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“Dude, I found my interior!” |
Once the interior is out, there are 40 lbs worth of peace and quiet annoyingly glued to the floorboards. This is by far the most time consuming part of this stage in racecar prep. You can either attempt to scrape it off with an assortment of drill attachments, chisels and putty knives, or you can take our advice and do it the easy (and much more fun) way. After a quick trip to Baskin Robbin’s, we left with 20 lbs of dry ice and a double scoop of Mississippi Mud ice cream. Dry ice, with its ultra low temperature, makes a wonderful freezing agent. Liquid nitrogen is also a wonderful freezing agent, but it would probably remove more material than allowed by the rules…think Terminator 2.
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| Be sure to wear a thick pair of gloves when spreading the dry ice over the sound deadening material. |
For removing the tar on the floorboards and trunk, you could get away with about 15 lbs, but we wanted to make sure we would have enough to take our time with it, with some left over for purely scientific experiments that we don’t condone. Who would combine dry ice, sealed plastic bottles and water anyways? Before starting, make sure to throw on some thick leather gloves, as dry ice can leave some pretty gnarly “burns” (don’t ask us how we know). Simply break it up into wide chunks with a hammer and spread it over the tar on the floorboards. Work in small sections and make sure to leave any unused dry ice in the bag to prolong its usefulness.
