 Rear chassis flex. What do you think?, Discovery prepping for Road America next week |
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| vintage914racer |
 Jul 10 2023, 02:17 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 429 Joined: 28-December 03 From: Minneapolis, MN Member No.: 1,473  |
QUOTE(gms @ Jul 10 2023, 07:14 AM)  Great work Ben & Rick! See you at Road America! Unfortunately the after market chassis stiffening kits do not extend around the bottom of the inner wheel house to the longitudinal pinch weld like the factory kit does (below). Thanks, Glenn. Rick should get all the credit for a job well done. See you in a few days. |
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| sixaddict |
Jul 10 2023, 07:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 799 Joined: 22-January 09 From: Panama City Beach, FL Member No.: 9,961 Region Association: South East States 
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This thread helped a lot as have similar issues …..not quite as easy to get to.
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| vintage914racer |
Jul 11 2023, 08:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 429 Joined: 28-December 03 From: Minneapolis, MN Member No.: 1,473 |
QUOTE(slivel @ Jul 10 2023, 11:04 AM) Is this a crack? That's not a crack. That's the factory overlap where the two panels are spot welded together. I knew it wasn't, but wanted to wait for the car to return from the alignment shop to look at it to validate. |
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| vintage914racer |
Jul 11 2023, 08:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 429 Joined: 28-December 03 From: Minneapolis, MN Member No.: 1,473 |
Following Rick's miraculous short notice repairs on Sunday afternoon, it was a race to find a local shop to align the car before my planned departure for Road America on Wednesday. My regular alignment guy was booked solid, as were the other local usual suspects I trust with the car. Fortunately the folks at Werks Automotive were able to sneak it in.
I dropped the car off yesterday afternoon and they worked it in this afternoon. From there it was a scramble to get the car home, buttoned up and loaded for the trip to Road America in the morning.  Put back together, loaded in the trailer and ready to go!  |
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| gms |
Jul 12 2023, 01:40 PM
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QUOTE(slivel @ Jul 10 2023, 02:04 PM) Is this a crack? No that is the lower edge of the targa reinforcement panel |
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| infraredcalvin |
Jul 12 2023, 09:28 PM
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Distracted Member Group: Members Posts: 1,509 Joined: 25-August 08 From: Ladera Ranch, CA Member No.: 9,463 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(rick 918-S @ Jul 10 2023, 03:20 AM) It was a nice day. When I arrived the suspension was off so it wasn't real easy to see what happened. Ben made up a quick lever out of some square tubing and bolted it to the three point mount. With a little pressure it was clear what was moving. The upper spot welds had completely unzipped from the bottom to the top of the inner rail. I went over and checked the right side and the same thing had occurred. The right side was not as obvious as the suspension console had been replaced and it was tied into the roll bar. The easies fix was to use Drill Screws to pull the flange back in place. As I removed one screw at a time I used a 1/4 drill to flare the hole and expose the inner flange. I just plug welded both sides. Should be good to go. If you race or AX alot you may want to check to see if this is happening. Just stick a screw driver or pry bar between the panel and the flang and see if moves. My 6 is stitch welded from the engine bay side along the top edge of the inner flange as it used to be a race/AX car. Even with this method and a poor welding job I can see some of the welds did not hold like a spot weld thru the flange would. It was nice to see Ben again. It has been a few years. Time flies.. Seems like this fix might be good preemptive measure when installing gt reinforcement kit in wheel wells if planning on heavy tracking or autox… |
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| vintage914racer |
Jul 19 2023, 10:31 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 429 Joined: 28-December 03 From: Minneapolis, MN Member No.: 1,473 |
Quick update after attending the WeatherTech International Challenge at Road America last weekend.
The car ran and handled phenomenally. Road America was repaved last fall and is incredibly smooth. And fast. I consistently ran my best laps there ever. Not a huge surprise, but the cars handling was as consistent as ever, now that it's no longer a flex-flyer.  |
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| brant |
Jul 20 2023, 08:28 AM
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That is awesome
Brant |
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| SirAndy |
Jul 21 2023, 08:41 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,606 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(vintage914racer @ Jul 19 2023, 09:31 AM) Quick update after attending the WeatherTech International Challenge at Road America last weekend. The car ran and handled phenomenally. Road America was repaved last fall and is incredibly smooth. And fast. I consistently ran my best laps there ever. Not a huge surprise, but the cars handling was as consistent as ever, now that it's no longer a flex-flyer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) |
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| Charles Freeborn |
Jul 22 2023, 09:36 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 244 Joined: 21-May 14 From: United States Member No.: 17,377 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(vintage914racer @ Jul 19 2023, 09:31 AM) Quick update after attending the WeatherTech International Challenge at Road America last weekend. The car ran and handled phenomenally. Road America was repaved last fall and is incredibly smooth. And fast. I consistently ran my best laps there ever. Not a huge surprise, but the cars handling was as consistent as ever, now that it's no longer a flex-flyer. Well done! When you have a chance could you post some pics of how your cage connects - I'm especially interested in how your "Halo Bar" goes from the top of the main hoop into the footwell as I'd like to add a similar one to mine. Thanks! |
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| blabla914 |
Sep 3 2023, 07:06 PM
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I like primer Group: Members Posts: 321 Joined: 1-March 04 From: Connecticut Member No.: 1,740 Region Association: None
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glad to hear you got it fixed and were able to get out on track.
I broke my car on the left side in very similar fashion years ago from many years of autocrossing on rough lots. This is definitely a spot to keep an eye on. On mine I could see from inside the engine compartment the frame rail had separated from inner fender. nice bus (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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