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Was: chassis stiffening: Here's a link of 1st hand experience



Hey all,

Here's a link to a site of a guy that I know who did this with his RX-7 a
couple of years ago. Check it out...

http://www.geocities.com/dorifto/urethane.html

-- --Craig Williams
1981 Scirocco S 2008cc 16V (As seen in 01-2001 Sport Compact Car)
1991 Passat Wagon 2.0 16V (For the Wife & baby)
2000 Saab Viggen (20 psi, Turbo charged monster)
Northern California, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Williams <scwillia@genuity.com>
To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 11:42 AM
Subject: chassis stiffening: foam in the rockers...


> Yo, are the rocker panels in the Scirocco hollow? They have to be, right?
> I'm considering filling them up with structural foam. Some months ago,
Sport
> Compact Car injected this foam into their project 300ZX's rockers. Once
the
> foam hardened, they reported a substantial increase in chassis
> rigidity -something that the A1 chassis does *not* have in spades. -better
> suspension geometry? -less creaks and rattles? I'll take it!
>
> I realize that this is a fairly esoteric topic, but you know me. I love to
> push the envelope. Does anyone have any idea where to get this stuff?
> Gracias.
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