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Originally posted by 408 stroker
I believe it depends on how your chassis/body was engineered. Some are designed to be what is called a montique (i think thats how you spell it) chassis. This is where the stiffness of the car depends on bonding the body to the chassis. Others are designed for the chassis to take all of the stress load with out depending on the body to assist. hence, mounting the body on rubber pads. Bonding this type of body to the chassis could put undo stress on the body creating cracks in your fiberglass & also overstiffening your chassis. Chassis are designed (when done correctly) to have a given amount of flex. I would check with your manufacturer and see what they say before bonding. WOW does that make any sense??? Just my opinion. Chas
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Made good sense to me. I reached a similar conclusion when I thought about it. At the end of the day, I would hope that the chassis provided the most strength to the car, and not a fibreglass shell. Perhaps I'm wrong but the way I see it is that all the parts which have anything to do with the mechanics of the car are attatched to the chassis - therefore, theoretically, a good chassis should do all the work. The chassis is the car, the body is nothing more than a shell covering it.
Now did THAT make any sense?