gutting the car

[trackcar]

Ok .. well i've got to take some stuff out of the S .. i'm in the boot : do i have to remove all the carpetting? I'm figuring that yes it's flammable but it's also my road car and also fibreglass is about as flammable as it gets so do i have to remove all the trim? If i have to i have to but i'd rather leave in as much road car trim as possible .. advice please

[trackcar]

Hi all, thanks for the answers .. im not sure if trim needs to be removed even from inside the car .. reading the rules on rollcages the blue book says here that trim can be reshaped to allow fitment of the cage, it doesn't specifically mention removing from inside the cabin, I can't fnd anything at the moment about in the boot space but I'm figuring if the blue book doesnt specifically mentions reshaping of trim in the cabin then trim in the boot would be ok too. Will read further and see if anything else comes to light.

Edited by trackcar on Tuesday 15th January 11:41

[trackcar]

So does all interior trim (except dash) have to come out then? I seem to remember there was once a race series where the interior trim was specifically mentioned that it had to stay in the car, but this may have been changed by now, but the blue book isnt clear in this area from what i can gather so far .. it's no hardship removing the trim of course, but the weight saving is minimal on my car and i can't see the trim being any more flammable than the fibreglass ..

[trackcar]

cool! thanks

[trackcar]

Hi yup I've taken out stuff that's not seen and also stuff that makes fittings easier, so under the seats is carpetless cos i have to fit my metal bracing bars for the seat and weld them to the chassis. I'm leaving as much carpet around the parcel shelf/bulkhead to tidy up where the rollcage tube holes will be cut, but taking all the carpet out of the footwells .. last thing you want is a roll of carpet jamming your throttle open So really if it's safety-critical it's coming out and if it's safe to leave it in it's staying, seems fair to me

[trackcar]

The good thing about the S tank is that it's outside the car completely, ie is separated from the boot by fibreglass and then there's the fibreglass bulkhead into the cabin. My cabin bulkhead has holes where the speakers used to be so I'm going to metal-panel that anyway even though there's nothing fluid-like in the boot .. I think the scrutes will probably expect to see that bulkhead panelled so I'll do it so as not to give them anything to complain about