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Front mono-balls, Here is what I can find |
URY914 |
Aug 8 2003, 12:51 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 121,091 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
I've been able to find four manufacturers/suppliers.
Give me some feedback about these. They are as follows: These are made in Canada and are $195 CDN (US $??). They're inserts which use the stock housing. I've sent several emails to them with no replys. Attached image(s) |
meursault |
Aug 11 2003, 01:09 AM
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Idjit Savant Group: Members Posts: 290 Joined: 26-February 03 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 355 |
QUOTE Sure, if you get a little loose around that corner and slam the outside wheel against that curb, something is going to bend or break. Would you rather it be a suspension console or a trailing arm? That's all well and good, but what I was describing was not the result of the car making contact with something, but rather fatigue. Try putting 12 inch wide wheels on a stock trailing arm and tell me that you don't need some sort of reinforcement to compensate for that leverage. I understand what you're saying, though. Most of the development time of the car in question is taken up with finding the weakest link---strengthen the axles, break a differential. Strengthen the differential, blow up the clutch. Strengthen the clutch, snap a mainshaft. As impressive as the racecar may be, it's a tired chassis. It practically has more weight in welds than original sheet metal. Inspections performed after just about any race this car completes will show a new fatigued area that must be repaired and reinforced. It's simply a matter of stress and fatigue. Of course, much of this does not apply to a street car. In any case, I certainly wouldn't reinforce a trailing arm just so it could survive a curb smack. Regards, Marc |
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