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| phillstek |
 Sep 4 2010, 06:51 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 350 Joined: 19-May 10 From: Byron Bay, Australia Member No.: 11,741 Region Association: None  |
I had some strut braces and plates fabricated that I hope will make the car a little tighter.
Used chrome-moly and made them removable as car is not street legal with permanent bars in those sections. The pic of the bar underneath the front suspension ties the control arms togrther and also protects the front mounts from being damaged by offs at the track. I also re-inforced the lower windshield posts with plates and tubes and will post pics later. In the meantime.. what do you think? Bear in mind car is for road use mostly with occasional track days. Phil Attached thumbnail(s)       Attached image(s) 
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| rick 918-S |
Sep 4 2010, 08:00 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,493 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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It is my understanding there is very little to no stress in the rear towers and transmission mount area. The weak point in where the rail joins the tower on the inside of the engine bay. They stress crack there. The factory built a stout crossmember between the towers on the inside of the engine bay but failed to make a stout connection to the towers. You only need to add a small patch there to change the stress path. It looks nice though.
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phillstek Added some tubes Sep 4 2010, 06:51 AM
draganc Phil,
I don't know if it will help/work but b... Sep 4 2010, 07:46 AM
URY914
Phil,
I don't know if it will help/work but ... Sep 4 2010, 08:41 AM neilca I don't understand how adding tubes will make ... Sep 4 2010, 07:52 AM charliew Nice fab work. Maybe when you turn out the lights ... Sep 4 2010, 08:00 AM ConeDodger If you could tie the front and rear bracing to a c... Sep 4 2010, 08:15 AM J P Stein To my way of thinking it's necessary to tie in... Sep 4 2010, 04:39 PM phillstek
I don't understand how adding tubes will make... Sep 4 2010, 05:19 PM bandjoey That's going to be some great car when it... Sep 4 2010, 05:56 PM URY914 Adding bars front to back will do more than side t... Sep 4 2010, 08:08 PM sean_v8_914 the fab work looks nice, good skills but....how mu... Sep 5 2010, 12:43 PM phillstek Thanks for all the feed back.
As far as adding w... Sep 5 2010, 05:09 PM realred914 damn fucking governmnet regulations, that bracing ... Sep 5 2010, 06:05 PM J P Stein There are other things other than chassis flex inv... Sep 5 2010, 07:36 PM charliew Isn't chassis flex really the result of making... Sep 5 2010, 09:09 PM Downunderman Mine has a welded in hoop and a bolt in front sect... Sep 6 2010, 01:53 AM |
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