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Old 07-27-2008, 09:11 PM
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um... yes I most certainly did... the shock towers can no longer flex inward... and once I add the 4 other triangulation braces it will be even stiffer... come on guys I said it's not done...
im glad you think so....
adder, my ford racing strut tower brace bolts up to the same spot and to the firewall. it should do the trick.
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Old 07-27-2008, 09:34 PM
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cobras didnt come w/ the brace if im not mistaken, do you think its really going to help that much?
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Old 07-27-2008, 09:34 PM
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Nice piece,and good loking car.imo any brace is better than none.Good job.
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Old 07-27-2008, 09:50 PM
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wait til I finish it and THEN try to convince me it doesn't do anything...
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Old 07-27-2008, 10:51 PM
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looks good, nice job. I cant wait to see it when its finished completely
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Old 07-28-2008, 06:48 AM
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im sure it does something, how much, idk, i drag race, not too worried about the front flexing on me, i dont have quite a fast enough car...how many 10 sec cars do you see with tower braces?
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Old 07-28-2008, 09:57 AM
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honestly looks good man, gonna have to do something simmiliar....my strut tower brace doesnt fit with my new intake set up and as far as not doing anything, my front end feels 100 times more lose without it, im gonna do a k member brace and then redesign my mac strut tower brace to fit with the intake to tighten the front end
as far as drag, i imagine you wouldnt need it, but taking turns as fast as you can it really does make a difference
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Old 07-28-2008, 05:07 PM
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my car is being built for handling... not going fast in a straight line... that's just no fun to me.
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Old 07-29-2008, 08:15 PM
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sorry I put this in the wrong section... anyway I got the rest of the fab work done on this thing... still need a few more bolts and 4 more rod ends and I can stick it all together... pics soon.
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Old 07-29-2008, 08:46 PM
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looks good, my dad did something just like this on his '00 vert, mounted in the same spot i believe, or close, and it does feel much firmer in the corners. looking forward to seeing what it looks like all done...
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