Just for the record I don't the Triumph engineers thought a thing about side
impact. BUT, that tube is most useful in compression when the suspension
goes on to "CRASH" when it goes to dangle the tube is just a thing hanging
on to stop the suspension from falling onto the hot cement. Shortening that
tube will give you all the negative camber you ever heard of in your life.
----- Original Message -----
From: "RACER BUD" <budscars@comcast.net>
To: "A Daniel Cronin" <adcronin@ameritech.net>; "jim hearn"
<jimhearn1@comcast.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR6 piece between radiator and motor
>I believe the tube is very important in keeping the car from 'caving in' in
> a semi-minor side impact....at least I was told that in regards to TR3-4
> by
> a very experienced tr3 guy
>
> Racer Bud
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A Daniel Cronin" <adcronin@ameritech.net>
> To: "jim hearn" <jimhearn1@comcast.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] TR6 piece between radiator and motor
>
>
>> Saw a TR3A that had over 200,000 one owner miles last weekend at the
>> annual
>> VTR/NATC meet in Ypsilanti, MI that had just about that much removed from
>> the
>> area where the motor would have interfered with the cross brace. He cut
>> it
>> out and welded in a vertical piece of 1/8 steel to re-close the tube.
>> There
>> is not much up/down movement to the tube as it's main purpose seems to be
>> to
>> keep the spring/shock towers from "swaying" in and out!
>> Dan
>>
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>> ----- Original Message
>> ----
>> From: jim hearn <jimhearn1@comcast.net>
>> To: fot@autox.team.net
>> Sent:
>> Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:06:01 PM
>> Subject: [Fot] TR6 piece between radiator
>> and motor
>>
>> Has anyone successfully cut down the size of cross piece in front
>> of the
>> motor between the motor and radiator? I need to get another half inch
>> of
>> clearance for an electric fan. Thanks,
>>
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