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My $0.02 re firewall ripping
Posted by Wray (more from Wray) on Tue, 25 Feb 2003 20:49:14
In Reply to: Re: Philip..., Philip, Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:06:25
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I've been working on DIY brace designs, too. I don't think the firewall will be ripping like paper, but I am trying to design to eliminate metal fatigue and eventual firewall cracking. The (stock) thick rubber bushing prevents metal fatigue because it eats up all the side to side rack motion. As soon as you clamp something firmly to the firewall, it will transfer that flexing to the firewall. I doubt if it will rip out in the first few thousand miles, but over time it may develop some cracks. It's really going to be a pain to tear everything out to reweld the firewall, so I'm going to start out bracing to something reasonably solid when I beef up the clamp.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Steering rack brace, ckpaden, Sat, 22 Feb 2003 21:56:43
- check out Taliaferro, they carry KIC, nickR, Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:43:48
- I'm confused. Aren't you talkin' about a rack clamp?n/m, sean, Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:33:08
- Re: Steering rack brace, Nervousaaber, Mon, 24 Feb 2003 01:34:35
- Here is picture of the unit, ckpaden, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 20:07:44
- Re: Steering rack brace, gpg, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 06:06:48
- Re: Steering rack brace, ckpaden, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 10:47:53
- Re: Steering rack brace, Potsy, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:56:17
- so you can't share the source? do you have pics?(n/m), ericl, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 11:21:42
- Re: so you can't share the source? do you have pics?(n/m), ckpaden, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 11:45:12
- I see a problem here, nickR, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:54:11
- Re: so you can't share the source? do you have pics?(n/m), Dean, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 14:13:41
- Re: so you can't share the source? do you have pics?(n/m), ericl, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 12:18:08
- Re: so you can't share the source? do you have pics?(n/m), ckpaden, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:39:00
- hey ckpaden, OT perf questions, ericl, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:26:58
- Hey ckpaden and ericl..., George, Sun, 23 Feb 2003 23:50:38
- Re: Hey ckpaden and ericl..., ckpaden, Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:42:41
- Re: Hey ckpaden and ericl..., Philip, Mon, 24 Feb 2003 23:38:29
- Philip..., George, Tue, 25 Feb 2003 02:20:15
- Re: Philip..., Philip, Tue, 25 Feb 2003 13:06:25
- Re: Philip..., officeboy, Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:38:13
- My $0.02 re firewall ripping, Wray, Tue, 25 Feb 2003 20:49:14 <-- Viewing This Message
- you're over-thinkin' this deal n/m, sean, Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:51:04
- How much torque do you have?, ckpaden, Tue, 25 Feb 2003 15:23:37
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