bracing prior to fitting box?
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hey guys, long time! hope everyone is well :)

i'll get to the point ...

Got a fair bit of time coming up where i just wanna clean some things up before the winter to (hopefully) keep stuff in good shape for the winter. At the moment my engine and box is under a plastic sheet on the drive, would really like to get this into the car (at least in, not running) before horrible winter kicks in.
So i am going to have to finally fit the turbo box, now i have pictures of where to cut etc, i am fine with that, but i am a little unsure as to what to brace the bulkhead with, as i think i read on here that it can twist if not supported when cut? For some reason some many months ago, i had the daft idea in my head that fitting the rollcage to the shell would be sufficient for this, no idea where that idea came from!

what do you guys reccomend? is it definately needed? can you get away without doing it?
any help would be much appreciated and i have to say, you lot have never let me down before :)

thanks in advance

NO LONGER A <3 lover of BOLT-ON plastic <3 .... (and DOUBLE proud of it)

No need to bother mate. Just make sure the car is on an even level surface before you start. Probably worth changing the subframe mounts to solid before fitting box if you are worried about it, but honestly no big problem. Another option is to place the car on stands at the front, under the subframe.

yeah as tom said, i didnt bother with mine and its fine, only thing i did was get my friend to spot weld the box in first before seam welding it fully.

cheers guys! if the weather isnt too shabby i shall hopefully get this done tomorrow, i'll let you know how it goes :)

NO LONGER A <3 lover of BOLT-ON plastic <3 .... (and DOUBLE proud of it)