Thread: RMC and Kirkham
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Old 04-15-2008, 07:41 PM
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Craig doesn't think it's ethical for him to comment because he is RCR's distributor.....but I can.

The test will be in getting the tube chassis to comply with Australian beaming test standards.

Even the heavier frame rails (as compared to the original 427 chassis) used by Kirkham don't go anywhere near the Aussie standard.

This cut from an older thread by David Kirkham.:

"Just for some fun information, we did an FEA (Finite Element Anaylsis) on the original 427 Cobra chassis and it had a stiffness of 1450 foot pounds/degree of deflection. The billet aluminum chassis we engineered has a stiffness of right at 4500 foot pounds/degree of deflection--or a 300% improvement over an original. Just for comparison, the thicker frame rails we use have a stiffness of 1650 foot pounds/degree of deflection--for an improvement of around 14% over an original chassis."

Will be interesting to watch.
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