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Weak points of an ae86 chassis
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Tue, 05 October 2004 04:08
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I been trying to find this answer for a while.
The main weak points of an ae86 chassis.
As in first places to give or most prone to it. People always talk about overpoweering an ae86 chassis, and stitch/seam welding it.
For surely someone has to know the maint weak point or the places that will give under stress first....
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May 2002
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Re: Weak points of an ae86 chassis
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Tue, 05 October 2004 04:46
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ahh lets see front Chassis rails will defineatly bend if hit sideways, ive had a top front strut mount go through the chassis, the panard rod ripped the mount from the floor, and the chassis is creased a little behind the front seats,
i could be here all day !!
Ben.
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Re: Weak points of an ae86 chassis
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Tue, 05 October 2004 06:08
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yes, where the chassis rails meet the firewall the welds seem to come undone quite a bit.
You can buy front and rear strut braces, an A-Spec brace(from steve-ae86), a full cage, under guard bracing and cusco make some braces that go under the front to help stiffen up the chassis
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Re: Weak points of an ae86 chassis
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Tue, 05 October 2004 06:55
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remember, in small offs on the track and road, if you have strengthened certain parts of the chassis and not others, you can tear and pry the other parts of the car apart without knowly doing so.
so if your going to brace, from front to back:
under tension rod bar (cusco)
front strut brace (any)
4/6/8/12 pt roll cage (any, cams approved is better)
b pillar bar (hard to find, ssworks make one)
b pillar floorpan brace (do luck makes the best)
c pillar bar (ie aspec brace, useful for harness')
rear strut top brace (techno pro spirit, revolver, ssworks, ect)
tower brace (cusco type)
rear torsion/stabilzer bar (silk road)
then go the seam weld/spot weld/chassis riviting to make sure your internal bracing isnt killing th 20yr old orignal welding.
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cambo
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May 2002
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Re: Weak points of an ae86 chassis
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Tue, 05 October 2004 07:36
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bah! drive the car, when something breaks, fix it 
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qld
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October 2003
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Re: Weak points of an ae86 chassis
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Tue, 05 October 2004 08:50
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| EVOSTi wrote on Tue, 05 October 2004 17:36 |
bah! drive the car, when something breaks, fix it
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 thats the way haha so saying my car is now seam welded throughout plus cage welded in at 9 points to 6mm thick 100 x 175 mm steel plates at all contact points... heheh can you say stiff?
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Re: Weak points of an ae86 chassis
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Tue, 05 October 2004 09:02
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| mr2drift wrote on Tue, 05 October 2004 18:50 |
| EVOSTi wrote on Tue, 05 October 2004 17:36 |
bah! drive the car, when something breaks, fix it
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thats the way haha so saying my car is now seam welded throughout plus cage welded in at 9 points to 6mm thick 100 x 175 mm steel plates at all contact points... heheh can you say stiff?
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thats the way!
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Perth, WA
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February 2003
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Re: Weak points of an ae86 chassis
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Tue, 05 October 2004 14:37
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Do the Do Luck bits go inside the car, or underneath it?
Looks like they hoop over the transmission tunnel.
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