88 vert stiffness
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I have to drive on 5 miles of gravel roads to get to my farm from the highway. Especially with the top down there is a lot of flexibility and rattling in the body
Now, should I get a strut bar from front shock tower to shock tower or just let her rattle. I seem to remember someone on this board saying no to front and rear strut bars, better to let the vert body flex.
Your opinions, please, folks,
Mike
Now, should I get a strut bar from front shock tower to shock tower or just let her rattle. I seem to remember someone on this board saying no to front and rear strut bars, better to let the vert body flex.
Your opinions, please, folks,
Mike
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The flex is mainly in the middle of the car not at the ends. There is 5 layers of metal on the chassis from the door piller to the strut perch, the coupe has 3. The rear has that whole extra beam behind the seats between the door openings. Cowl shake is found on any convertible if driven on a bad road, the FC isn't too bad when compared to many cars of its vintage. I don't think a strut bar would do much unless you have a really high mileage chassis.
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Yes, cowling shake, a an English owner of MGBs and early Lotus convertibles in the 60s, I know what that is! So I'll go slow and keep on shakin'
Thanks for the help. As a past, thank God, owner of a 83 Porsche 944 money pit, and as a member of the Porshe Owners Club of the USA, they had a raffle for a Club Special 911, so I entered the draw, my wife said where would you keep it if you won it?
I said I'd have to rent a garage in town, by the highway, so as not to drive it on the gravel road. I did not win it, thank heavens, if I did I would have taken the money and looked for a turbo vert. About right for me.
Mike
Thanks for the help. As a past, thank God, owner of a 83 Porsche 944 money pit, and as a member of the Porshe Owners Club of the USA, they had a raffle for a Club Special 911, so I entered the draw, my wife said where would you keep it if you won it?
I said I'd have to rent a garage in town, by the highway, so as not to drive it on the gravel road. I did not win it, thank heavens, if I did I would have taken the money and looked for a turbo vert. About right for me.
Mike
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I have seen chassis reinforcements for fox body mustangs that go underneath the passenger compartment. I bet you could do something similar. Say for instance, putting 2 stiff rails and bolting them antiparallel to the frame rails, underneath the passenger compartment.
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I have to drive on 5 miles of gravel roads to get to my farm from the highway. Especially with the top down there is a lot of flexibility and rattling in the body
Now, should I get a strut bar from front shock tower to shock tower or just let her rattle. I seem to remember someone on this board saying no to front and rear strut bars, better to let the vert body flex.
Your opinions, please, folks,
Mike
Now, should I get a strut bar from front shock tower to shock tower or just let her rattle. I seem to remember someone on this board saying no to front and rear strut bars, better to let the vert body flex.
Your opinions, please, folks,
Mike
When Rick Potter and I drove the One Lap of America, we would set his shocks soft for the highway transit portions and hard for smooth tracks. Rough tracks, like Heartland Raceway, we found settings that would give the best handling.
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