goodall
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| posted on 15/3/07 at 05:07 PM |
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hardtop
would it be possible to redesign the chassis to have a hardtop and proper doors. by removing the top chassis rail and adding a full roll cage.
would this weaken the car too much or would it add strength since your increasing the neutral axis only thing is you have no cross bracing were the
door would be.
would it add too much weight or would the aerodynamic advantages be greater than the increased weight
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marcjagman
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| posted on 15/3/07 at 05:10 PM |
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Personally I think it could work, the extra weight is not worth bothering with, about 10lbs?
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Ivan
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| posted on 15/3/07 at 05:29 PM |
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Might well work - particularly if you make a steel panelled transmission tunnel as well as the roll bars.
But I would definitely get a FE analyses done before doing it.
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goodall
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| posted on 15/3/07 at 07:55 PM |
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FE analysis??
is that some kinda software modeling?
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