Guest Anonymous Posted March 27, 2001 Share Posted March 27, 2001 I am about to start my Z8 and i need to know about body flex, if i am putting a very mild 350 in what do i REALLY need, i mean i dont have boatloads of money to do this, i dont drive that hard, and screwing with the frame rails just scares me, this is an economy car, im only 17 so yeah, and is there any SF bay area Z8s around? ANY help related to this topic is appreciated, kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted March 27, 2001 Share Posted March 27, 2001 There are a lot of Bay Area V8Z's around (more then you might think)--JTR is just over the hill! As for stiffening/strengthening the chassis, you don't need to worry so much with a stock/mild V8. At some point, you could always weld in a roll cage and that would help things. If you have a 240, you may want to consider a cage at some point, but a 260 or 280 is a stronger car and won't really need a cage with only a mild 350 IMO. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted March 28, 2001 Share Posted March 28, 2001 it would be a good idea in general to strengthen the chassis man have you checked and saw that those early z's are paper thin all around? imagine that with three times the torque it was built for.. davy caught me at a good time and got my cage, but as soon as my baby is up and running, im throwing in a rollbar with plans to extend it to the back and possibly swingouts for the doors and look into subframe connectors, i can seriously start feeling the flex right now!!! justs my thoughts. ps. im from the yay area ------------------ http://photos.yahoo.com/lenster94116 come see the ghetto bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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