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chassis re-enforcement v.101



Shine? huh? nope, I dont have much of anything to do with 'em.

the tube has to be run up front to tie the strut towers together (sorta) ,
with the turbo/etc there is no way to run directly across....




sooo...

A full front end, run it through the firewall, low next to the seats, and
tying it all together with a hoop and the rear strut towers...........

Josh Able
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>
To: "Josh20V" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 8:15 AM
Subject: RE: chassis re-enforcement v.101


> Oh that's right. You're working with Shine Racing, right? Well... why not
> put this question past Dick? He's the man with the plan. Or, is he telling
> you something you don't want to hear? I'd defer to his knowledge and
> expertise. That's what you're paying him for, no? Why listen to us? :^)
>
> Like I said before, if I was you, I'd run a rollbar (not whole cage),
> conventional stress bars, the rad support brace, and then seam weld. Maybe
> also run some side intrusion bars from the rear hoop and then put that
> through the firewall to the backs of the strut towers. Again, let Dick
> design that. You could pick up some more torsional rigidity by foaming the
> rocker panels and other areas. But, then you'll have to commit to keeping
> the car dry. (The foam can potentially hold water and lead to rusting.)
>
> I wouldn't run all that tubing up front unless you've got a full cage to
> anchor it all too. Otherwise,  you're just concentrating all the stress on
> the firewall instead of spreading it around the front end. After a few
> seasons of rally competition, the Warpig suffered some scary cracking
where
> the firewall met the front sheetmetal. Bracing to the cage would have
> negated the likelihood for that to happen.
> --
> Scott F. Williams
> NJ Scirocco nut
> '99 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
> Mazda 323 GTX turbo "assaulted" vehicle
> Golf GTI 16v "rollycar"
> ClubVAC: "Roads found. Drivers wanted."
>
> > ahh, Scott, I am dealing with a shop that specializes in building
> > race cars.
> > He wants to run a full "cage", like what I first described.
>
>
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