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blend

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6th Jul 07 at 09:50

Purchasing a c20let corsa on the weekend, was originally a 1.6 GSi, has a front strut brace, just wandering what I can do to increase the strength of the chassis's etc, dont want a roll cage tho.. what have people most commonly used??

[Edited on 06-07-2007 by blend]

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6th Jul 07 at 09:52

Roll cages.

DAZ1985

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6th Jul 07 at 09:53

what strut brace is it? as it might not fit

blend

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6th Jul 07 at 09:59

quote:
Originally posted by blend
dont want a roll cage tho..

[Edited on 06-07-2007 by blend]

Dont know on the make, but it seems a pretty good fit when I looked at it, what else could i do to strengthen the car, rear strut brace? anti-roll bars?

Adam_B

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6th Jul 07 at 10:02

i think you can get plates to weld in the engine bay that make it stronger? or is that Novas?

blend

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6th Jul 07 at 10:04

Know you can get plates, not sure if I have the time to get the engine out, etc to get it done!

Iain M

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6th Jul 07 at 10:04

you can get them for corsa's aswell. Think Chris Ashley motorsport sells them

gianluigi

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6th Jul 07 at 10:05

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=303908

blend

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6th Jul 07 at 10:07

Seen those before, but that would mean taking the whole engine out, need something that is fairly easy to do/bolt on, will think about the plates if engine needs to come out for any reason!

TheCam

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6th Jul 07 at 10:08

ARB
front and rear strut braces

those will help

blend

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6th Jul 07 at 10:11

quote:
Originally posted by cam1
ARB
front and rear strut braces

those will help

ARB - company? do they have a website

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6th Jul 07 at 10:11

depends what you want the car to do

Chassis plates welded in - cheap
stich weld....
Thicker ARB's

BUT the most effective would be a properly triangulated cage

blend

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6th Jul 07 at 10:11

Just want the chassis to be more supported, its only a road use, but just to make sure its all good and strong!

quote:
Originally posted by AK
depends what you want the car to do

Chassis plates welded in - cheap
stich weld....
Thicker ARB's

BUT the most effective would be a properly triangulated cage

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6th Jul 07 at 10:12

just leave it standard then

blend

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6th Jul 07 at 10:13

Adam_B

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6th Jul 07 at 10:13

quote:
Originally posted by AK
just leave it standard then

blend

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6th Jul 07 at 10:13

Would prefer a stronger chassis really, just to make sure it handles well on the road, etc

[Edited on 06-07-2007 by blend]

Adam_B

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6th Jul 07 at 10:18

get whiteline anti roll bars then

blend

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6th Jul 07 at 10:18

link/website/shop?

vx.racing

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6th Jul 07 at 10:23

http://www.balancemotorsport.co.uk/products.asp?recnumber=58872

[Edited on 06-07-2007 by vx.racing]

Adam_B

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6th Jul 07 at 10:23

demon tweeks

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=WHIBDF1

blend

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6th Jul 07 at 10:24

cheers

Adam_B

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6th Jul 07 at 10:24

oh it comes under Holden Barina

[Edited on 06-07-2007 by Adam_B]

blend

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6th Jul 07 at 10:26

Oh right, looked around and looking at this product now - Whiteline Anti-Roll Bars VAUXHALL Corsa B 4/94-00 incl GSi dosent say anything bout Holden / Barina so all good!

[Edited on 06-07-2007 by blend]

DAZ1985

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6th Jul 07 at 13:41

how much are they?

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