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Old 08-14-2006, 05:41 PM
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George Schweikle
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George,

You're correct. I hope there is some additional stiffness from the bolt-in roll bar, and I will have a "Petty Bar" next year which should provide a little more stiffness even though I won't have the benefits of a full roll cage . Interestingly, my '76 Spider with roll bar and stiff springs doesn't have anything near the chassis and cowl shake exhibited by my '91 Spider.


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Originally Posted by George Willet
One problem that I see is the use of stiff rear springs on a Spider that doesn't have a full roll cage. There is a lot of twist in the Spider chassis that the sedan doesn't have, and there will come a point that the Spider chassis will twist before the springs will compress. So what works on a sedan won't necessarilly work on a Spider.
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