How much stiffer with solid or tied in roof? |
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How much stiffer with solid or tied in roof? |
Mueller |
Dec 12 2004, 11:17 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
New car has no cage, I know the 914 tends to flex and that the factory welded steel roofs on the 916 for what I guess was to help stiffen them, or was it for other reasons??
The 'glass top should help a little, but I was wondering about attaching tubes or the like from the factory roll bar to the windshield hoop to stiffen the car up.... Has anyone played with this before?? |
Series9 |
Dec 14 2004, 10:07 PM
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Lesbians taste like chicken. Group: Members Posts: 5,444 Joined: 22-August 04 From: DeLand, FL Member No.: 2,602 Region Association: South East States |
This is the best one I have right now (I'm on the road).
If you look carefully at the bottom of the picture, just behind the trunk spring mount, you can see the welded mount for the 1" tubing coming from under the dash. If you look across you can see the opposite tube going to its mount. If you look in the front, you'll see the two 1" tubes residing in that space. All the tubing in this car is straight in order to keep rigidity to an absolute maximum. I can take additional pictures when I get home later this week. I have good pictures of the engine bay and rear trunk. Attached image(s) |
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