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| The Build - May 2008 - Dec 2008 |
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| 05.15.08 - 05.30.08 - Getting Ready for the John Force Cruise Night |
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- Rug & sill plates installed
- looks good, but doesn't fit well over trans tunnel
- Dash items installed
- lights/wiper/heater controls
- heater
- new ignition cylinder
- steering wheel/horn ring
- Roof Insulation finished
- Door panels
- Frost King/Peel & Seal insulation added to back of door panels
- Door panels sprayed with vinyl dye
- Sunvisor
- need bushings or something for new visors to work with brackets
- Front seat and bottom rear
- waiting to install rear speaker before putting in rest of interior (package tray, package tray insulation, to of rear seat)
- Front seat belts
- Rocker panel molding
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| 04.25.08 - 05.13.08 - Insulation Installation and Testing |
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- Floor insulation is done
- Tested different types of insulation for heat reduction. Used an infrared themometer to measure temperature..
- The following items were tested:
- Metal (no insulation)
- Home-Made Lizard Skin(HMLS)
- Reflectix
- Frost King (FK)
- Peel & Seal (P&S)
- Results:
- Metal - 138 deg
- P&S - 132 deg *
- HMLS - 129 deg**
- FK - 121 deg
- FK, 2 layers - 113 deg
- Reflectix - 112 deg
- FK + HMLS - 108 deg
- Reflectix + HMLS - 101 deg
*would not use this on roof, just wanted to see what it did
** only 3 coats, I probably should have done about 6, which I did on the trans tunnel.
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