My first sight of a scuttle bar was in the mid 80's at the factory where
they were installed for US cars only. I was told at the time that it was a
US legal requirement for side impact protection and that the stiffening up
of the chassis was an unfortunate side effect.
Manfred
'87 +8 (no scuttle bar)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-morgans@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-morgans@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Arlin Robins
Sent: 04, August, 1998 19:27
To: morgans@autox.team.net
Subject: Scuttle bar
Am I the only one who thought that the function of the scuttle
bar
might be to decrease torsional forces & chassis flex (with the possible
secondary benefit of more side impact integrity)? And, if so, wouldn't
this probably stiffen (not soften) the ride somewhat and possibly help
'getting (some) corners right' (and maybe a little faster or more
consistantly)?
Someone please disabuse me of my delusions...I probably don't
have the
talent, time or money to do this anyway.
Michael Jhon (Whose '61 +4's suspension seems a bit soft)
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