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Old 07-16-07, 07:46 PM
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Give Me Ideas On Best Strut Tower Brace Design

I do welding/fabrication on the side to ease my mind and take away all my work stress from my normal job.

Question: I have seen a few strut tower braces for the FB, but was wondering your input on the most preferred style. I have my own tube benders from mild all the way to extreme for roll cages even for flat stock and feel that this is a no brainer to fab I just need the preferred style.

Any suggestions or preferred features/recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks.
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the one that Trochoid has...
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Depends on your engine, is it a stock or swap, what do you have planned for the future? Makes a difference in what you design due to clearances. Sorry I have no pics.

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personally I think the RB one is fugly, but that's subjective.

I like Bwaits new one.
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It's pretty much stock, not going to put in a v8 or anything at the moment.


The cp one with firewall supports impresses me and that is the way I am leaning towards. Also the Rotary Engineering one has a similiar style of cp (comment by Dominicaneddy - yea I had to look the design he was running but it was worth it).

To many choices, just might have to pick one and go for it and see how I like it.

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Originally Posted by kmonto85
It's pretty much stock, not going to put in a v8 or anything at the moment.


The cp one with firewall supports impresses me and that is the way I am leaning towards. Also the Rotary Engineering one has a similiar style of cp.

To many choices, just might have to pick one and go for it and see how I like it.
There is absolutely no point in having a triangulated brace without strengthening the firewall where it bolts up to. Just something to keep in mind
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Originally Posted by Manntis
personally I think the RB one is fugly, but that's subjective.

I like Bwaits new one.
Have you tried the RB one? It made a huge difference in my car's stiffness.
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I have not tried the RB one, I have looked at it.

I am not going to pay 150+ for something that I should be able to fab up for <100. Besides, I need another project to go build...
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Originally Posted by kmonto85
I have not tried the RB one, I have looked at it.

I am not going to pay 150+ for something that I should be able to fab up for <100. Besides, I need another project to go build...
It is expensive, but i got the strut brace and a low mileage Full RB SP exhaust for $400
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