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What's the better lower stress bar?



yeah, that eurosport one looks very good. i thought the eurosport was like
the autotech one (z).
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Runs With Scissors" <dan@angband.org>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: What's the better lower stress bar?


> On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 01:49:20PM -0400, Allyn wrote:
>
> > all of this truss talk, lets get down to whats really going on here. the
> > rear bar of that 4-point bar is doing effectively nothing. the rear beam
is
> > reinforcing a huge cross member thats already in place (no use). if this
is
> > the 4 point bar im thinking about, there is only a single diagonal beam
and
> > no fore/aft beams.
>
> Nope, that's the Autotech stress bar, with a single diagonal brace.  The
> Eurosport one had dual diagonal braces, shaped like an X..  I agree that
> the rear bar does nothing other than act as a mounting point for the
> diagonal braces, and that while a single diagonal is sufficent to create a
> rigid truss, it does to at the expense of creating unbalanced force at the
> front A-arms.
>
> Some pics for those who wonder what we all are babeling about:
>
> Neuspeed front stress bar:
>
> http://www.parts4vws.com/images/parts/451001.jpg
>
> Techtonics/stock 16v front stress bar:
>
> (er, TT's site is down. check later at www.tttuning.com )
>
> Eurosport front subframe:
>
> http://www.parts4vws.com/images/parts/18035.gif
>
> Autotech front subframe:
>
> http://www.autotech.com/subframe72.jpg
>
> Dan
>
>
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