914 stiffening for street use, revisiting old threads Options

[BGman]

I have been reading through lots of old discussions from you all on how to do this.
It is all very interesting. You guys have some extreme set-ups. I am really wanting to keep the outside appearance very clean and stock looking.

Here is what I have picked up as being the best ideas so far:

1. Repair (cut/weld) any part of the longitudinals that have been compromised. Just a small area on the passenger side- already working on it.

2. Weld in 16 guage steel along the interior of the car (inside long) from one wheel well...around the firewall...and to the other wheel well.

3. Pay particular attention to the area where this piece fits into the corner that joins the long to the rear firewall. (Add horizontal triangle bracing if possible in the corner??)

4. Weld in a small frame into the engine compartment. Square tubing across the upper part of the firewall, under the hinges of the engine lid, and downtubes that connect it to ??? How and where will the downtubes connect? The car is stock, so I cannot go all the way to the rear shock towers.

What size/type of square tubing is fine for the engine bay area?

Thanks.

[BGman]

You guys had better give me a little more credit than that!!! .......although I have done plenty of things about as dumb.

The pic is deceiving. There is actually a small shelf in the sheet-metal along the upper firewall that I fit the square tubing into. It recesses the square stock slightly and allows easy access to the bolts.