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Chassis Stiffening, should I? |
Woody |
Jan 3 2012, 04:28 PM
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Sandbox Rabblerouser and head toilet scrubber Group: Members Posts: 3,858 Joined: 28-December 10 From: San Antonio Texas Member No.: 12,530 Region Association: Southwest Region |
So I bought the 10 piece chassis kit and the trailing arm box kit and the car is prepped for install. My car has never had any rust issues and looking at the bare metal everything looks great. I can't find any cracks or any other irregularities. The car is autocrossed at least monthly and I am attempting to stiffen it up. I will fab up a inner ear brace as well and rollbar is in the works too. Well I started browsing and I guess some of you guys don't like the 10 piece kit. Should I just leave it off and stitch weld all the body seams instead? What about the trailing arm box kit? Am I going to be adding weight that isn't going to benefit anything?
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Randal |
Jan 6 2012, 12:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
If you are building a race can then tieing the entire car together, i.e., Tortion bars in front to front of front shock tower, rear of front shock tower to front hoop in drivers compartment, front hoop to rear hoop to rear shock tower, simply makes a huge difference in handling. JP told me this would work and it did. You can really dial in what you need (springs /shocks) and the car responds. Hell, JP even liked it "222" when he drove the car at the WCR in Medford. Oh, you need to weld plates to the shock towers which become the mounting point for the tubes. I did spend the money to have Chris Foley strengthen my trailing arms and the good news is that I haven't had a failure. Probably overkill, but a light weight car with big slicks, which are going to get bigger, really puts stress on those trailing arms. I also run needle bearings in the trailing arms. |
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