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Originally Posted by zooki
It seem that every unibody type car benefits from tying the two together. Thoughts?
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Yes they do, however you have to look at the big picture.
Doing this will result in (or bring up questions of):
- stiffer chassis
- altered crash/crumple zone characteristics
- lack of ground clearance (even more than before)
- how do you measure this without a review that says "it feels stiffer for sure"?
- Who will pay for the R&D for a functional piece?
Subframe mounting points are easy areas to stiffen up with minimal cost involved (i.e. no one will go out and R&D this, they just usually fab bars that fit/work). To do full unibody bracing, you're much better off seam-welding or fabricating a weld-in cage.
-alex