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Originally Posted by Ashley P
... would the engine block almost always be "stiffer" than the chassis? If so, then tying both ends of the block to the chassis (with solid mounts) would be using the block to strengthen the chassis....correct?...
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With the length of a chassis being about ten times the length of an engine, improvement in chassis stiffness would be trivial. Besides, I was responding to steve25's concern with torque stress on an engine.
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Anybody else on this planet campaign a M/T hemi Pontiac for eleven seasons?
... or has built a
record breaking DOHC hemi four cylinder Pontiac?
... or has driven a couple laps of Nuerburgring with Tri-Power Pontiac power?(back in 1967)
... or has a Pontiac born the same year as Jim Wangers? (1926}
