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Title: Front & Rear Strut Bars
Post by: Peter Wright on June 19, 2004, 21:12

I have been looking for the above to minimize the scuttle & shake

However I was talking to my local engineering shop who has made them before for stock cars etc & he says he can do them for about £50 each

He then asked, "do they have to be spring loaded or not," not knowing what he was talking about I said, "I would find out"

So do they or not or does it not matter

Or any other questions I should ask him

Pete s:? :? s:?

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Post by: Anonymous on June 19, 2004, 22:04

Do you not have the antiflex plate as that helps quite a bit.

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Post by: SteveJ on June 19, 2004, 23:15

As Kris says, the anti-flex plate is probably the best solution for scuttle shake as it reduces the amount of twist in the floor-pan.

For out & out improvement to handling, the first thing I would fit is a front strut brace.

Rear strut braces IMHO are a waste of time as they only reduce the movement between the turrets by about 0.5mm (someone on SC a while ago measured nearly 5mm of movement on the front turrets without a strut brace s:? :? s:? with less than 1mm once the FSB was fitted - the stock RSB seems to do a pretty good job allready with negligable gains available)

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Post by: SteveJ on June 19, 2004, 23:16

PS. They dont need to be spring loaded - a solid bar is fine.

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Post by: Tem on June 19, 2004, 23:29

Quote from: "SteveJ"PS. They dont need to be spring loaded - a solid bar is fine.

What does spring loaded mean anyway?

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Post by: Peter Wright on June 21, 2004, 11:44

Quote from: "Tem"
Quote from: "SteveJ"PS. They dont need to be spring loaded - a solid bar is fine.

What does spring loaded mean anyway?

I dont know Tem thats one of the reasons I posted

Pete s:? :? s:?

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The Workshop => Performance Related => Topic started by: Peter Wright on June 19, 2004, 21:12