Chuck, Chuck, Chuck,
PLEASE don't chop the tunnel up... this is a major structural backbone
of the car...
A small access panel with aircraft style removable fasteners in the pan
under the U joint will have little or no effect on structural integrety.
My .02
WST
Team Thicko
Chuck Ciaffone wrote:
> Need some advice:
>
> Haiving installed the Datsun 5-speed kit, which is
> truly a great upgrade, I would like to improve access
> to the back end of the transmission and the front U joint.
>
> Rather than trying to make an access panel in the bottom
> plate of the tunnel, under the transmission, which looks
> like it might weaken the structure, why could I not cut
> the top of the tunnel (what we kids in the 50's called
> "the hump"). I could get some galvanized sheet metal to
> form a piece that would wrap around the hump and attach
> to the sides with sheet-metal screws. Then I could just
> remove the screws to access the tunnel.
>
> Question: How much strength is supplied by the belly plate,
> and how much is supplied by the "hump?"
>
> chuck
>
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> chuck ciaffone chuckc@ibm.net
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