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Old 02-10-2015   #19
RussMcB
 
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Default Chassis stiffness

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Originally Posted by Harvie View Post
<snip> ... the correction is solid welding in of a reinforcement like 99.5% of the race/track cars did ... <snip>
Harvie, are you referring to a 4-point bar? Or something different?

Reason for asking: I can see how a full cage (6 or 8 attachment points) will certainly stiffen the chassis a ton, but not sure how much a 4-point bar would address the problem (loss of structure rigidity due to targa design). It's my understanding that a 4-point bar is a big plus for safety, but doesn't add much torsional stiffness.

It'd be great if I was wrong and a simple 4-point bar (or whatever mod you've done) makes a big difference.
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