convertible 4G lude...
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Originally posted by Kai
I really hope they added some support structure to that car or it is going to have some serious issues in the future. For example, take the 1988 Mazda RX-7. The GXL model (all options, non turbo coupe) weighs about 2700 pounds. The Convertable model with similar options weighs over 3000 pounds. The 300 pound weight difference is all in body support structure, to keep the car from collapsing in on itself, twisting, or smashing to bits in an accident.
In my opinion, if it didn't come from the factory with a 'vert or targa top, don't add one.
I have seen a 1G CRX chopped into a convertable, it looked like a VW Cabriolet. I wouldn't drive that car if you paid me.
I really hope they added some support structure to that car or it is going to have some serious issues in the future. For example, take the 1988 Mazda RX-7. The GXL model (all options, non turbo coupe) weighs about 2700 pounds. The Convertable model with similar options weighs over 3000 pounds. The 300 pound weight difference is all in body support structure, to keep the car from collapsing in on itself, twisting, or smashing to bits in an accident.
In my opinion, if it didn't come from the factory with a 'vert or targa top, don't add one.
I have seen a 1G CRX chopped into a convertable, it looked like a VW Cabriolet. I wouldn't drive that car if you paid me.
yes he is definitely going to lose a good amount of structural rigidity. ANY car without a solid roof is going to lose a good amount of rigidity.
remember 4th grade math class with the triangles and squares
now onto your analogy with the RX7...
the 1991 Prelude Si scores 20% survival rating for the driver and passenger in any collision above 30 MPH.
thats horrible
the 1992 Prelude Si scores a 100% survival rating for the driver and a 80% survival rating for the passenger in any collision above 30 MPH.
what made such a dramatic difference in these figures over one year?
The Driver Airbag, AND the superior suspension and chassis of the 4th generation lude.
and after 1993 the 4th gen prelude scored a 100% / 100% rating for both driver and passenger since honda added a passenger airbag in 1993.
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Originally posted by ludeboom
dont ever compare a crx to a prelude :squint:
dont ever compare a crx to a prelude :squint:
Anyway, chop off the roof, and all those percentages you just quoted fly out the (figurative) window. A unbody coupe with no roof is lacking a critical part of the body's structure and will crumple much easier then a stock body of the exact same year and model. That's what we get for driving unibody cars.
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Originally posted by Kai
I didn't. That's just my personal experience with hack-job 'vert conversion Hondas.
Anyway, chop off the roof, and all those percentages you just quoted fly out the (figurative) window. A unbody coupe with no roof is lacking a critical part of the body's structure and will crumple much easier then a stock body of the exact same year and model. That's what we get for driving unibody cars.
I didn't. That's just my personal experience with hack-job 'vert conversion Hondas.
Anyway, chop off the roof, and all those percentages you just quoted fly out the (figurative) window. A unbody coupe with no roof is lacking a critical part of the body's structure and will crumple much easier then a stock body of the exact same year and model. That's what we get for driving unibody cars.
well i thought that was pretty obvious, you know...
the roof...my analogy to 4th grade math class and basic shapes
ya any car without a roof, is going to be subject to much more twisting corner to corner, and of course lets not forget that if that car rolls over, every one inside is going to get mashed in half since without door posts and obviously the roof, there is NO support above the occupants
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Originally posted by ludeboom
dont ever compare a crx to a prelude :squint:
dont ever compare a crx to a prelude :squint:
CRX's are rad.
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Wouldn't taking off the roof like that add additional stresses to the rest of the frame? The stress would get distributed in strange, unpredictable ways... and handling would be likewise. I wouldn't touch it with an 80 foot pole. Show car only.