or put a strain gage on the strut bar, hook it up to a laptop and go for a drive. This would give a quantitative measurement of the forces on the strut bar while driving, should make it pretty clear what the bar is or isn't doing. Pete Cameron 3579 -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Steve Stankiewicz Sent: Thu 1/24/2008 7:01 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DML] Front Strut Bar Question Peter (or someone) could build a test strut bar out of two telescoping tubes. Then throw a piece of hose around the inner tube, then go for a spirited drive. When finished, recheck the bar and the hose should have moved by an distance equal to the frame deflection. Steve VIN 2650 ("Project Delorean") www.projectdelorean.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:07:12 AM Subject: RE: [DML] Front Strut Bar Question I was toying with the idea of taking one bolt out and packing some clay in there to see how much movement I get without the bar. It would be an interesting experiment. Recent Activity 5New Members 8New Photos 1New Links Visit Your Group Y! Sports for TV Game Day Companion Live fantasy league & game stats on TV. Yahoo! News Odd News You won't believe it, but it's true Wellness Spot Embrace Change Break the Yo-Yo weight loss cycle.. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/