afterburner

Anyone heard of this? Maybe someone from Japan?
http://www.hpi.co.jp/maxeng.html

Johnny

If you can get it....hook me up...

still waiting for for silver94r2...

afterburner

My nephew contacted them. They inquired if he was a dealer or a shop, he's just a full time college kid. If we have enough interest then I'll contact their international sales rep., or we can talk to rx7store to find out if they can get it for us. It's more like a mini shock than a brace.

Lost Time

Ditto on waiting for silvr94r2. We need to light a fire under his ***.

afterburner

You can't use credit cards with their company. They only accept wire trasfer and COD. I'm trying to get a price quote for one at this moment.

rotaryextreme

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BTW, you guys should take caution on buying the torque brace from Japan. My friend got one from FEED and it does not fit with the US spec car because we have ABS on the passenger side but in Japan, they have the master cylinder there. There might be some kind of clearance problem.

Chuck

rx7speed811

hpi makes real car stuff now??? i thought they just made rc car stuff.

highspeed101

Besides seeming cheaper and looking nicer, what would be the difference between this one and the stiff torque brace that was part of that group buy on here a little while ago. I don't see the reason behind the shock part of it. Wouldn't it just be overall more solid with the stiff brace? Can someone please enlighten me?

potatobbq

it's quite possible there's more than one company called hpi... heh

highspeed101

Also it looks to me like it mounts on the strut tower...would you be able to use this brace and still have a strut tower brace? maybe bolt it directly over the torque brace?

0piston

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I just bought one of those from my friend in japan. There are 2 types of braces you can buy. 1 attaches to the strut tower brace 2 that attactes to the fender well. If anyone ones wants one email me at zeropiston@shaw.ca and I can try to organize something through my friend. He has Paypal so it makes things that much easier. cost will be 18,000jpy = roughly 140 bucks US or so plus shipping from japan.

P.S. he is my friend and reliable, he just got Daniel (Dclin) his 99' spoiler

Alpine

I also heard the hpi torque brace doesn't work in u.s. fd

IgoSlow

I beleive hotwheel has a pretty nice torque brace for 125. here is the thread.

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...t=torque+brace

Enthu

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you guys will all get a torque brace for around $120 soon......

GoRacer

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I want one of those, looks like a motorcycle steering damper.

silvr94r2

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The problem with getting the damper to work is finding one that doesn't go both ways. The motorcycle damper looks the same but is different.

The one from Japan will not work on our cars.....unless you modify if to get over the ABS. It's been done by a few already so please don't listen to the people who say it's a bolt-on.....it's not.

Johnny

I better be the first behind you...silver94r2...because I think I'm the one hounding every thread you post on about a damper...waiting for yours

HotWheel

Well If you guy's find the Damper that would work I can fit the rest !

Or you can Buy mine wile you wait for yours comming from japan or pay the shipping from Japan????



Anyway Keep us posted

silvr94r2

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I've already contacted the company that makes the dampers about becoming a dealer for them......still waiting for a reply. Anyway.....if we can get those then I have the mounting bracket already done. My mounting bracket looks almost like theirs (HPI) but it will clear the ABS and still look real good. I designed it in Autocad and then Laser cut it out.....very very clean! I just need the damper to work right and I'm in business

I'm trying Johnny! Noone wants these to be done as much as I do

Lost Time

Well, then I better be third in line behind Johnny dammit.