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Old Jun 17, 2008 | 09:30 PM
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Designed and manufactured my own front sway-bar mount reinforcement bracket. (no 56k


-Links the weak stock sway bar mounts together and ties them to steering rack mounts on subframe so you can use an aftermarket sway bar without fear of bending the stock mounts.
-Similar in function to the Racing Beat part but different design, material, and manufacturing method.
-Laser cut 10ga steel (.135" thick)
-Formed on CNC press brake
-Weighs less than 4lbs
-Has holes for mounting custom under-trays











What do you guys think? Questions? Please pardon my dirty car.

-James
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Old Jun 17, 2008 | 10:05 PM
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looks very nice! good job.

what are your results from using it?
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Old Jun 17, 2008 | 10:54 PM
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that thing is just a work of art
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 01:18 AM
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wow man. that looks awesome. you are very good at what you do.
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 07:33 AM
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very nice. congrats on doing something creative. i do think that i would have given the two tabs some further help. i would have done a 45 degree angle from the end of the tab back to the latitudinal bar to give them more resistance to stress.

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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 09:51 AM
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Howard,
If you are describing a gusset on the underside of the tab, there are reasons why I can't do that. One is that is would be a separate welded part which would add another operation in the manufacturing. Also, I don't think there's enough room under the tab for both the head of the mount bolt and a gusset. The tab width is limited by the shape of the subframe.

I really don't think the tabs need more help, honestly. Even without the tabs, the part would serve it's function pretty well. It's a 10ga C-channel so it's really hard to twist even before you add the tabs. Furthermore the mount holes in the tabs are close to the bend line so the tabs really aren't seeing much leverage, and the tabs have pretty generous fillets at their base to prevent that area from being much of a stress-riser.

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James

Originally Posted by howard coleman
very nice. congrats on doing something creative. i do think that i would have given the two tabs some further help. i would have done a 45 degree angle from the end of the tab back to the latitudinal bar to give them more resistance to stress.

hc
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 09:55 AM
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Group Buy!

Talk to a vendor and see what it would take to get a small or large run of these whipped up.

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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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that looks really good. do you suppose this would improve handling by reducing flex?

My stock mounts where all bent up so i made some new heavy duty mounts. I thought about running a bar across to link them together, but decided they were stout enough.
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 03:15 PM
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Are your anti-sway bar end links are straight?
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by rajeevx7
Are your anti-sway bar end links are straight?
I don't understand this sentence. But the endlinks aren't connected to anything because there is no suspension on the car at the moment.
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 06:58 PM
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"gusset on the underside of the tab"

sorry but i didn't make myself clear. i meant simply changing the rectangular tabs so they flow back to the main bar at a 45 degree angle, thus adding more meat and a better supportive force flow vector.

hc
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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Much better than the Racing Beat POS. Glade to see this done
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 07:59 PM
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Im sure we all wanna know.... How much??
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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!!Bulk buy interest thread started!!

See here:

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...02#post8297002

I think you will be surprised at the affordable-ness.... $45 shipped.
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by howard coleman
"gusset on the underside of the tab"

sorry but i didn't make myself clear. i meant simply changing the rectangular tabs so they flow back to the main bar at a 45 degree angle, thus adding more meat and a better supportive force flow vector.

hc
i believe this is what howard is talking about. Done quickly in paint....
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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will this work with the Widefoot kit??

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...light=widefoot
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 03:13 AM
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i don't think you need this with the widefoot kit
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by JTurtonRX_7
i believe this is what howard is talking about. Done quickly in paint....
Yes I understand, but if you look at the 6th picture down from the top, you can see how the tab fits INSIDE not on top of the subframe, and that it is not possible to make a shape like that.

-James
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by scrubolio
i don't think you need this with the widefoot kit
I don't know if this would fit with the widefoot kit, but this part is basically intended as an alternative to using the Widefoot kit or the Racing Beat part, and it's very affordable!

I'm not knocking the Widefoot kit, it's cool. This is just another choice.

-James

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Old Jun 22, 2008 | 12:07 AM
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Very nice design
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