On Tuesday, November 25, 1997 7:27 PM, John T. Blair [SMTP:jblair@exis.net]
wrote:
> Now as for stiffening the chassis. Had a discussion with Terry this
> afternoon about some of this. So of what we discussed are summarized
> here:
>
>
> 1. Stiffening chassis - Tested and was the strongest frame of
> any car made.
There are lots of ways of measuring frame "strength" - it's not necessarily
the same as stiffness. I don't know if there's much of a relationship
between a frame's ability to be driven into a brick wall and it's ability
to resist torsional flex, for example. Does Terry modify the frames in the
high-horsepower vehicles he builds? Has he ever modified one while
focusing on handling?
> 2. Really can't lower the car. Initial ground clearence is
> 4.5". Terry has lowered his to about 3". In addition the
> front end geometry can get really screwed up, which will
> cause all kinds of handling problems.
I'd buy that.
> 3. The Bricklin has been shown to be a better handling car on
> most of the drivers. In 74, Road & Track did a comparision
> of the 74 Vet and 74 Brick. The Vet out performed the Brick
> on the streights. But the Brick did better than the Vet on
> the cornering.
Yeah, and a modern minivan will outcorner both of them. ;)
Thanks for bringing it up with Terry, John.
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Phil Martin pmartin@isgtec.com
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