Strut tower brace anyone?

orion84gsl · 03-24-2008, 05:41 PM

From what I've read the rear of the FB chassis is stiff enough that adding more bracing really does nothing. I have no experience with this, but it's been said. Perhaps a bar/bars bracing the hatch opening would work well. That has to be a weak area seeing how large the opening is.

jtbshaw · 03-24-2008, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by orion84gsl

From what I've read the rear of the FB chassis is stiff enough that adding more bracing really does nothing. I have no experience with this, but it's been said. Perhaps a bar/bars bracing the hatch opening would work well. That has to be a weak area seeing how large the opening is.

I concur. I had one of my guys spend about 2 hours today trying to come up with a good design. I scrapped each one he came up with. We'll keep looking into it for a little longer, but it may get scrapped all together for the rear.

03-24-2008, 05:41 PM	#1
orion84gsl Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 167 Rep Power: 18	From what I've read the rear of the FB chassis is stiff enough that adding more bracing really does nothing. I have no experience with this, but it's been said. Perhaps a bar/bars bracing the hatch opening would work well. That has to be a weak area seeing how large the opening is.