I made my own strutbar
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I made my own strutbar
4mm plasmacut flanges, mated to a 25mm/3mm Stainless steel bar with adjustable spherical bearings in each end.
I might make it a solid bar and use the bearings for an adjustable rear camber bar
I might make it a solid bar and use the bearings for an adjustable rear camber bar
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Originally Posted by oztofrdm
That looks very nice, i have seen some of you other pics of what you have done amd made for your car. but my question is how or why you are using a distributor
The dizzy came stock on all European models(N322). From what i have read about the CAS im pretty happy about the distributor. Its very easy to work on if it breaks, not like the CAS when it breaks.
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It looks like a nice job, but why would you want bearings at each end?
You want to limit all flex, with your set up you have only limited flex between the towers inward at the same time. You have not limited chassis flex at all.
You need to design the bar so that it does not move, and is as solid as a multi-piece strut bar can be. Putting bearings in just allows additional flex that you do not want.
To further make my point... yes you have limited the strut towers flexing like this: / \
But with your bearings on the ends the towers can still do this: / / or this \ \
You want to limit all flex, with your set up you have only limited flex between the towers inward at the same time. You have not limited chassis flex at all.
You need to design the bar so that it does not move, and is as solid as a multi-piece strut bar can be. Putting bearings in just allows additional flex that you do not want.
To further make my point... yes you have limited the strut towers flexing like this: / \
But with your bearings on the ends the towers can still do this: / / or this \ \
Last edited by Icemark; Sep 29, 2004 at 12:49 PM.
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From: Denmark
Originally Posted by Icemark
It looks like a nice job, but why would you want bearings at each end?
You want to limit all flex, with your set up you have only limited flex between the towers inward at the same time. You have not limited chassis flex at all.
You need to design the bar so that it does not move, and is as solid as a multi-piece strut bar can be. Putting bearings in just allows additional flex that you do not want.
To further make my point... yes you have limited the strut towers flexing like this: / \
But with your bearings on the ends the towers can still do this: / / or this \ \
You want to limit all flex, with your set up you have only limited flex between the towers inward at the same time. You have not limited chassis flex at all.
You need to design the bar so that it does not move, and is as solid as a multi-piece strut bar can be. Putting bearings in just allows additional flex that you do not want.
To further make my point... yes you have limited the strut towers flexing like this: / \
But with your bearings on the ends the towers can still do this: / / or this \ \
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