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Re: C-4 removable tops both and frame flex question
From: "Vern" <VLfarmer(at)comcast.net>
Subject: Re: C-4 removable tops both and frame flex question
Date: 16 Jul 2006 18:45:24 -0700
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Wade Herod wrote:
> Don`t know maybe this has been covered. Someone just recently said that the
> removable top adds regiddity to the frame. My question. As I drive almost
> exclusively with the tinted top, which is lighter and thinner therefore not
> as strong as the solid top, does my frame flex more with that top than the
> solid top? I would think that flexing, besides being a detriment to
> handling, also speeds up the damage to the frame. After all they retire
> commercial jets due to wearing out of the structural members etc.
>
> Should I put the solid top back on?
>
> Thanks for your thoughts, Wade in NW Florida
I have a C4 - 92 Coupe and I take the top off alot when its cooler. Yes
there is definite "Cowl Shake" vibrations without the top.
Be careful handling the top, don`t grab the front of it by the thin
framing or it will break off !
From: "Wade Herod" <herod(at)wfeca.net>
Subject: Re: C-4 removable tops both and frame flex question
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:34:45 -0500
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It was just a thought. I didn`t seriously believe that the frame would fall
apart. I have more concern with where I have to drive to get to the highway
than frame flex would contribute to failure. I have to drive a quarter mile
on a dirt road to get to the highway. And when it gets washboardy I end up
going about 3 miles an hour till I`m through the 50 yards or so of
washboard. Its about time they grade again anyway. :). But the pluses
outway the negatives. I have about a 3 mile flat straightaway just over the
hill from my farm to let the vette feel its legs. And its not too
patrolled.
Thanks to all
Wade in NW Florida
"Vern" <VLfarmer(at)comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1153100724.671071.22720(at)i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Wade Herod wrote:
>> Don`t know maybe this has been covered. Someone just recently said that
>> the
>> removable top adds regiddity to the frame. My question. As I drive
>> almost
>> exclusively with the tinted top, which is lighter and thinner therefore
>> not
>> as strong as the solid top, does my frame flex more with that top than
>> the
>> solid top? I would think that flexing, besides being a detriment to
>> handling, also speeds up the damage to the frame. After all they retire
>> commercial jets due to wearing out of the structural members etc.
>>
>> Should I put the solid top back on?
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts, Wade in NW Florida
>
> I have a C4 - 92 Coupe and I take the top off alot when its cooler. Yes
> there is definite "Cowl Shake" vibrations without the top.
>
> Be careful handling the top, don`t grab the front of it by the thin
> framing or it will break off !
>
From: "`Key" <Key(at)Ya.Net>
Subject: C-4 security light ?
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:02:48 GMT
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my 84 / c4`s security light stays on all the time.
car starts and runs fine though.
can someone tell the what type security this car is suppose
to have?
I can`t seem to find that it has a security system at all.
thanks in advance for any info
--
"Key"
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