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Old 04-15-2008, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Rebel1 View Post
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."
The FEA did not include an engine or transmission...
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