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Old 05-20-2009, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by H0SS302
I would love to design and prototype a single bar for our cars. I cant for the life of me understand how bolting to the firewall(a stupidly thin piece of metal) would provide any support laterally or vertically.

I bet I could come up with something... AutoCAD away!!

AutoCAd FTW..wayy better than solidworks..i hate solidworks
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Old 05-20-2009, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by H0SS302
I would love to design and prototype a single bar for our cars. I cant for the life of me understand how bolting to the firewall(a stupidly thin piece of metal) would provide any support laterally or vertically.

I bet I could come up with something... AutoCAD away!!
Steeda makes a single bar for the Mach's. I bet you could use it on a GT.
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Old 05-20-2009, 07:58 PM
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Steeda makes a single bar for the Mach's. I bet you could use it on a GT.
Yea, but its more fun to play with CAD softwar and make my own
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Old 05-20-2009, 07:59 PM
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Uh, arent the cobra bars single bar? i was thinkin of using one of those because im gunna be gettin a kenne bell later. no point gettin the GT bar if it blocks the charger. AM.com has them and they look single bar. might need a hood to clear it though?

btw, when you install it, does it matter if there's a load on the wheels, or not?
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Old 05-20-2009, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by zero2005
Uh, arent the cobra bars single bar? i was thinkin of using one of those because im gunna be gettin a kenne bell later. no point gettin the GT bar if it blocks the charger. AM.com has them and they look single bar. might need a hood to clear it though?

btw, when you install it, does it matter if there's a load on the wheels, or not?
i would be sure the suspension is loaded when you install it. the body twists a bit when you put it on a lift... when i put mine on a lift the doors are a pain in the a$$ to open and close, so there's definitely quite a bit of flex there.
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Old 05-20-2009, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by H0SS302
Yea, but its more fun to play with CAD softwar and make my own
what version of AutoCAD do you have? i used to play around in CAD quite a bit when i ran a circle track car, but the last version i used was '04.
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Old 05-20-2009, 08:42 PM
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lol i dont even use autocad, i just use a free CAD version. I just said AutoCAD because most ppl know what that is.
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Originally Posted by H0SS302
I would love to design and prototype a single bar for our cars. I cant for the life of me understand how bolting to the firewall(a stupidly thin piece of metal) would provide any support laterally or vertically.

I bet I could come up with something... AutoCAD away!!
Yet you think bolting a bar between the towers does something...?
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Old 05-20-2009, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by texas_stang02
i would be sure the suspension is loaded when you install it. the body twists a bit when you put it on a lift... when i put mine on a lift the doors are a pain in the a$$ to open and close, so there's definitely quite a bit of flex there.
You are correct the body will flex quite a bit on a lift ( as you said the doors are harder to open and close) however the towers don't move.
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Old 05-20-2009, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Stevecooper
Yet you think bolting a bar between the towers does something...?
We have had this discussion like 3x already... dont start round 4. There are plenty of ppl in the world who have installed them and felt a difference. I know I did on my vert. Car manufacturers wold not put them on cars if they did not do anything, its wasted time and money for an assembly line worker to have t bot it in for no reason.
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