Foam Stiffening
Has anyone tried to use pillar foam or the like to stiffen the pan. I have seen a couple of 300zxs stiffened with foam. I think that if you filled the heater channels with the stuff it would probably do something similar for our rides. Granted you would need to close off the doors to the engine and remove the j-tubes, but hell most you guys have probably removed those by noe any how. I am not positive as to where or what type of foam they used on the Nissans, but at O'Reilly Auto Parts where I was a refinish adviser we had some pillar filling expanding foam that I had thought of trying. This foam is made by Duramix. I never got the chance to chat with their rep though. I can look a little deeper into this subject if anyone would like me too. Duramix also makes a full line of body panel adhesives. They are crazy strong, but not reccommended for load bearing structures like full floor pans. The stuff didn't come apart when they pulled on it with a frame machine!
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