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started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 3:49 am
by vr4
started doing the roof on the 97. gonna post up some pics soon. hopefully ill be done by this weekend and maybe lay down paint next weekend.


YAY!!!!

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:43 am
by Twin-Turbo
the roof? wtf?

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:44 am
by vr4
hammer and dollywork is pretty much done. thurs/fri i hit it with the lightweight filler and tap down highspots (if any)



chris...im modifying the roof to have the viper style dual bumps.

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:55 am
by TheHarleyMod
Functional, or just bumps on top of the roof? Roof boobs? :D

I could use a functional Gurney Bump in my roof, if I hit a big bump in the road my head hits the roof, and there's no way I can use my usual seating position when I'm wearing a helmet.

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:59 am
by vr4
this is in NO WAY the fault of the hood. my stock hood leatch released at about 115 on the drag strip.


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Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:06 am
by TheHarleyMod
Wow - that must have sucked at 115 mph!

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:20 am
by vr4
not bad for a victory doing that to my car and then hitting the ground at that speed.


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Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:31 am
by TheHarleyMod
Oh, I thought you had a stock hood. Lightweight hood - hood pins = double-bubble roof mod :)

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:34 am
by vr4
[quote=""TheHarleyMod""]Oh, I thought you had a stock hood. Lightweight hood - hood pins = double-bubble roof mod :) [/quote]


see pic 1. the hood wasnt at fault. had it been a stock hood i likely would have been knocked out and wrecked the car.

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:41 am
by J-Groove
Dang, first time I've seen pics of the hood after the fact, that really held up well. :impressed:

The roof is looking good. So, are you staying red or going two tone? I never read your final decision from your thread.

-John

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:44 am
by vr4
staying red.

the race car will go 2 tone. the dark blue found on 1G stealths with a black roof. it will be a 1G stealth TT

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:10 pm
by J-Groove
That will look amazing. :cool:

-john

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:29 pm
by Hans_GZP
When my first CF hood flew off it came off the driver side hinge first and then whipped past the windshield towards the passenger side. It ripped off my passenger side mirror and went flying about 50' in the air. This happened at the 60' mark at the track. I forgot to latch the hood all the way down and the safety latch wasn't enough to keep it from flying up.

When my cianci hood flew up (because my buddy didn't put my hood pins back in after dicking around with my car) it busted my windshield since it was FG and heavy. CF rocks for not breaking windshields haha.

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:33 pm
by EricVR4
Double bubble for the win. If it happens again, you might not get hit in the head :p

John, nice edit, haha.

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:44 pm
by Terry
When I was getting my car ready for OC I left my house and got about the mile down the road before I realized my hood wasn't even latched let alone the hoodpins in. Luckily the car was running like ass and I didn't get on it...I only got it up to around 60. Still have no idea how the safety latch held it.

Terry

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:06 pm
by Hans_GZP
Yea, aaron was in my engine bay borrowing my fuel pump relay to see if his was toast.

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 10:11 pm
by Monochrome
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Hey look, it's a sled!

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 10:22 pm
by Hans_GZP
That viper scoop would probably not work out so well compared to an OEM CF hood. I still have the hood and it's ready for the next snow fall haha.

Re: started bodywork

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 10:33 pm
by vr4
[quote=""Hans_GZP""]That viper scoop would probably not work out so well compared to an OEM CF hood. I still have the hood and it's ready for the next snow fall haha.[/quote]


im gonna fill it.