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| Rusty |
 Oct 13 2003, 02:23 PM
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Brad,
Once upon a time, we talked about a method to increase torsional rigidity by reinforcing the lower inner firewall and insides of the longitudinal. Can you post some pictures to show this method? I've looked around, and can't seem to find any. -Rusty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif) |
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| Mueller |
Oct 13 2003, 02:46 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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Hey Rusty......
I too am interested in this, as much as I'd like a TC Design cage, I don't think I need to go that route (cost, and turning the 914 into a daily driver, I need and want to be able to easily get in and out of the car....) Hopefully Tony C can chime in on this to see what his professional recommendations are to stiffen the car up without going all out with a cage. I've heard of some people welding tubes(round and square) along with sheets/plates of steel to the inner tunnel and the outer longs to help stiffen it up. It would seem that almost any additional reinforcment would help, but the key is to optimize the designe and placement. I thought Brad said the cars flex the most right at the floor area below the mirror on the window. HTH Mike |
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Lawrence Torsional Rigidity... question for Brad Oct 13 2003, 02:23 PM
Jeroen I could be wrong, but I think what was reinforced ... Oct 13 2003, 02:30 PM SirAndy Lawrence That might have been another reinforcement.
The i... Oct 13 2003, 02:39 PM Jeroen Ok, I have a hard time visualizing this... :blink... Oct 13 2003, 02:50 PM Lawrence I agree that *almost* any stiffening is good.
But... Oct 13 2003, 02:53 PM Jeroen <... Oct 13 2003, 02:53 PM SirAndy <... Oct 13 2003, 02:57 PM SirAndy Jeroen <... Oct 13 2003, 03:31 PM Brett W According to Richie Ginther and Lcokheed Martin th... Oct 13 2003, 03:37 PM Mueller Brett, what did happen with your crash...street, t... Oct 13 2003, 03:46 PM brant I remember the comment about the firewall point be... Oct 13 2003, 04:17 PM Brett W Mike,
I slid over a curb sideways and kinda backwa... Oct 13 2003, 04:59 PM Jeroen :ttiwwp:
cheers,
Jeroen Oct 13 2003, 06:57 PM Aaron Cox <... Oct 13 2003, 07:18 PM Brett W F$%@# Dunlop Sp8000 tires on cold pavement an... Oct 13 2003, 09:04 PM Bleyseng Hmmm, I have those too and they have about 12K on ... Oct 13 2003, 10:32 PM maf914 Here is the thread that Brad described the stiffen... Oct 14 2003, 01:40 PM
Brad Roberts Thanks Mike.
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