DeTomaso Mailing List: June 97, Message #57
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Andy, Old POCA Newsletters are available from Bob Reid, the new POCA Club Store man. His phone number is (518) 374-7949. :>) ---------- From: Andy Poling To: MikeLDrew Cc: DeTomaso Subject: Re: Wheel house braces (before or after Date: Thursday, June 05, 1997 10:23AM On Thu, 5 Jun 1997 MikeLDrew@aol.com wrote: > Interestingly, the cheaper (and lighter) adjustable STEEL bars don't seem to > have this problem, because they're designed to actually wedge into the pocket > formed by the ears and the indentation in the inner wheel house. The bar > actually acts on a much greater surface area, and the ears are merely used to > locate it and retain it. Thus the ears don't suffer undue stress. (The > aluminum bars aren't long enough to touch the inside of the wheelhouse.) > > So does anybody actually KNOW somebody who's camber bar broke out under > cornering stress? Probably not. Still, it's food for thought. Very interesting. I like it when the cheap part works better! :-) > The Ron Siple super-duper brace might be overkill for a street car, but it > seems to be a fantastic idea for somebody who's planning on driving his car > hard with sticky tires on the track or around the cones. I know POCA member > Brian Hansen of Altus, OK installed one in his car and noticed an immediate > and measurable increase in overall chassis stiffness. I believe he did > before-and-after tests jacking up one rear corner of his car, and was able to > see considerably less chassis deflection. Was this the shear-force brace that mounted at about a 45 degree angle and mounted just forward of and above the traditional brace, with a sheet of something (steel?) as the actual brace? I seem to remember reading about that one in an old PI... In any case, I'd be very interested in hearing all about anything of that sort... > He wrote an article that originally ran in the Dallas club newsletter (Chuck > Engles, feel like hunting on your hard drive and coming up with the story, > then beaming it to The List?) and was later re-printed in the POCA > newsletter. Are the old POCA newsletters available for us newcomers to purchase to catch up with you old timers? -Andy #3822 72 Pantera: power 91 Miata: quickness 96 A4Q: traction 84 RZ350: all the above ==============================================================================