.com
> >
> >
> >
>





Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:20 pm

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Alrighty...we are stripping down the car and there is this thick gunk for sound proofing cars under the carpet. I've been to a couple of the teams websites...
tajracing45
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Feb 11, 2008
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Make the engine + driveline last the race. If you have the time a week or 2 before the event, then take that crap out. IMHO (only)... ... -- jw! m:...
Jason Wiener
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Feb 11, 2008
7:21 pm

I thought if a heat gun was used that stuff would come off relatively easy when it is so old and dried out. We will need to scrape some out simply to be able...
Aaron Rouse
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Feb 11, 2008
7:29 pm

I used a wire wheel and a chisel to get alot of our crap off. It's a real PITA. Trash can works well :) ... -- jw! m: 312-961-2341 f: 801-760-2688 'I put the...
Jason Wiener
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Feb 11, 2008
7:33 pm

Not when the trash can is full and there is a huge pile of junk from the car next to the trash can. Of course that only becomes a problem when the trash ...
Aaron Rouse
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Feb 11, 2008
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U have any neighbors you dislike??? ... -- jw! m: 312-961-2341 f: 801-760-2688 'I put the FU in fun.' http://www.jasonwiener.com Check us out at the 24 Hours...
Jason Wiener
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Feb 11, 2008
7:47 pm

Yes, they got the back seats ;) ... -- Aaron Rouse http://www.happyhacker.com/...
Aaron Rouse
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Feb 11, 2008
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"And I was hoping this email thread would be about found treasures under the carpet. We found a TON of spare change in our car and some NY toll tokens..." You...
Terry Kehne
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Feb 11, 2008
7:34 pm

I am not the one who counted it all but I think we found over $10 worth of coins in ours. There might have been some DNA on the "kid's sock" that had become...
Aaron Rouse
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Feb 11, 2008
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... under the ... tokens, ... We found $2.85, three pesos, a toy Chevelle, half a cigarette, a petrified packet of mustard, and a (thankfully) unused sanitary...
Scott
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Feb 12, 2008
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Basically, you just want to get enough of this crap off that it doesn't interfere with the cage installation (especially, that it doesn't burst into flame...
Jay Lamm
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Feb 11, 2008
8:56 pm

Come on guys... I figured with enough of you having raced before at least one of you would know the fast easy way to get that out. 1.)Go to the local...
Jon
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Feb 11, 2008
9:20 pm

Or...u can leave it in there... I'd much rather have a new set of injectors, water pump or radiator (or beer) rather than blow that dough on getting rid of the...
Jason Wiener
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Feb 11, 2008
9:26 pm

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Whoever does this, I want pictures for the site! Jay Lamm, Chief Perpetrator 24 HOURS OF LeMONS 5675 Horton Street, Suite C Emeryville CA...
Jay Lamm
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Feb 11, 2008
9:26 pm

We have some pics from when we did the 211racing car for the october event. It took about 45 minutes total and the cost was about $11 for close to 15lbs of it....
Jon
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Feb 11, 2008
10:00 pm

Thanks for all the help guys! I appreciate it. BTW, we did find $1.27 in spare change plus a cool switchblade knife... Once we figure out how to do a...
tajracing45
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Feb 11, 2008
11:15 pm

We found a $10 bill under the back seat. We sold it for $10 and put the money back into the car. Mario ... -- Greg Bartlett "If everything seems under...
Greg Bartlett
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Feb 11, 2008
11:39 pm

While this is within the rules, it sounds vaguely...... governmental.... of course they would not get the entire $10 back. It would be something closer to...
Lyle P
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Feb 12, 2008
12:59 am

Yup, I've done this in two of my race cars (Mitsubishi Evo, Spec Miata); works like a charm. Doesn't work as well on near-vertical surfaces as it's hard to...
Viet-Tam Luu
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Feb 12, 2008
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Just cleaned our car and found 2 rolls of quarters in a little bag with open condoms WTF I vote me the winner for gross find When I was a tow truck driver we...
CHRIS OVERZET
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Feb 12, 2008
3:18 pm

Originally, we took this stuff out because it can catch fire, (as we discovered when welding the cage). As it turned out, that crap weighs more than you might...
mgilpatric
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Feb 12, 2008
3:32 pm

We kept track of the ongoing car fires that we had - 19 in total that needed something more than just blowing them out. I knocked over the bucket of water that...
Rob Leone
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Feb 12, 2008
4:28 pm

Weight...hahaha...I laugh in your general direction. Team Size Does Matter 67 Fury ... weighs ... it ... more. ... gunk ... of the ... off. ... see the ... car...
Tom Hergert
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Feb 13, 2008
5:53 am

Our car was a 91 and the soundproofing was hard. I used an air chisel and it removed all the sound deadening in less than 30 minutes. I think all the...
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Feb 25, 2008
6:36 pm

I keep saying that every time I'm in the McDonald's drive thru ordering the Double Quarter Pounder meal supersized! ... -- jw! m: 312-961-2341 f: 801-760-2688 ...
Jason Wiener
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Feb 25, 2008
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