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Inner Long Reinforcement Kits, Want a stiffer 914? |
Engman |
May 22 2004, 02:52 PM
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Well after several months, $ and patience they are done. Brad has a set - hopefully he will post some better pics of the layout. Please see http://engmanparts.com for details
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Pnambic |
May 24 2004, 03:18 PM
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I may be wrong here, but I think I remember Brad talking about this rather emphatically when he was in Indy last fall. What Brad was saying is that the current chassis stiffening kits available are welded onto the outside and bottom of the longs, but that the inside of the long is where the real structural intergrity needed to be augmented. The longs, from the factory, are "C" shaped with the outside piece welded on, but that outside piece only handles a fraction of the torsional and/or structural rigidity.
I think what he was getting at is that it would take less material more strategically placed to get better results. I *THINK* this is exactly what Mark addresses with his setup. Am I making any sense here? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |