03-07-2012, 11:59 AM | #1 |
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Is this an Strut Tower Brace or what? lol
Forgive my ignorance but I was looking at this car on ebay (Bad ass I must say) and never saw anything like what they had going on in the engine bay.. Is it a Strut Tower Brace? Anyone know? Who makes it?
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03-07-2012, 12:20 PM | #2 |
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It does look cool but I would question it's functionality
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03-07-2012, 12:28 PM | #3 |
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This has been posted before - by this I mean this strut brace on a Camaro. So yes, it is a strut tower brace. Down side (and why you shouldn't buy the car) is that the rods going to the front of the engine bay - they will stop the engine bay from collapsing in the event of a crash. Instead the energy from the crash will go through the engine bay and into the cabin.
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03-07-2012, 01:19 PM | #5 |
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I don't think a brace this big would make any difference on the drivability ,but it will help in case of a crash.
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03-07-2012, 03:19 PM | #6 |
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I also just noticed that they were mounted on the two struts. WTF is the point of it then?
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03-07-2012, 03:25 PM | #7 |
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All for looks.
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03-07-2012, 03:38 PM | #8 |
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those heim joints are really going to prevent flexing...just like mounting it to the tops of the struts...which move. Wow.
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03-08-2012, 01:12 AM | #9 |
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Oh ok, so its made more for looks than function. It does look pretty mean though lol. Thanks for the info guys.
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03-08-2012, 01:44 AM | #10 |
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nice I saw this car sell at mecum in kissimmee florida last month when i was there.
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03-09-2012, 08:48 AM | #11 |
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The brace
If you look real close to tne first pix you can see a some kind of fastener under the strut cap so dont think attavhed to strut at all. There was a girl and her dad building back last summer.
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