Trying to find the company that sales the red underbody X Brace
07-05-07, 11:22 AM
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Trying to find the company that sales the red underbody X Brace
I found it last week .. Its an underbody X brace thats red in color.
It retailed for like 500 bucks or something, but I didnt bookmark the site .. anyone know who im talking about?
It retailed for like 500 bucks or something, but I didnt bookmark the site .. anyone know who im talking about?
07-05-07, 10:51 PM
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yea here it is http://corksport.com/store/category/...sion_misc.html
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07-06-07, 03:21 AM
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yea but it is a good bit of time too fabricate stuff like that and then you have the research and design... so its really not that unreasonable and it looks well built.
07-06-07, 12:47 PM
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It didn't look like a feat of engineering sophistication to me, but why rock the boat?
It's a marketing marvel more than an engineering marvel to me but I'm sure that a cage and all the underbody bracing will make the already stiff FC even more solid.
My question is: Is it possible to stiffen up your chassis TOO MUCH? As with anything in life, you CAN overdo it but would it be a detrimental thing to handling?
It's a marketing marvel more than an engineering marvel to me but I'm sure that a cage and all the underbody bracing will make the already stiff FC even more solid.
My question is: Is it possible to stiffen up your chassis TOO MUCH? As with anything in life, you CAN overdo it but would it be a detrimental thing to handling?
07-06-07, 09:28 PM
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yeah cork sports is nice, well designed. if you febed up ure own (which would be easy to do) but it would not distribute the forces corecty if you just slaped it low on the body rails VS the CS bar that is against the rails rather then bolted to the bottem of them. and you would have to have 100% 45 degree angels to distribute the forces equaly. so you could fab up ure own and it prolly would work ok but its not going to be as good nor as good for your car as the cork sport one.
07-06-07, 10:03 PM
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Structural engineers design buildings, bridges, etc. 
Maybe they had a chassis engineer look at it, or maybe (more likely) they just built a brace that connects four easily reached points.
It's designed and made by AutoExe in Japan, not Corksport.
Who said anything about bolting to the underside of the chassis rail? Who said anything about doing it any way other than the way they have?
I think you're overestimating the complexity of the brace. Anybody with decent mechanical skills, metal working tools and a welder could replicate it, and it would work just as well. And I'm sure it could be (pointlessly) painted bright red to look just as "good".
Maybe they had a chassis engineer look at it, or maybe (more likely) they just built a brace that connects four easily reached points.It's designed and made by AutoExe in Japan, not Corksport.
if you febed up ure own (which would be easy to do) but it would not distribute the forces corecty if you just slaped it low on the body rails VS the CS bar that is against the rails rather then bolted to the bottem of them. and you would have to have 100% 45 degree angels to distribute the forces equaly.
so you could fab up ure own and it prolly would work ok but its not going to be as good nor as good for your car as the cork sport one.
07-06-07, 11:14 PM
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yeah cork sports is nice, well designed. if you febed up ure own (which would be easy to do) but it would not distribute the forces corecty if you just slaped it low on the body rails VS the CS bar that is against the rails rather then bolted to the bottem of them. and you would have to have 100% 45 degree angels to distribute the forces equaly. so you could fab up ure own and it prolly would work ok but its not going to be as good nor as good for your car as the cork sport one.
07-09-07, 12:40 PM
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well, I think what you mean by power is 400, 500+ hp right? There IS a minority whose goals are to reach those number, but those that remain in the 300-350hp range woun'd really worry about that, right? I never felt any chassis flex, even when taking a steep driveway at an angle.
The FC is MUCH stiffer BY DESIGN than the FB and of course the FD will be a much better designed car so perhaps there is something wrong with yours? perhaps a previous accident that tweaked the frame? I just honestly don't think the FB will be STIFFER than an FC when MAZDA specifically sought to improve, AND DID, over the SA/FB.
The FC is MUCH stiffer BY DESIGN than the FB and of course the FD will be a much better designed car so perhaps there is something wrong with yours? perhaps a previous accident that tweaked the frame? I just honestly don't think the FB will be STIFFER than an FC when MAZDA specifically sought to improve, AND DID, over the SA/FB.
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