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Anyone cut their inner door panels out?

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KAILUAZ

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Like the pics, has anyone here done this, if so any pointers? Not looking for opinions (yes its going to be a race car), just the facts.



 

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iLkYsPoNy

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SAWZALL?
 

SVT32VDOHC

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Yeah, just strip the guts and sawzall them. I guess you will save some weight. If you are going to run 7's or 8's it might be worth every pound.
 

iLkYsPoNy

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OR A PLASMA CUTTER
 

25thmustang

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Friend of mine wanted it done. My dad went at it, and the first door the glass shattered within 3-4 seconds of touching it with a grinder. They figure out why and then did the other door with no issues. The car had been 10.64 @ 127, and with the door weight removed and some good air at Englishtown it went 10.41 @ 129... NO idea if the door weight helped, but it didn't hurt!
 

85_SS_302_Coupe

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I've always wanted sheet metal door panels but i dunno about that...at least not for a street car obviously.
 

Darkwriter77

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Seems like a 30-minute project that could be done with a 4" grinder and a cutoff wheel.
 
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Darkwriter77 said:
Seems like a 30-minute project that could be done with a 4" grinder and a cutoff wheel.
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That's the attitude I tend to have embarking into projects and than one thing leads to another and then I realize that the stang is completely ripped apart and its been about 7 hours. But thats the "fun" of working on stangs in the first place.
 

Darkwriter77

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Indeed. I started fiddling around with my GT the other night, just trying to find a wire to the stupid "Low Fuel" light on the center console that I could clip or something. Next thing I know, it's almost a week later and I have the whole console and half of the interior ripped out, and I'm JB Welding cracked things, sanding stuff off and primering it, and now I'm 3/4 of the way through finishing the conversion of the interior to all-black. I'm reluctant to drive it in its current state - lots of exposed sharp edges n' stuff right now.
 

KAILUAZ

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Sawzall might be a bit crude, I think a nibbler or cut off wheel would be a cleaner cut.
I might find a old door and try it out.
 
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