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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?? |
Eric_Shea |
Dec 15 2004, 11:40 AM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,278 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Andy... awesome picture. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Where the hell did you get that? (we know you didn't take it because, a. it's in focus, and b. you'd probably be about 1 year old when that was taken) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
With this thread I was wondering about how they made the bracing to fit so precisely. Looks like they welded it up first and then glassed it to the top. Perfect timing (for me anyway). Thanks for the pic. Any more? John, You bring up another good point. There's a lot of people on the board that weld that cowl joint up. I "think" Brad's #0004 had them welded shut as well. From your real world experience it seems like those really "need" to be there. Not a good idea to weld them shut. |
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