Will a bolt in roll bar add more rigidness? - 6SpeedOnline - Porsche Forum and Luxury Car Resource

Jun 22, 2007 | 03:02 PM

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Will a bolt in roll bar add more rigidness?

I was wondering other than weight and safety are there any benefits to adding a bolt in roll cage? I would love to tighten up my chassis a bit more.

Jun 22, 2007 | 04:13 PM

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not likely. Bolt-on still leaves some ability to move the mounts
relative to the chassis, and anyway, unless the cage is a
serious one, like six or eight points of connection, it probably
won't help.

Jun 26, 2007 | 02:07 AM

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I read in Excellence , author talking to porsche engineer at weissach said that roll hoop did increase slightly and full bolt in cage upped it to almost 10% then next would be weld in.