DIY chassis improvements
Discussion
This is a theoretical question, as I won't be doing it for the foreseeable future - but I wanted to probe the collective PH mind to see what was possible.
Without going the whole hog for a Sportmotive transplant - the essence of this question is, if you had the body off for a chassis refurb, would there be any changes or additions you could make to improve the chassis..?
I know that a rollbar/half cage welded in is supposed to stiffen up the rear, but what about extra triangulation, cross-bracing of the (open) underside or similar? Even thoughts about changing wishbone's, mounting points and/or uprights...
I was wondering whether a rollbar/half-cage with a short forward diagonal from halfway up the cage, reaching somewhere halfway along the outrigger (just visible through the door but not far enough to impede entry) might provide a little extra stiffness and protection in case of side impact - but it was just idle speculation...
Really interested as to whether there was anything that we regular owners could do to the chassis to improve its capabilities, and remedy it's known weaknesses...?
Without going the whole hog for a Sportmotive transplant - the essence of this question is, if you had the body off for a chassis refurb, would there be any changes or additions you could make to improve the chassis..?
I know that a rollbar/half cage welded in is supposed to stiffen up the rear, but what about extra triangulation, cross-bracing of the (open) underside or similar? Even thoughts about changing wishbone's, mounting points and/or uprights...
I was wondering whether a rollbar/half-cage with a short forward diagonal from halfway up the cage, reaching somewhere halfway along the outrigger (just visible through the door but not far enough to impede entry) might provide a little extra stiffness and protection in case of side impact - but it was just idle speculation...
Really interested as to whether there was anything that we regular owners could do to the chassis to improve its capabilities, and remedy it's known weaknesses...?
Edited by Dominic TVRetto on Friday 28th July 17:42
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