Is this front strut brace a bit overkill?

[Dan Norton]

I love this, but is it really neccessary?

Maybe on 500+bhp cars yea?

Plus i dunno who makes it



Dan!!:confused:

[MikeLMR]

horsepower isn\'t really a factor with a strut brace, its just to stiffen the chassis rails across the gaping hole which is the engine bay.  I\'d say that strutbrace is a bit over the top and if you looked at which tubes are the doing the work you could make somthing that worked 90% as well with half the tubes.

[Gerry M]

Looks more like part of a major rollcage to me

[iaint]

There\'s an equivalent piece that fits underneath too - looks similar.  They\'re alleged to work well but you\'d have to be a pretty serious track day user to really need something that robust.

Tieing into the bulkhead dows improve stiffness over a simple strut-strut bar though.

It looks cool too which must be worth an extra 25 horses!

Iain

[rextreme]

that auto exe bar is good.

the front of the fd is bendy

some of these are good from the door to the fender too.