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Old 01-26-2011, 03:15 PM
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Default Who made this strut brace?

Does anybody know the manufacturer of this strut brace and which models it may fit? I took it off a '87 Turbo.

Thanks! John

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Old 01-26-2011, 03:19 PM
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no idea but how much would you want for it
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Havent seen those in a long time. Cant recall the brand for certain.

I did find this, which is the same bar and similar mounts with a couple additional tie-rod connections. Which may be "Camber Truss", which I thought was Stable Energies?

http://partsfor944.com/porsche-parts.php?pn=mb5656

http://www.stableenergies.com/Camber...tinfo/CT930AL/
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Originally Posted by V2Rocket_aka944
no idea but how much would you want for it
$100 shipped to CONUS.

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I want it if he doesn't!
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don't you need longer strut studs for this?
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Originally Posted by hockeydude
I want it if he doesn't!
strongly desiring it but cant afford for another few days. all yours
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Thanks Spencer! It still makes me wonder as to what brand it is!?


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similar to this
http://www.klaindustries.net/944strut/944strut.htm
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Okay... this has kept me searching long enough!!! I bought the brace, so.....

To the first person to figure out the exact make and model of this strut tower brace, i will award:

1 beer at a local meet (944fest, etc.)

or

$5 paypal


-Hockeyyyyyyyyduuuuuuuude
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Looks like the one 944online is selling...
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close but not quite. The one pictured above has two bolt holes on each strut mount, making it a much better design than the one 944online has listed. The reason being that one bolt on each side effectively creates a movable parallelogram out of the front suspension, frame, strut towers and the strut brace. All this will do is keep your strut towers from moving in and out (which is a problem), but it will not help keep the strut towers even vertically. Hockeydude's strut brace has 2 bolts connecting the bar to the mounts on either side, which is actually much more rigid, like wedging a screwdriver between two bolts to hold a rotating object still. D9's strut brace is the closest i've seen to the one you have, theirs is a bit more complicated, but the design is the closest i've seen.
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Originally Posted by hockeydude
Okay... this has kept me searching long enough!!! I bought the brace, so.....

To the first person to figure out the exact make and model of this strut tower brace, i will award:

1 beer at a local meet (944fest, etc.)

or

$5 paypal


-Hockeyyyyyyyyduuuuuuuude
Offer still stands!!!
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Lots of track cars around here with those. I always thought it was an earlier version from Weltmeister, but never could confirm it. They are nice beefy strut bars. I don't know if you will get a response, but John Clark might know as a few of the cars he built has/had them on: clarkcollision at sbcglobal.net
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I think I found a match and another one that looks solid.

Match ?
http://www.9xauto.com/944.html

Solid ?
http://www.automotion.com/strut-brac...l?dept_id=5019


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