That would be interesting if Lotus did a better job on the DMC frame than the Esprit frame. Today, I saw a photo of the small cracks in at the corners of the shift cutout on the Esprit frame. So, it is a real problem on those cars.... Hopefully not a problem on ours. --- Christopher Mack <christopher_mack@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Marc, > Last weekend I had the both shift boots off > 4603 because I was doing work on the shift linkage. > On either side of the shifter I noticed to large > support rods running lengthwise in the direction of > the frame. Now that you bring up the possible issue > of frame flex, perhaps the support rods were > installed in the DeLorean to prevent just that. > Chris > DMC 6453 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/ <*> 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/