09-03-2003, 03:38 PM
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Renegade Nuns on Wheels
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: columbus,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 roadster with 351C-4B
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Ladder frames
Ladder style frames are weak by design. Heavier material helps but will never overcome the design. Triangulation, stressed skin, cages, etc all help a bad design. Some are better then others. Not one of us will ever know for sure which one is best 
Frames should not flex! But I am sure there is a point of diminishing return. I would think that some of the replica frames rival or best the originals, some don't. I would think that the new cars from Shelby have stiffer frames than the originals. Point is, you can make some good guesses looking at a frame but that is all they are, guesses.
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