Suspension ear reinforcement, Would this work? (pic) |
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Suspension ear reinforcement, Would this work? (pic) |
smrz914 |
May 3 2005, 09:02 PM
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Soon to be brightening the life of the person behind you. Group: Members Posts: 456 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Pleasant Hill, CA or Chico, CA Member No.: 596 |
I played around with photoshop a little bit. I hope 914RS doesn't mink I used his picture.
Anyway, instead of having a tube go from the ear to the firewall, I thought that one could take some sheetmetal and create a shelf. I don't thin this will work for /4 but it might for converted cars. I thought a cross section might look like _____ |_____\__________ Would this be strong enough? Just seeing if there is a nice way of doing the brace. So It would be like having another shelf. I don't know how low the engine mount goes but I think one could work around that. On the ear the attachment point would be pretty low and be able to handle movement better. On the firewall site it would attach to the back edge of the floorpan. Attached image(s) |
John |
May 3 2005, 10:46 PM
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I did my race cars similar to Porsche Doc. I fishplated the console and then added tubing. My tubing goes through the firewall and ties into the cage.
The shelf idea is interesting, but what are you attaching it to at the front? (the floorpan?) You may need to add some strength to that if you tie in there. To add stiffness to a structure, your anchor points must be substantial, or you are wasting your time. If you decide to go ahead with the shelf and rectangular tubing, I would consider adding some drain holes to the shelf. just my $0.02 |
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