Chassis Brace and trans brace necessary?
#1
Chassis Brace and trans brace necessary?
So, I finally got my FD off of the ground with a pair of quick jacks and got a good look at the undercarriage and just realized that there is no chassis brace (4121D 2H7-1378) or A tunnel brace, I’m sorry if I have these names wrong. Should I get these and put them on? If so are there any aftermarket ones that make a noticeable difference or is stock just fine. Thanks!! Parts missing circled in pic.
#3
Urban Combat Vet
iTrader: (16)
No technical background… you could drive the car (easy) without them. However… I think those braces are there for chassis torsional loads. The engineers felt they were necessary and probably should be replaced asap.
No connection to tomsn16, but that doesn’t sound like a bad price for two of them.
I’m only aware of Banzai’s transmission brace as a substitute for the front (#1) brace and I think some of the aftermarket differential braces would take the place of the rear (#3) brace.
No connection to tomsn16, but that doesn’t sound like a bad price for two of them.
I’m only aware of Banzai’s transmission brace as a substitute for the front (#1) brace and I think some of the aftermarket differential braces would take the place of the rear (#3) brace.
Last edited by Sgtblue; 08-10-22 at 05:32 AM.
#4
No technical background… you could drive the car (easy) without them. However… I think those braces are there for chassis torsional loads. The engineers felt they were necessary and probably should be replaced asap.
No connection to tomsn16, but that doesn’t sound like a bad price for two of them.
I’m only aware of Banzai’s transmission brace as a substitute for the front (#1) brace and I think some of the aftermarket differential braces would take the place of the rear (#3) brace.
No connection to tomsn16, but that doesn’t sound like a bad price for two of them.
I’m only aware of Banzai’s transmission brace as a substitute for the front (#1) brace and I think some of the aftermarket differential braces would take the place of the rear (#3) brace.
#8
Rotary Enthusiast
Check out the AutoEXE braces. Chances are your car had them in the past, and they were stripped off before the car was sold. Best explanation as to why the OEM braces are missing.
https://www.rhdjapan.com/autoexe-mem...rx-7-fd3s.html
https://www.rhdjapan.com/autoexe-mem...rx-7-fd3s.html
#9
Rotary Freak
They may have some pole vault safety function if the tailshaft gets crazy and starts ripping up the tunnel, breaking the ppf - and your lower limbs.
I wouldn't necessarily expect a brace to have been removed, a lot more common, the captive nuts are often loose between skins......or stripped! The bolts are M8. speccing by head size if trying to buy at a fastener shop rather than oem, might result in another trip....and unless they deal in jap standard, it would be a 13mm hex.
I wouldn't necessarily expect a brace to have been removed, a lot more common, the captive nuts are often loose between skins......or stripped! The bolts are M8. speccing by head size if trying to buy at a fastener shop rather than oem, might result in another trip....and unless they deal in jap standard, it would be a 13mm hex.
#10
They may have some pole vault safety function if the tailshaft gets crazy and starts ripping up the tunnel, breaking the ppf - and your lower limbs.
I wouldn't necessarily expect a brace to have been removed, a lot more common, the captive nuts are often loose between skins......or stripped! The bolts are M8. speccing by head size if trying to buy at a fastener shop rather than oem, might result in another trip....and unless they deal in jap standard, it would be a 13mm hex.
I wouldn't necessarily expect a brace to have been removed, a lot more common, the captive nuts are often loose between skins......or stripped! The bolts are M8. speccing by head size if trying to buy at a fastener shop rather than oem, might result in another trip....and unless they deal in jap standard, it would be a 13mm hex.
#11
The Ancient
I'd like to suggest considering the aftermarket tranny and diff braces. The FD was fantastic when it came out, but has a fair amount of chassis flex compared to what is available today. The very much improved bracing from Banzai do help stiffen the chassis a bit if for nothing other than eliminating the effects of the transmission tail movement. There may be others like these, but these are what I've been using.
Transmission Crossmember
Differential Brace
Transmission Crossmember
Differential Brace
The following 2 users liked this post by gmonsen:
Nakd n Fearless (08-12-22),
SETaylor (08-20-22)
The following users liked this post:
Sgtblue (08-22-22)
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post