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In Reply to: Show us it's stronger posted by Dave Walker on February 04, 2001 at 00:26:40:
The reason I ask is simple: the bending stiffness of a tube increases as the FOURTH POWER of the diameter; similarly so for a bar. Thus, a large-diameter (or cross-section) aluminum bar is generally a much more efficient use of material than a small-cross-section steel bar.
Inquiring minds want to know. Thanks!
Dave Walker
I have received requests to build a Strong-Strut to fit the E30 series of cars. One of your fellow owners suggested I hit the MB with a survey, so here goes. In case you're now familiar with the Strong-Strut, ours is the only all solid steel machined SS available. It is the pinnacle in quality but priced below the major suppliers. See all the details on the Strong-Strut web page. We have been concentrating on the Z3 series of cars and an E30 Strong-Strut would be about the same prices you will see on the web page. I would appreciate geting your input and will decide from the results whether we will go ahead with an E30 model.Our SS web page will probably answer most of your questions but feel free to email me direct if you like. Thank you for your help and please remember I was asked to do this by one of your own.
Dave, yours is a good approach. I am not an engineer but consulted with and paid some good ones for their professional advice in design. They said this was the way to do it. I guess the proof is in the puddin, as they say. There is a ton of customer reaction to the SS on the Z3 board, all extremely positive. You might go there and ask, "what's with this Strong-Strut, any good?" My purpose here is not to sell anyone on the SS, just test interest. It's up to any respondent to make up their own mind about the product. We offer some sound evidence on the SS web page and testimonials. Thank you for bringing your thoughts to this.
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