Strut tower brace added
04-14-2006, 02:58 AM
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RE: Strut tower brace added
I put the steeda on after I got it and took it off a few months later for a week and a half and did some Fun driving and was surpised to find that it did not feel as tight on hard corners so after i put it back on I just had to go for a test drive and I can tell you that in my opinion there was a messerable difference in the feel, I would never say that the 05/06 needed one it handles like a dream but I will never be sad that i got it.
04-14-2006, 01:31 PM
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RE: Strut tower brace added
How much does that Reynolds wrap reduce your intake temperature??
ROTFLMAO!
But I can empathise. I did some ridiculous things in my younger years, too, like the ol' dryer vent ram air setup. LOL!
ROTFLMAO!
But I can empathise. I did some ridiculous things in my younger years, too, like the ol' dryer vent ram air setup. LOL!
04-16-2006, 07:31 PM
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RE: Strut tower brace added
nbk13nw -- wins the prize! (where do u want me to send the 27" of heavy duty aluminum foil!)
i pulled the thing off (13mm) and turned it around and put it back down. strut brace does fit a little lower now...who new there was a front and back!
gcotton/GT Premi -- u guys drive too fast and break traffic laws all the time, as do i... i don't object to that, within a degree of reason. but u can't break the laws of physics. light and heat are essentially the same...just a slight shift on the electromagnetic spectrum. the aluminum foil is a by product of about a half hour lesson in physics from an engineer at the Fla solar energy research center http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/ about 15 yrs ago. the shiny side of aluminum foil reflects more light...and hence more heat, than the dull side. now the cost was about $0.12, the weight is operationally defined as negligible for a loose wrap [u want air inbetween the layers]. the issue is how much temperature reduction ...may an 1/8th of a degree F or 2 degrees F. i don't know. but i do know this after a hard run i can get out, lift my hood, place my hand on the Air Charger...AND HOLD IT THERE WITHOUT thermal discomfort.
try that with yours...and report the results.
now the issue of how long the air stays in the charger to benefit the combustion from it's coolness is of course up for debate. i probably wasted $0.12.
but u r not thinking ahead of the car... far enough down the road...what happens when al-Qaeda disguises a thermo-nuclear device inside something to surely draw the attention of and be stopped by the Border Patrol -- like a bale of marijuana-- sneaks it in and sets it off. I will be able to pull my car off the road, rip off the foil and quickly wrap my head in it thus protecting myself from the Plutonium; whereas u guys will have to pull in to the local Kroger/Publix and wait in line to pay for it before u can wrap up! what will that delay do to your ETs.
i pulled the thing off (13mm) and turned it around and put it back down. strut brace does fit a little lower now...who new there was a front and back!
gcotton/GT Premi -- u guys drive too fast and break traffic laws all the time, as do i... i don't object to that, within a degree of reason. but u can't break the laws of physics. light and heat are essentially the same...just a slight shift on the electromagnetic spectrum. the aluminum foil is a by product of about a half hour lesson in physics from an engineer at the Fla solar energy research center http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/ about 15 yrs ago. the shiny side of aluminum foil reflects more light...and hence more heat, than the dull side. now the cost was about $0.12, the weight is operationally defined as negligible for a loose wrap [u want air inbetween the layers]. the issue is how much temperature reduction ...may an 1/8th of a degree F or 2 degrees F. i don't know. but i do know this after a hard run i can get out, lift my hood, place my hand on the Air Charger...AND HOLD IT THERE WITHOUT thermal discomfort.
try that with yours...and report the results.
now the issue of how long the air stays in the charger to benefit the combustion from it's coolness is of course up for debate. i probably wasted $0.12.
but u r not thinking ahead of the car... far enough down the road...what happens when al-Qaeda disguises a thermo-nuclear device inside something to surely draw the attention of and be stopped by the Border Patrol -- like a bale of marijuana-- sneaks it in and sets it off. I will be able to pull my car off the road, rip off the foil and quickly wrap my head in it thus protecting myself from the Plutonium; whereas u guys will have to pull in to the local Kroger/Publix and wait in line to pay for it before u can wrap up! what will that delay do to your ETs.
04-16-2006, 07:51 PM
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RE: Strut tower brace added
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAA!!!!
Why does everyone gotta give **** ALL THE TIME, who cares if he has foil on his car?????????????
Plus BCC if it turns out to be a false alarm on the plutonium, well then heck, you could make yourself a handy little pipe to take care of that bale of marijuana?
Eh, who's thinking now suckers??
And yes, I believe this post did lower my ET
Why does everyone gotta give **** ALL THE TIME, who cares if he has foil on his car?????????????
Plus BCC if it turns out to be a false alarm on the plutonium, well then heck, you could make yourself a handy little pipe to take care of that bale of marijuana?
Eh, who's thinking now suckers??
And yes, I believe this post did lower my ET
04-16-2006, 11:46 PM
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RE: Strut tower brace added
Did you use the Steeda or Saleen Foil on your intake?
Just kidding, no matter what anyone says, if you look at the space between the strut towers and distance from there to anthing else that would prevent the towers from flexing together, there is most certainly going to be an increase in regidity by adding a strut tower brace. Now it may take making quick lane changes at 80mph to find out, but that is BCC's death wish, I will wait to make those when I have too and keep the rest for the track.
Skrappy
Just kidding, no matter what anyone says, if you look at the space between the strut towers and distance from there to anthing else that would prevent the towers from flexing together, there is most certainly going to be an increase in regidity by adding a strut tower brace. Now it may take making quick lane changes at 80mph to find out, but that is BCC's death wish, I will wait to make those when I have too and keep the rest for the track.
Skrappy
04-17-2006, 10:32 AM
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RE: Strut tower brace added
bcc
Post another pic of that install.... I swear it looks like it's installed incorrectly??????? Passenger side looks like it's not lined up with the holes in the brace.... Should not be hitting the hood...
Post another pic of that install.... I swear it looks like it's installed incorrectly??????? Passenger side looks like it's not lined up with the holes in the brace.... Should not be hitting the hood...
05-09-2006, 06:54 PM
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RE: Strut tower brace added
view 2 Strut tower brace. sorry it took so long to post new pics but i ran out of film in my digital camera.
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