RE: Chassis Stiffening for Alfa Spiders

["C.M. Bereznoff" <cmbereznoff@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I don't know why people are so hung up on measuring the effects of a
> stiffener.  What are you going to do with the results?  If somebody says
> it increases the torsional stiffness of your Spider by x%, then does
> that number really mean anything to anybody on this list?  Or, instead,
> will we all be holding out for a solution that stiffens the car by y%?
>
> Isn't it enough that everybody on the list who has installed one has
> noticed a significant improvement?
>
> bs

I don't think that just because others have noted improvement after
installing a stiffener means that actual improvement has occurred.
There can be a pretty powerful placebo
effect when one spends $500.00 for a cure.

Dr. Craig Bereznoff
93 Spider Veloce  07821
Longmont. Colorado USA
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