Frame rails... Options

[Jeroen]

Didn't get to work on the 914 as much as I hoped over my vacation, but still made some good progress over the last couple of days...

Frame rails in the engine comp. are stripped naked
They still need some minor detailing here and there and the "hell holes" still need to be cleaned, but most of the hard work is done

Tonight I welded the rear shock towers to the frame rails
Quite a gap to fill...

[Gint]

Forget everything so far. I wanna see a pic of a shock tower that actually broke from stress.

No one in this thread or any other has ever said (to my knowledge anyway) that the shock towers break or the tops of them pop off. That's not the issue that's being discussed. It's the longitudinal to shock tower junction and the associated crack that forms on the inner fenderwell area because it's a weak point. Especially if you're creating a race car and removing the firewall.

I just meant to say that its all a very interesting conversation about theory that is probably not applicable much to steet cars.

Which is exactly what I wanted to accomplish by resurrecting this thread. A discussion about theory and perhaps even actual experience regarding the frame rail to shock tower junction. You have an opinion about whether not this was applicable to a street car. I didn't until now. This thread so far is the best discussion I've seen on the subject on this site or anywhere else for that matter. With pictures too. Ultimately I will make a decision how much of this to apply to my tub. Now at least I can make a reasonably informed decision.

I will probably also move this to the Classics section when it all plays out. Great info here. The best yet regarding this subject IMO.