Not to knock on Bill, but I did have my passenger door fly open on a hard
left. My brother was buckled in and was able to shut the door. (Glad there
were no parked cars on that street). The problem, however, was ***NOT***
chassis flex, but rather door latches way out of adjustment. With that
fixed, the car's been spun while autocrossing and the door is fine!
Gregory W. Smith
http://www.cvn.net/~gsmith
1980 TR7 30th Anniversary Edition
1980 TR7 Spider, on the way to V8 power!
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Wood <triumph1@nr.infi.net>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: TR8 mailing list <tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, Oct 14, 97 10:41 PM
Subject: TR7 Chassis Flex
>I have seen this comment about TR7/8 chassis flex twice on this list.
>While I am certainly no expert, I do know that Wedges had the most
>torsional stiffness of any Triumph mass manufactured. The unibody is
>quite stiff, even in convertible guise. I have _NEVER_ heard any Wedge
>owner complain of this problem and I have _NEVER_NEVER_ seen a Wedge car
>doors fly open, ever.
>
>Bill Wood
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