chassis stiffener

[AlfaNeely@xxxxxxx]

       The 6 x 15 Phone Dial wheel from the Spider Quadrifoglio and late 
Spider Veloce is an extremely heavy wheel.  That may have led to the wheel 
hop.
       My personal, not at all humble, opinion is that chassis stiffeners are 
not legal in SCCA autocross nor in Improved Touring.  For that reason, I have 
never bought one.  My 84 ITB spider race car has a very nice chassis 
stiffener that goes from the top of the firewall over my head into the trunk 
behind the shock towers.  I normally call it a roll cage rather than a 
chassis stiffener...

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City

In a message dated 3/31/2003 4:50:16 PM Central Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

> 
> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 07:22:51 -0500
> From: mike hooker <mhooker@domain.elided>
> Subject: chassis stiffener
> 
> here is my experience with the chassis stiffener.  i had an 81 spider that
> handled fairly well. i upgraded to 15" phone dial wheels from a 91 and the
> ride went to hell. some scuttle shake and with the top down, you could look
> at the driver side door gap as you rode on rough roads and see the gap
> opening and closing( a lot).  the stiffener brought the ride back to better
> than it was before the new wheels, with much more stable door gaps on 
> bumps.
> i later sold the car, but kept the stiffener. its now on my very tight 74
> spider. it didnt really need it, but its there anyway, i liked it so much 
> on
> the other car.
> 
> have fun,
> Mike Hooker
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