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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) |
andys |
May 4 2005, 09:45 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,165 Joined: 21-May 03 From: Valencia, CA Member No.: 721 Region Association: None |
When adding structure to the ear and extending it to a remote location, any flexing in the chassis that is realized between those to points may cause undue transfer of loading to the ear. This may cause the cracking/failure you're trying to avoid in the first place. A localized structure that spreads the loads I would think to be a better solution. If you have a full cage, then this may not be an issue.
Andy |
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