93BlackFD

REVIEW

quality: welds are good, steel is certainly not stainless, it needs a protective coating of some sort, paint or powdercoating

construction: very stout, very strong construction

weight: it's way overweight, I do understand that it probably takes a very short amount of time to make one, but I'd rather make my own out of lighter materials with a more engineered approach

design: i think the idea of bracing something with the power plant frame bolts (14mm diameter studs) to some 12mm non structural bolts (the driveshaft/exhaust brace) is not my choice of design

because i do not like the construction or design of this piece, i'm goign to make my own, stay tuned for pics

FormerPorscheGuy

How is the vibration? Is there any?

jdhuegel1

Yes. Not too bad, but there is a significant difference over stock.

93BlackFD

vibration is trivial, the exhaust is being pushed up by the brace, so there is contact/rubbing, so when i hit certain exhaust tones, i can feel the resonance through the body

what this brace HAS shown me, is that i need to invest in better bushings/linkage in the rear and lots of my driveablity grimlins will go away

so in the spirit of the other items on my car, i have aquired a rusty old rear subframe, and will be sandblasting/powdercoating it this week hopefully