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<blockquote data-quote="Lee36328" data-source="post: 114571" data-attributes="member: 113"><p>Fabian, don't go anywhere, not intermission yet!</p><p></p><p>Necc,</p><p></p><p>To clarify, </p><p></p><p>1. My car handles better - is my humble opinion.</p><p></p><p>2. How foaming improves handling of a car - refer to this link, (posted earlier, reproduced here for convenience) for the humble opinion of SportCompactCar journalist Mike Kojima, engineer, racer, motorjournalist, and author of numerous automotive books </p><p><a href="http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/projectcars/0006scc_proj300zx/" target="_blank">SportCompactCar - Project Nissan 300ZX: Part 5 :More Suspension Tweaks</a></p><p></p><p>3. My car is safer - to clarify, in case it is misunderstood:</p><p></p><p>Crumple zones - I agree and concede that foaming in the crumple zones may cause the car to crumple outside of manufacturer's tested parameters, especially foaming in the crumple zone. Necc, Redd, Twin_sparx, no arguments here from me. And fellow forumers, you may wish to think carefully before foaming the crumple zones; your choice. I foamed my car fully, which is well-documented here, and foamed another family car, a Toyota, only in the B-pillar and door sills (ye$, I can be cheap too.) Both cars benefitted in terms of handling and noise reduction, in my opinion. </p><p></p><p>My comment on improved safety refers to the fact that for ME personally, due to the unfortunate manner of my driving, anything that helps me control the car better at the limit is beneficial, and that also includes sports springs, shocks, performance tires, thicker anti-roll bars, struts bars, suspension mount (to name but a few), as well as chassis-foaming (or, learning from TS, BIW-foaming.) Of course, adding any of these elements immediately takes the car out of manufacturer's parameters.</p><p></p><p>Jips, harsh words? Par for the course. For light-saber-type action, autoworld is even more action-packed. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />k:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee36328, post: 114571, member: 113"] Fabian, don't go anywhere, not intermission yet! Necc, To clarify, 1. My car handles better - is my humble opinion. 2. How foaming improves handling of a car - refer to this link, (posted earlier, reproduced here for convenience) for the humble opinion of SportCompactCar journalist Mike Kojima, engineer, racer, motorjournalist, and author of numerous automotive books [url=http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/projectcars/0006scc_proj300zx/]SportCompactCar - Project Nissan 300ZX: Part 5 :More Suspension Tweaks[/url] 3. My car is safer - to clarify, in case it is misunderstood: Crumple zones - I agree and concede that foaming in the crumple zones may cause the car to crumple outside of manufacturer's tested parameters, especially foaming in the crumple zone. Necc, Redd, Twin_sparx, no arguments here from me. And fellow forumers, you may wish to think carefully before foaming the crumple zones; your choice. I foamed my car fully, which is well-documented here, and foamed another family car, a Toyota, only in the B-pillar and door sills (ye$, I can be cheap too.) Both cars benefitted in terms of handling and noise reduction, in my opinion. My comment on improved safety refers to the fact that for ME personally, due to the unfortunate manner of my driving, anything that helps me control the car better at the limit is beneficial, and that also includes sports springs, shocks, performance tires, thicker anti-roll bars, struts bars, suspension mount (to name but a few), as well as chassis-foaming (or, learning from TS, BIW-foaming.) Of course, adding any of these elements immediately takes the car out of manufacturer's parameters. Jips, harsh words? Par for the course. For light-saber-type action, autoworld is even more action-packed. :ok: [/QUOTE]
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