[DeTomaso] Chassis stiffening kit install

Tue Sep 6 13:43:49 EDT 2016

The old motto about Harley Davidsons comes to mind.
If it does not go fast, then chrome it.
Jeff Cobb

On Sep 6, 2016, at 12:03 PM, Himes, Terry (397C) <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

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>   Terry W. Himes
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>   From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf
>   of Asa Jay Laughton <[3]asajay at asajay.com>
>   Reply-To: "[4]asajay at asajay.com" <[5]asajay at asajay.com>
>   Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 9:12 AM
>   To: "[6]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com"
>   <[7]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Chassis stiffening kit install
> 
>   For what it's worth, when I was in Castle Rock a few years ago and
>   had
>   time to visit with Dennis and Adam at Pantera Performance Center,
>   Dennis essentially told me the same thing about the front trunk brace
>   (as I recall).  That it really wasn't necessary and only served to
>   reduce the amount of usable space in a street car that was only
>   occasionally tracked or open road raced.  I believe his
>   recommendation
>   was to not bother with it for most purposes.
>   Asa Jay
>   Quoting Larry Stock <[8]larrys at panteraparts.com>:
> 
>   If one actually was an engineer and analyzed this brace, it is utterly
> 
>   useless. It braces the shear wall construction already built into the
> 
>   upper A-Arm mounting points. Not much movement here with the factory
>   job.
> 
>   Lots of help is needed down below to take the twist out of the lower
>   A-Arm
> 
>   supports. Larry
> 
>   On 9/6/16, 8:18 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Julian Kift"
> 
>   <[9]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
> 
>   [10]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>      I could start by saying leave it i the corner of the garage, unless
>   you
> 
>      are building and out and out racer.... it is only purpose in a
>   street
> 
>      car is to further limit your wife's luggage allowance, although
> 
>      maybe that could be deemed a positive if she is then limited to only
> 
>      taking briefs and bras...
> 
>      Others seem to have managed to bolt it in, sitting very low in the
> 
>      trunk (less than an inch between brace and trunk floor). To be
> 
>      functional it should sit directly behind the upper shock mounts.
> 
>      Julian
> 
>        __________________________________________________________________
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>      From: DeTomaso <[11]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
>   behalf of
> 
>      John McKee <[12]johnmckee at cox.net>
> 
>      Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 10:28 PM
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>      To: [13]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
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>      Subject: [DeTomaso] Chassis stiffening kit install
> 
>      I am currently working on the front trunk area and I am trying to
> 
>      figure out
> 
>      the best way to mount the triangular upper brace (the part sold by
> 
>      Precision
> 
>      ProFormance). The mounting plates have four bolt holes but it looks
> 
>      like I
> 
>      would not be able to get bolts to work as they would conflict with
>   the
> 
>      upper
> 
>      suspension mounting rail. I am thinking the best solution may be to
> 
>      plug
> 
>      weld those holes from the trunk side. Can anyone share their
>   experience
> 
>      installing these plates?
> 
>      Thank you,
> 
>      John
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