What's the better lower stress bar?

[pbureau@attbi.com (ATS - Patrick Bureau)]

Yep that is why I put one on my 8v.. its aweseom btw...

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ATS - Patrick Bureau
1985 8v **Planning 3A/JH  Upgrade**
1988 16v ** FOR SALE : 1500.00$ **
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=>-----Original Message-----
=>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
=>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Runs With Scissors
=>Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 9:32 PM
=>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
=>Subject: Re: What's the better lower stress bar?
=>
=>
=>On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 09:47:19PM -0400, Scott F. Williams wrote:
=>> 'twas writting:
=>> > >The factory bar and the TT bar are better than the
=>> > >NoSpeed . . .
=>>
=>> Mr. M?ze asked:
=>> > OK. Why exactly?
=>>
=>> The Neuspeed bar strengthens the chassis in one plane. The
=>factory/TT bars
=>> are triangulated and resist twist in two planes. Surely one of the
=>> mechanical engineer types can explain that more eloquently.
=>Regardless, what
=>> makes me think that you're baiting us with this basic question,
=>Shawn? :^)
=>
=>I'm going to disagree here, becasue the factory/TT bar is NOT
=>triangulated.  Uninformed people may like calling it triangulated, but
=>that doesn't make it so. The 4-pt Eurosport bar is triangulated.  What we
=>are dealing with here are different kinds of truss designs.  Truss
=>elements primarily exist to bear load in the axial direction, i.e. no
=>bending moment.   The TT bar, while it attaches at 4 points, still has
=>only a single element which spans the control arms.  Any twisting loads
=>will have to be borne by that single center section. Guess what? Thin wall
=>tubing does not have much strength in bending.  The Eurosport support,
=>OTOH, it a fully triangulated truss.  Each front control arm has 2
=>separate truss elements connecting to it, and those elements only bear
=>axial stress.
=>
=>Dan
=>
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=>our fractions in school, but this is ART
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