cusco strut bar vs. Stock R1 strut
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You probably don't have a very good sense of feeling if you think you don't notice a difference between having the bar or not.
I picked up my car without a front bar. I got a cusco bar shortly after owning it for a few months. The difference is very noticeable. Car is tighter, turn in is better, steering feel is better, hell everything is better with the bar.
Another noticeable difference is when you get rid of the twin turbos and all the plumbing for a single turbo setup. Car feels so much lighter. Everything gets better in terms of steering, reaction time, and the overall feel of the car.
I picked up my car without a front bar. I got a cusco bar shortly after owning it for a few months. The difference is very noticeable. Car is tighter, turn in is better, steering feel is better, hell everything is better with the bar.
Another noticeable difference is when you get rid of the twin turbos and all the plumbing for a single turbo setup. Car feels so much lighter. Everything gets better in terms of steering, reaction time, and the overall feel of the car.
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the SAE paper on the FD body structure says the front strut bar is good for a 3% increase in rigidity, so effect is small, but it is there. windshield is 5%, and the front sway bar is -12%
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yep the strut tower bar will make a difference because the FD body isn't the stiffest but pretty much only at the track or autox with stick tires. Otherwise you likely won't notice anything.
But it does look cool so worth the price of the extra weight for street use
But it does look cool so worth the price of the extra weight for street use
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I had bad axle tramp during hard-ish launches, the rear strut bar basically got rid of it, believe it or not, but there is zero doubt in my mind. I drove the car for several years, everyday, and I sure as hell noticed it when I added it.
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