onepointone

what started as picking little peices here and there, and taking out interior of my project car, turned into 2-3 hours of fun for my neighbors. i started with a flat head screw driver and a hammer, then moved up to a chizzel and a hammer.. well i wasnt getting anywhere fast, so i remembered my dad bought an air chizzel that we have NEVER used, so i brought that out. things went a WHOLE lot quicker from there, but it still took a while. the only thing is.. i dont think it was worth it. that stuff didnt seem like it was that heavy, and after reading up in the race car section, someone weighed it and it was 16 pounds . im done for today , but i do have to sand all that **** down and paint over it so it doesnt rust on me, maybe tomorrow. point is.. unless your rex is a race car, dont bother, it wasnt worth all that time. i was thinking about doing it to my street rex since the interior is already out, but im not going to waste my time.

wwilliam54

i doesnt weigh much, but it sure made it easier for me to clean up the metal under the bins with it out

RotorMotorDriver

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The only tar I want to take out is the tar under the header panel by the windshield wiper motors. Mines all cracked, ugly, messed up, etc. I just want it all out so when you look down inside there its not all amazingly ugly and will look good when I repaint the car.

~T.J.

Rx7carl

If you remove ALL of it inside the car it is a substaintial amount of weight. (40lbs IIRC). Only reccomended for a racecar as it will be louder inside, unless you dynomat it and then whats the point?

onepointone

it sure didnt feel 40lbs, and a guy in the race section said it weighed 16lbs, which is practicle. its not that much in there anyway, its pretty thin.

oh well, its gone, its less weight, im not bitching its gone, i just dont think it was worth the time, and then now i have to sand it and paint it so it doesnt rust all to hell because that air chizzel definately put some dings in the metal

WackyRotary

Thats what I think unless your car is dedicated for the track and tubbed, the sound deadening isn't going to make a substanial difference. Unless that is along with all the other minor weight reductions.

If you had a powerful enough engine it wouldn't make a big difference on the street, just turn the boost up a little. But for the track, you DO go all out.

Rx7carl

Sand and paint? Mine came off and there was nice shiny gray paint underneath. Nothing to sand. Maybe you didnt get all of it off?

f/p79

On my 79 autocrosser, I started with a chisel, putty knife and screwdriver. Then bought a heat gun allowing me to heat and peel it off more easily. I still ended up with many scrapes and scratches. My friend stripped his off with a putty knife and screwdriver and NO scratches. Plus, mine is 2-3 colors of grey. His is one color. I'll try the dry ice method IF I ever do it again.

AdrenalifeRX7

I still wanna take all my tar out so I can get what's left of that stupid furry carpet bottom **** off the floor.

MilkStout

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i used dry ice and got the whole car minus the sides of the tranny walls. took prolly an hour total and about only 60lbs of dry ice. theres a ton of tar in this car.

NCross

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FC has more. I stripped one of mine. Pain in the butt and not worth it.

woodmv

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I saw Aaron Cake's video about this just last week. Interesting. Looked easy and most of it popped off like the chocolate coating on an icecream bar. He started with a screwdriver and hammer, then went to the air hammer and it popped off nice and easy for the most part. Never would have come up with that idea on my own!

rotornoob

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Yeah I did my 82 and it was a pain in the starfish. Probably going to do it to my 85 before I get it prepped and painted but I will use a heat gin this time. Maybe dry ice if the heat gun doesn't work well enough. Last time I just used a sharpened putty knife and a hammer...not so much fun..

theNeanderthol

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Woah. 10 plus year old thread resurrection. I have a feeling that if someone were doing a very thorough restoration, and you were to take out ALL the tar, and replace it with the newer butyl rubber based dynomat type stuff, the car would end up both quieter and lighter. Would be a ton of work though.

mazdaverx713b

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nowhere near worth the effort on a daily driver. you drive a sports car, expect some road noise and don't waste your time removing the factory sound deadening, as it does its job well and will prevent rust and corrosion.