[DeTomaso] Engine Bay Brace question

[Ken Green]

Having turnbuckles in the center of a member under compression doesn't seem like sound engineering either.  Seems like it would be better to make the brace between the shock mounts to fit the car like the original?  
 
Are the original braces too short?
 
Ken

--- On Mon, 12/21/09, jderyke at aol.com <jderyke at aol.com> wrote:


From: jderyke at aol.com <jderyke at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Engine Bay Brace question
To: hemipanter at hemipanter.se
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 12:12 PM


In a message dated 12/20/09 11:39:19 PM, hemipanter at hemipanter.se writes:

> The diagonal bracing should have its attaching points at the loading 
> spot, not on the side (in the middle) of a tube.
> Goran
> 
My thought exactly. Loading even a little side-force in the middle of a 
tube simply causes it to bend.   FWIW- J Deryke
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