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Old 02-25-2017, 02:07 PM   #7
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On second look and thinking about it, it does look like a risky place to cut. That part of the casting is where the compressive stress (torsion) flows into the upper control arm. One hard pothole and *poof*.

It's really impossible to guess just by eyeballing it. One could estimate the loads to get a feel for the design factor of the unmodified unit. If it's huge then maybe...
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