Body flex Options

[Montreal914]

Hello everyone,

I know there has been some post on the subject but I brought some numbers to discuss.

I took measurements of the door gap (left and right) on the top to see how much it moves from resting on the ground to raised on a jack placed under the long at jack point. Car was raised enough to get the back wheel off the ground about a couple of inches.

Left door results:





Right door results:





So, both sides are opening a little more than 1/16". The car is solid, no hell hole problems. Are these figures normal? I think the Engman kit is very attractive, but it doesn't seem to address the same issue. I would assume that a combination of the Engman on the inside, and AA Clamshell on the outside would be a great combo as far as stiffening the tub.

I have a stock 2.0 without any sway bars. I would like to increase the power at some point and improve handling but it seems to me that if the car is aready folding like this, I don't wan't to impose more stress on it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Also, my jack mount is rusted. I will need to dig into this. Can this be repaired without having to cut finished body panels or redo paint job.

Thank you, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)