I did not notice any difference in the handling of the car at all. I put it in there because I am of the belief that there is no way you can have too much bracing on the front end of a 40 year old car with a stock setup. It simply is designed to spread the load out more evenly across the firewall.
I had trouble with mine lining up correctly but I installed it like header bolts. Keep everything loose (ie. shock tower bolts as well as the firewall bolts) until everything is started then tighten it all down. It all drew into place just as pretty as you please.

 

Mine started at about 10mm out, then jacked the car and put axle stand under lower arms and became 5mm left it a bit while swearing thinking might never get the thing to fit then got one bolt and nut on at crazy angle slow tighten 1 turn ever 5 mins or so until other bolts and nuts were in then slowly tightenthe boltsI maybe over cautious butI had the timeand mustang parts aren't easyto get for me. Think twice do once is alway better for me anyway as am a mustang and classic car novice

 

Measurements in metric...ahhhh...No its okay I deal with the metric system in school a lot , just not so much in practical applications. Us stubborn Americans.

While we are on the subject of export braces I've seen this export brace before. Its advertised as a shelby export brace 65/66, though I've never seen on on a shelby, nor can I find any documentation of it. At first glance a one piece design seems as though it would be much stiffer, but it looks as though it doesn't mount to the shock towers as securely as a standard export brace.

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To me not enough mounting points to distribute the load only two point on shock tower and why is it asymmetric? and it not a 65-66 shelby original as all the pic of shelby I have seen pics or in real life have never had it

 

Like I said the mounting at the shock towers didn't seem as supportive. My assumption on the shape is for fit. And I've never seen one either. I didn't konw if it was a R-model type thing, or something they only used a few times and pitched.

 

I'm no expert, but I don't like the assymetry either. It looks like an export brace/monte carlo bar combo creation. I would just get the two seperate peices and attach them correctly rather than that hybrid. That bend on the passenger's side bar leading from the cowl to the shock towers is not a plus in my book nor is the overall assymetry or theway it is mounted on the car. However, if designed correctly with the correct angles and adequate mounting points, a single piece design would be stronger.

 

Hmm my father is a very skilled machinist and fabricator. Maybe when I go to install one I may see about combining a standard export brake (which seems much thicker and probably stiffer than this tubular design) with a monte carlo bar in a much more symmetric single assembly and see what I come up with. The only way to test it would be to compare it with a standard set-up though. That may turn into a very not so scientific "how does it feel" kind of experiment.

 

i got a thin piece fo steel and drilled the holes to match and i used it to reniforce my eport brace i amso had it powder coated