GT stiffening kit really no help? Options

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I am starting to firm up my chassis to better handle the
abuse my v8 and 930 will dish out.
I have an unistalled roll cage that I may not use because it
is a street car, so if I don't use it I will go with Engman.
I also have had for 15 years an unopened "GT stiffening kit"
There seems to be a lot of thought that it is not worth the
trouble. Is this true? I can get one of Chris' kits with removable
braces, but is there any reason to mix and match the two or should
I go with only CFR stuff? The only rust I have found on the car is a small
hole on top of the long in the hell hole. I'll start digging in there this
weekend to see how bad it is, but the rest of the longs are in great
shape (california cars = good)

patrick

[John]

Here is the area that shows WHY the GT stiffening kit does not tie into the rear shock tower.

The picture is a section view of the Drivers Side Long as it dead-ends into the front of the Drivers side Rear Shock tower. The GT kit welds to the area of the outer long (inside the wheel well) that is spaced AWAY from the shock tower.

I still feel that the stiffening kit does improve the stiffness of the Longitudinal sections of the unit body. Throwing out the kit because it does not effectively tie in the shock towers seems to be counter productive. Utilizing the kit AND welding the shock tower into the Long seems like it would accomplish the task. Some drawbacks to the GT kit is that it does take space inside the wheel well, and the kit does add several pounds.

I still would add the kit, but do some additional welding to tie things together. Like I said before, I extend the kit FORWARD on BOTH sides of the LONGS.