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Old May 6th, 2008, 04:25 AM   #1
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Do you need the strut tower brace?


Don't you need it? I've seen pics of 5.0's without it, probably because of there intake. I've seen that they make high rise ones if you have a cowl hood, why don't those guys run them?
 

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Old May 6th, 2008, 04:27 AM   #2
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u don't need it. it only comes stock on 94-97's to add more support. It's a pain in the ass IMO
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Old May 6th, 2008, 05:01 AM   #3
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i had mine and took it off to put my gt40 intake on and never put it back cuz i lost most of the bolts haha, i honestly did notice my front tires break loose a bit easier without it, im def putting it back on after i do my heads and cam
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Old May 6th, 2008, 11:48 AM   #4
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Last summer i noticed that my FRPP strut brace was snapped broken on the firewall end. Took it off, and welded another plate there to reinforce it. Few weeks ago i took it off again, and the firewall had cracked where the brace attached. Do you think theres body flex? The need of a brace depends how you drive, no need for one if only going straight.
 
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Body flex in foxes is rediculous, youll find a million foxes with bent torque boxes and warped bodies, get subframes and front and rear tower braces...youll definately notice the rigidity
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Originally Posted by Onebadcobra View Post
Body flex in foxes is rediculous, youll find a million foxes with bent torque boxes and warped bodies, get subframes and front and rear tower braces...youll definately notice the rigidity

do they make rear tower braces for these cars? i havnt seen one.
 
Old May 20th, 2008, 09:37 AM   #7
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yes they make them its just a bar that goes straight across that mount on the shock studs, easy enough to make your self
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If you road race or autocross I would say the strut tower brace is mandatory. There is so much deflection in the strut towers on these cars its pathetic.
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I took mine off of my 94 to make room for my intake and didn't notice any difference, although I don't drive my car all that hard typically
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Originally Posted by DrHoward View Post
I took mine off of my 94 to make room for my intake and didn't notice any difference, although I don't drive my car all that hard typically
94 and newer Mustangs are built alot stiffer than earlier Mustangs so that probably makes a difference as well.
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ya I can't really say for sure, I have a buddy that has a 88 fox and he installed a strut tower brace and sub frame connectors at the same time

He said the difference was night and day
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yea i've noticed a big diffrence. but i have a 'vert. i have also seen the rear strut tower brace on e-bay. i would say its worth it to use one.
 
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i have both in my 89 gt rear and front strut tower brace, search for a company called CHE for the rear one, supposely there are only 2 companies who make the rear braces
 
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yeah i found a few companies that make them steeda and hans racecraft make a somewhat simple one and che makes a beefier one

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Originally Posted by mxnate116 View Post
do they make rear tower braces for these cars? i havnt seen one.
No.

No No No No.

To have a rear strut tower brace you'd have to have rear struts, meaning IRS.

Yes, there are some bars you can buy that link the upper rear shock mounts. You know what they do? Make your car weigh more and lighten your wallet. There's no flex that you're going to prevent tying the shocks together.

To whomever said that removing the front strut tower brace caused their front tires to break loose more often; I highly doubt it. Front brace stiffens the front suspension, which means LESS grip. Which means that removing it will shift the bias of the car AWAY from understeer, as you INCREASE the grip of the front tires.
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it wouldnt really lighten your wallet and add weight to your car if you could mig or tig weld yourself an aluminum rear bar. but thats if you had the resourses to make one
 
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That CHE rear axle brace looks pretty nice!
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Old November 19th, 2008, 01:07 AM   #18
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wow for what those hans and steeda braces look like, all you would need is a welder a cutting wheel and a bracket from home depot and a peice of steel and about an hour of time lol.

i dont have any suspension except eibach springs (solid motor mounts too but i dont know if that helps) and i dont feal much body roll when i take a corner
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Originally Posted by fakesaleen View Post
yes they make them its just a bar that goes straight across that mount on the shock studs, easy enough to make your self
it goes inside the vehicle across the back? or under above the rear end?
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Originally Posted by 91cobra5.0 View Post
it goes inside the vehicle across the back? or under above the rear end?
in the back it connects the shock towers at the top. so above the rear end.

and body flex doesn't necessarily mean body roll.

body flex causes the suspension geometry to change on its own
 
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