| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,777 | Frame boxing is a surefire way to get it so rigid it cracks. We finally decided to bolt on everything except the roll cage after many years of patching stress cracks on the dirt track cars. We needed enough rigidity so spring rate adjustments would result in predictable handling changes, but the frame needs to flex a little on a street machine. Going from full throttle to idle several times a lap with a 600+ HP engine on a surface that resembled a motocross track after a couple of heat races had a habit of finding the weak spots. Jerry
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