Who makes this strut bar???

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01-22-2008, 12:33 PM

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I would have to say the reason Porsche welded theirs to the strut tower was because they were still using the rubber strut mounts. If you have sphereical ones, it makes no difference

That still falls short of the bracing effect gained from the crossed bars the factory put in the 924 GTP:

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01-22-2008, 01:10 PM

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That x brace looks like it ties into a roll cage.

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01-22-2008, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Smokiemon944

That x brace looks like it ties into a roll cage.

My point was that the strut tower brace works best when additionally attached to the chassis in some way, and not just linking the strut towers together. Evidently, tying into a roll cage would gain the maximum effect.

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01-22-2008, 02:31 PM

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I would have to say the reason Porsche welded theirs to the strut tower was because they were still using the rubber strut mounts. If you have sphereical ones, it makes no difference

it should not make any diff .

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01-22-2008, 02:48 PM

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I would have to say the reason Porsche welded theirs to the strut tower was because they were still using the rubber strut mounts. If you have sphereical ones, it makes no difference

I don't understand that statement. Could you go into more detail?

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01-22-2008, 03:07 PM

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DVC, that hood is fiberglass, standard on the Turbo Cup cars. Hood shocks weren't needed/probably would crack the fiberglass

Ah, thanks. Glass hood makes sense.

Regarding the Racing Dynamics bar; I have no clearance issues, so I guess it shows how different these cars can be.

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01-22-2008, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by reno808

I have seen many of them break here on rennlist do a search and you shall find. They usually crack by the welds.

tifosiman has the one of best strut brace anyone can ever put on a 951 and thats the cup car brace which he has on there.

what makes his so great?

tifosiman- im not downing your car or anything lol

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01-22-2008, 06:02 PM

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I was gonna buy one of those strut braces... until I saw the price, Ill just weld one on myself from my scrap metal pile.

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01-22-2008, 08:12 PM

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I do not think the strut brace in the picture is a racing dynamics brace. As far as I know the RD brace has four mounting points one one side and only two on the other side and the one pictured has 4 for each.

http://www.racdyn-usa.com/Merchant2/...ry_Code=apo944

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01-22-2008, 08:21 PM

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Maybe some other mfgr's mount points?

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01-22-2008, 09:33 PM

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If someone would only produce another run of those......

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01-23-2008, 11:18 AM

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The bar in the first pic is a bar from wiechers motorsport germany. www.wiechers-motorsport.de

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01-23-2008, 11:29 AM

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Again... nicht Klimaanlage. Not for AC.

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01-23-2008, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by reno808

actually, thinking more about it, you can easily match the tensile strength of the Cup bar with an aftermarket bolt on one. Porsche probably welded theirs to the body because look at the design, easy to manufacture. Two simple brakets welded to the body, one bar easily bent with 4 bolt holes. Much easier than all the machining and welding required with all the aftermarket bars.