| I hate to bring up a topic already discussed but I think it needs to be clarified. http://twinturbo.net/net/viewmsg.aspx?forum=general&msg_id=1877741 you guys all say I'm wrong, that the z32 doors actually are significant to the chassis's rigidity. i just am not convinced the door hinges and latch act like a strut bar. the door's hinges are strong enough to resist lateral movement, but not the latch. if you look at the latch you can pretty much tell right away it does nothing but keep the door closed. so i did some research and read this article: http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/chassis/tech_chassis.htm nowhere do they talk about doors playing a role in the chassis's stiffness. i read another article and they didn't mention doors either but i cant find it at work. i also asked why they dont make a whole car out of plastic and some people mentioned saturns, lotus's, corvettes. the article explains the only "plastic" (frp, fiberglass etc) they use is just for body panels, not for structural members, and that it actually was attempted once by Lotus in 1957. what's the point of bringing all this up? so people at z meets won't talk crap about frp doors hurting the chassis stiffness of the z, and also because being right on the internet is so important to me. so anyway, if there is an article or anything out there showing anything about the doors of the z32 playing a role in chassis rigidity, id like to see it. until then, i was right, you all were wrong!
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(Rebuild started: April 2004. estimated completion: sigh)
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