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Old 04-25-2011, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by mickmate View Post
The cowl tube shouldn't be flexing anywhere near that much. If it is bolted through at the firewall how can it? Does it have the small support tube under the body edge at the back of the cowl? The cockpit is molded into the CCX body and should not be moving unless something has broken or separated. Check the windsheild hardware and mounting method as previously suggested. Does it have a bracket in the centre attaching it to the cowl? You should have some welting between the body and chassis I believe.
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I have been through the whole car and have it fastened as good as can be but over a bad pot hole the dash "moves". I know that its not a new car but the design is wrong, fiberglass is weak and must never be used as a supporting device.
A pedal assembly bolted to 3/8" thick fiberglass foot box! I don't consider that safe, besided the extra weight! I was little dissappointed at some of the engineering of the ccx or lack of. The original car was nothing special as an engineering exercise but if your going to make a copy or replica, contemporary should of done it right.
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