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| texag09 |
 Mar 28 2011, 03:00 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 9-February 11 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 12,683 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
Ok got the car on 4 jackstands, and have the jack under the back to correctly close in the door gaps. Got them perfect, so now what?
How much cross brace and from what points? Seem like just door bars is not enough should I not cross diagonal across the cabin as well? Pics appreciated. |
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| 914itis |
Mar 28 2011, 06:00 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,892 Joined: 9-October 10 From: New York City Member No.: 12,256 Region Association: North East States |
QUOTE(texag09 @ Mar 28 2011, 05:00 PM)  Ok got the car on 4 jackstands, and have the jack under the back to correctly close in the door gaps. Got them perfect, so now what? How much cross brace and from what points? Seem like just door bars is not enough should I not cross diagonal across the cabin as well? Pics appreciated. What technique did you use to close the Gap? I have the same issue . I am off a bit. |
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| sfrenck |
Mar 28 2011, 06:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 492 Joined: 28-February 10 From: Wilmington, DE Member No.: 11,411 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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Look at this thread for braces....
www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=47726 And/or buy them from Chris @ tangerineracing.com (Post #10 in the thread above shows what they look like). |
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| texag09 |
Mar 28 2011, 07:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 9-February 11 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 12,683 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Well I might have gone a little crazy with welder and angle iron, but i dont think its going to move.
To close the door gap i placed two jack stands on the front donuts and two jack stands on the suspension consoles in the back. I placed my jack under the transmision mounts and placed a 2x4 across and jacked it up to apply a little pressure then heated the longs under the door and adjusted till it was even. Now I have welded up supports and remeasured. Didnt trust just the door bars so i cross braced down to the longs. (might have got a little weld crazy its been a while and imissed welding. ) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i132.photobucket.com-12683-1301363865.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i132.photobucket.com-12683-1301363865.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i132.photobucket.com-12683-1301363866.3.jpg) |
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| jaxdream |
Mar 29 2011, 07:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 974 Joined: 8-July 08 From: North Central Tennessee Member No.: 9,270 Region Association: South East States |
You installing the Engman kit across the lower back wall and the inside longs ??? You will have to remove some of your bracing won't you ???
Jack / Jaxdream |
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| texag09 |
Mar 29 2011, 09:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 9-February 11 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 12,683 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Should have specified, the hell hole kit not the longs kit. (but with the longs kit I believe you are corect)
For some reason I do not trust repairing the longs in the hell hole area with just door bars. Not that it cant and hasnt been done, but better safe than sorry, I wanted to tie it in to the longs with a large bearing surface and also lateraly cross brace just to be sure. More time now less later. Plus I am still waiting on my CV joint tool to remove the motor. Here is the list in order. 1. outside and bottom of pasneger long 2. Engman Hell Hole Kit 3. Bottom of firewall and / Rear floor pan Then I plan on driving the car for about 12 months as i collect funds for a roll cage and big iv motor. At that point I might install the longs kit with the roll bar but might be redundant as the roll bar should stiffen the car fairly well. |
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