Out with the old........in with the new
Discussion
eff eff said:
I'm no expert but it's just in front of the diff which is a high stress and fairly open area so maybe helps to resist torsion
Me neither, but I'd have thought that the plate as fitted could flex in any direction. Sorry, not trying to be critical but to understand. I can see that a flat plate (if it were possible to fit one) would prevent the chassis rails moving towards or away from each other but, with the curves in it, I don't see how the fitted one would do even that. Perhaps someone who knows will come along soon. Edited by eff eff on Tuesday 14th June 22:50
I think there are a few different options so I'll let Ian at Sportmotive www.sportmotive.com give you a price
You're right, apart from a bit of surface rust on the N/S/F upper wishbone the powder coating on my original chassis is intact and just dirty, so why change the chassis? Well we all know how hot the engine bay gets, the 5 litre RV8 was hot but the LS3 is really hot even with a larger ali rad and an increase in the total coolant volume. The new chassis is wider and allows for backward running exhausts which will reduce the under bonnet temperature. The chassis designers took me through a computer programme showing the geometry and behaviour of the original chassis, and then the behaviour of the revised geometry of the Evolution chassis, the revision will give T car handling or better, so happy days.
GlynMo said:
eff eff said:
I'm no expert but it's just in front of the diff which is a high stress and fairly open area so maybe helps to resist torsion
Me neither, but I'd have thought that the plate as fitted could flex in any direction. Sorry, not trying to be critical but to understand. I can see that a flat plate (if it were possible to fit one) would prevent the chassis rails moving towards or away from each other but, with the curves in it, I don't see how the fitted one would do even that. Perhaps someone who knows will come along soon. Edited by eff eff on Tuesday 14th June 22:50
GlynMo said:
eff eff said:
I'm no expert but it's just in front of the diff which is a high stress and fairly open area so maybe helps to resist torsion
Me neither, but I'd have thought that the plate as fitted could flex in any direction. Sorry, not trying to be critical but to understand. I can see that a flat plate (if it were possible to fit one) would prevent the chassis rails moving towards or away from each other but, with the curves in it, I don't see how the fitted one would do even that. Perhaps someone who knows will come along soon. Edited by eff eff on Tuesday 14th June 22:50
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