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Hey great photo "thusly".....it nicely shows the unibody cross member hidden between the strut towers, two addtional black diagonal braces, and the roll cage bars coming through from the cockpit. The latter adds additional bracing in the longitudinal direction.
Hey great photo "thusly".....it nicely shows the unibody cross member hidden between the strut towers, two addtional black diagonal braces, and the roll cage bars coming through from the cockpit. The latter adds additional bracing in the longitudinal direction.
Interesting....keep it coming!
Cheers!
Doug N.
I am sure the addition of a strut bar would look very elegant (particularly in cf) when someone opens the front hood, and that its addition will decrease lap times by at least a few seconds. I will now inquire about how to put one in my cars, perhaps all of them. Damn Porsche; Can't engineer anything right!! So much for all that chatter about racing improves the breed.......
A front strut brace may help maintain the front camber alignment when the forces required for torquing the center lock bolts are considered. Once, when tightening a front center lock bolt on my '11 RS, the strut moved in the outboard direction in the strut tower top within the slots in the strut tower. Because I noticed it, I was able to move it back to the intended camber position because I had marked around the nuts that hold the camber plate in the slots in the strut tower.
I have this strut bar. I have not installed it, but it requires drilling holes on the center of the firewall and installing a few rivnuts.
I actually purchased the exact strut brace shown in your image above from a "Carrera Cup team in Australia. It was apparently required for the Carrera Cup cars starting 2012 or 2013 to reduce front end flex issues.
If I was home I would take a look and post pics, but I won't be back until November if at this point.
I have this strut bar. I have not installed it, but it requires drilling holes on the center of the firewall and installing a few rivnuts.
I actually purchased the exact strut brace shown in your image above from a "Carrera Cup team in Australia. It was apparently required for the Carrera Cup cars starting 2012 or 2013 to reduce front end flex issues.
If I was home I would take a look and post pics, but I won't be back until November if at this point.
Was this the one that was on eBay. If so that was a steal. I have pricing on it new from Rhonda at FVD but was seeing if I could find one used.
I have a front aluminum strut brace on my car and I believe it works. The reason I say that is that I forgot to tighten it on time after I reinstalled it following an alignment. I kept getting a loud squeak when going over uneven pavement. drove me nuts until I discovered that it was loose. Once I put a preload on it and tightened it up all the squeaking went away. The squeaking was obviously a result of the bar moving due to chassis flex. So yes, the strut brace works.... I do run a stiff suspension with 1400/1500 springs so there is a lot of load going through the chassis and I feel the strut brace is definitely a big help in stiffening up the tub.
I have installed this Cup strut bar. Not that to easy install you are suposed to losen one fender. The plastic covers need to be trimed to be able to reuse them.
02-22-2010, 09:40 PM
