Norm Peterson

I know this is basically an old thread . . . but anyway . . .
They aren't needed if you drive pretty darn hard all the time, either. Not even if you're cornering about half as hard as this a lot of the time. There is no STB on this car.



Don't get me wrong, I'm not "anti-STB". Just that I'd rather that when people decide to buy them they do so for the right reason(s).

What a two point STB mainly helps out with is in reducing NVH, which is why the less rigid convertibles have them as OE. FWIW, by "two point" I'm counting the number of basic chassis attachment points (the two strut towers).

You still get some NVH improvement in the coupes, which for many people may be a good enough reason all by itself to add one. If you're running slightly stiffer than OE GT springs - think in terms of most "lowering springs" or the (unsupercharged) Shelby GT here - and want one, that's still a NVH reason. A car that has fewer irritating vibrations will feel "more solid", and this includes vibrations that you don't individually feel.

Other than the confidence that the more solid feel might bring, there isn't going to be any big improvement in cornering/handling. By the time you're driving hard enough to where this sort of small improvement would actually be meaningful you should be off the street at either autocross or open-tracking on a road course. And looking further up the STB food chain than a simple two point piece (autocross class limitations permitting).


Norm

Sleeper5.0

Yeah not that i need it, but is does look cool.. A hundred bucks sounds fair..

Norse1974

Like another guy said already it's really useless for street. I would get rid of it in the grand scheme of weight reduction on this car.

eightdogsbarkin

Anyone have any before and after stats pertaining to the presence or absence of strut tower braces? I'm looking for 1/4 mile or road race #'s specifically.... Well?