corrosion protection for new race car

[mstrdinan]

any tips to protect a new roadster from
 the salt        and cleanup after     would be appreciated

 also   cleaning up the trailer when its over (and we are broke)  thanks......

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Here you go (if someone hasn't already posted it).  The topic was pretty thoroughly chewed over in the past week or two, so read all of the posts and see if there's one method that'll work best for you.  I like Salt-X and a directed spray of water on the underside of the vehicle.

Follow this:  http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,5708.0.html

[wobblywalrus]

Try going really slow when you going out onto the salt.  The salt stays on the outside of the tires and it does not fly off onto the vehicle. 

[mstrdinan]

thanks

[4-barrel Mike]

But, but, but,

the rust look is in:



Mike 

[thundersalt]

Try going really slow when you going out onto the salt. 

I know you're talking about the trailer but it kind of struck me funny.
"...going really slow...,going....on the salt"
Doesn't sound right.

[Milwaukee Midget]

But, but, but,

the rust look is in:



Mike 

Why would somebody force the rust issue on a new Dodge when all they have to do is simply wait a week?

[Peter Jack]

The amazing thing is even the plastic rusts!

Pete

[maguromic]

With rust issues like this no wonder Dodge-Chrysler is in trouble.     At least the glass didn't rust like the plastic.

[floydjer]

How about rust prevention for the inside of tubing? Have we covered that?? J.B.

[John Burk]

Spray with an alkaline fluid . Rust requires a neutral or acidic environment .

[hitz]

Aircraft Spruce used to sell an inside tube sealer that seemed to be a mixture of linseed oil and shellac. It was installed by hypodermic needle into holes drilled by a #55 drill into each tube. If drilled before welding they made a pressure relief port that allowed the welds to be finished without blowing back. There is a formula for the amount of sealer to put in each tube. The holes are plugged with tiny drive rivets, available at McMaster Carr. The frame must then be rotated in such a way that the inside of the tubes is covered completely. The sealer will fill small pin holes. I did a 4130 tube aircraft fuselage years ago, but didn't seal the tubes in the lakester because there will probably be more welding and it may be like a bunch of pipe bombs with the sealer inside.  I did drill the tubes for welding however.

Harvey

[doug odom]

The best thing to do is when you are building the car you think about where the salt will be getting into and make it impossible to happen. If you weld a tube to a plate don't leave a gap for the salt to get into. Fill with weld or a GOOD sealent. Do not have any bare metal!!!! Primer everything with the etching primer. The etching primer is the most important thing you ever paint your car with. No mater how good you think you have cleaned the car there will still be salt some place and the primer is the only thing keeping it from attacking the metal.