engine and drivetrain frame rail reinforcement

[boldtu]

Draco and I are thinking of reinforcing our front frame rails.

we were thinking of using some stout rectangular tubing welded between the firewall, frame rail, and wall in the engine compartment.

does anyone have any pictures of cars with this mod.

thanks,

chet

[TobyB]

From experience, the 2002 shell is designed to crumple and

absorb energy in an impact.

Anything you do to change that may hinder your ablility to

walk away from a sudden- stoppy sort of event...

That said, anything you can do to improve torsional stiffness

(anti- twisty) will really help handling on track.

t

[Retrogroucher]

Does this help:

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,viewtopic/topic_view,threads/p,524786/t,309169/

[boldtu]

that does help for decreasing weight and increasing strength on the frame rails

what I am looking for is like a gusset plate, or a piece of box tubing that would go inside the engine compartment

and would join the firewall, the frame rail, and the rear section of the engine compartment wall.

if anyone has done this and has pics I would love to see them.

thanks,

chet

p.s.

if anyone has any other body strengthening mod pictures I would love to see them, thanks again

[bluedevils]

Like these? taken from Sport Car Restoration's archives.

[boldtu]

nice! perfect

thank you so much

[ArdenK]

That's an awesome piece of work!