Any thoughts on this strut brace?
03-23-2007, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Fabio421
3000kg? No way. I thought our cars weighes in at around 3400lbs. At 3000KG's our cars would be fat and lazy.
My bad! 
03-23-2007, 09:01 PM
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Just looking at the angle that those little accessory brackets attach down to the shock tower, it looks like lateral displacement of the tower will translate to torsional force on the crossbar. Might be OK...
If there's some specific and serious flexing you are trying to eliminate, you would do much better bracing back to the firewall/bulkhead rather than forward to those flimsy little tab brackets that the factory crossbrace uses. If you are just looking for something that looks faster than the original piece though, you may have found it.
If there's some specific and serious flexing you are trying to eliminate, you would do much better bracing back to the firewall/bulkhead rather than forward to those flimsy little tab brackets that the factory crossbrace uses. If you are just looking for something that looks faster than the original piece though, you may have found it.
03-24-2007, 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by 928andRC51
"That's a rhd car. Look at the location of the coolant reservoir. Bloody rhd fools..."
Pardon? There are quite a lot of us you know, even if we are outnumbered on this board.
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"That's a rhd car. Look at the location of the coolant reservoir. Bloody rhd fools..."
Pardon? There are quite a lot of us you know, even if we are outnumbered on this board.
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03-24-2007, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by dr bob
Just looking at the angle that those little accessory brackets attach down to the shock tower, it looks like lateral displacement of the tower will translate to torsional force on the crossbar. Might be OK...
I will say this, the stock brace sucks! Out of all the ones I have seen to date, I like this design the best! I would buy one if his next versions had a better damper tower bracket.
03-24-2007, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 928andRC51
That's a rhd car. Look at the location of the coolant reservoir. Bloody rhd fools...
03-24-2007, 06:52 PM
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If there's some specific and serious flexing you are trying to eliminate, you would do much better bracing back to the firewall
The important parts of the suspension are tied to the substantial cross member that is so "easy" to re-install.
The strut brace does nothing for the handling; it just reduces body flexing that "in extremis" could crack the windshield...
Marton
