 Engine Bay Shelves, Are They Structural? |
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| riverman |
 Feb 22 2005, 08:15 AM
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Learn As I Go  Group: Members Posts: 449 Joined: 18-January 05 From: Kitchener, ON Member No.: 3,466  |
I'm doing some extensive work in the Hellhole (pics to follow on my progress thread) in preparation for a future V8 install. The shelf on the passenger side is totally gone - a victim of rust - but the driver side and the cross-shelf(?) that attaches to the firewall are completely intact.
Do these shelves do anything structural like adding to the body stiffness or rear suspension stiffness? If I cut them out do I need to compensate with some other type of body stiffener? I figure if there's going to be a V8 in there, and I don't need the shelves for cooling flow, I should just remove them and give myself more room for my future install, but I am concerned with retaining the integrity of the rear suspension. Any thoughts? |
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| skline |
Feb 22 2005, 08:33 AM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
I am not 100% sure on that one, My V8 car still has them in there and my 4 cylinder car is missing the one on the passenger side. I dont think they are structural as they are not very thick metal. I cut the front one out of the V8 car for clearance. The sides are still in though.
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| Bleyseng |
Feb 22 2005, 08:58 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,034 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
No, they are there just to seal the cooling tin too of the engine. Use a spot weld cutter to remove them as the pieces just come out.
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| 914GT |
Feb 22 2005, 09:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,100 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Tucson Member No.: 2,923 Region Association: Southwest Region |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) On my yellow car I removed them, they were rusted through and looked like crap. I did reinforce the engine bar support and trailing arm consoles though, for other reasons not due to removal of the engine shelf. On this second car I'm leaving all the shelf metal in place as it's in excellent condition.
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| scotty914 |
Feb 22 2005, 11:21 AM
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suby torque rules Group: Members Posts: 1,525 Joined: 20-July 03 From: maryland, the land of 25 year Member No.: 924 |
do you mean some thing like this, i stole this pic :hehe
i did it on my suby conversion too should not be a problem Attached image(s) 
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| riverman |
Feb 22 2005, 11:27 AM
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Learn As I Go Group: Members Posts: 449 Joined: 18-January 05 From: Kitchener, ON Member No.: 3,466 |
I saw that pic somewhere before, too. That's what made me think to ask the question. |
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