how effective is a rear strut bar?? i haven't heard of many people with them but it seems interesting...

 

i've got a cusco OS style in the rear...the rear steps out much more progressively with it as opposed to snapping out.

 

ditto, I had an ebay one in the rear............didn't snap out....

 

Is there any rear strut bar that does not require cutting the rear speaker towers? IIRC the mazdaspeed one was like that. Anybody know?

 

Not that I've ever seen, they all require cutting, or dilling in the case of the cp racing one.

 

I have just learned that www.cpracing.ca makes these. When I get to It, It's next on the list.

 

I have that sitting next to my computer right now. Going to have the shop paint it when I have the car fully repainted again.

 

Correct, the MS bar uses two holes already existent in the rear strut towers. Its a pretty nice unit IMO.

 

Ni5mo, pics of your car?

 

Heres a couple i had saved. I dont have any recent ones cause the cars been in and out of the shop

 

Where does one buy this rear strut setup? I take it it must not be very affordable if everyone is going for other brands...

 

that is NICE... when i get my fc back up and running, i'd like one of those. Where did you get that unit?

 

I think corksport has them.

www.corksport.com

 

wow, 3x the price of the ccorksport one.

 

I have the CP racing bar. It does not fit the vert. I will sell this to anyone with a hardtop for 50 + shipping.
email me a sean1_54@yahoo.com if you want it

 

Maybe someone can explain to me how a rear strut bar does anything on these cars.
1. It doesn't have struts in the rear. Technically they are just coil overs since the shock body isn't responsible for any side loads in cornering. Therefore there no side load transmitted to the top, where the "strut bar" connects.
2. OK, so that leaves vertical spring loads... But the bar is attached to it's mount with a single bolt. That makes it a hinge, therefore no vertical load is transmitted to the other side.

I could see the triangulated versions doing *something*, but where are the downward tubes going? The diff? Why? It rotates around the axles, not the driveshaft (hence all the broken front diff mounts).
I'm not trying to be arguementative. I just fail to see the purpose of this piece from an engineering standpoint.

 

you don't want something that mounts just to the strut tower, but the strut tops themselves. the sheetmetal around the towers is very very thin - thats y its so easy to cut