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Old 10-11-2012, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Roelof
Funny, if it is made stiffer for a better work of the suspension why have all curent cars a complete flex system?
Bad thing of aluminium parts is that it will bend causing tweak. I have seen people changing the aluminium bulkheads several times..
I currently drive the first car I have ever owned with aluminum bulkheads. I too had concerns about bent/tweaked parts with use. But while assembling and repairing the car after a couple of crashes, I am begining to think this is a minor issue at best. When all the bulkheads are assembled to the chassis and tied together with other kit components it becomes an extremely rigid almost one piece like structure that will take a kit replacement type crash to bend any of it. It seems as though the kit is designed to shear off plastic parts to save the aluminum ones.....at least that has been my experience so far with the car
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