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Originally Posted by georgenewman1
i dont have a copy of the book on me at the moment, but when you run a fiberglass rear end everything is cut off from the diff cage back im assunimg not reducing the strength, so would it not be possible to remove the two 19mm diagonals that go from the diff cage to the bottom of the rear tub hoop and just have a long tank in there with many baffles?????? just wondering
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When fitting a GRP rear tub, the only parts from the original "Book Plans" that are removed are RP1, RP2 & RP3,s, (basically the round tube framework),
The parts D13,s are still used, tho are a slightly different dimension that then are attached to a 99cm length of 25mm box tube(known as GRP1) from the original mounting position on the diff cage,there are also 2 new lengths of 25mm box tube (known as GRP2,s,) welded into position from RS14 to the new GRP1 part,
so the strength is still there as per original "Book Spec", just without the round tubes that would normally support the Ali tub, as the GRP tub is "in a way" self supporting & attached to the chassis along the base of GRP1 & to D11,s & D9,D10.
cheers
andy