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Old 02-18-2013 | 02:22 PM
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Looks good welcome to the glad man crew.

Do you feel a difference??
Old 02-18-2013 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by eklipz98
Looks good welcome to the glad man crew.

Do you feel a difference??
i feel a slight difference in the car in the way it handles kinda hard to explain what it is
Old 02-19-2013 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by thomsbrain
Because our cars don't have struts, the bar serves only as a chassis brace and has little direct impact on the functioning of the suspension.
Our shock or damper is what causes this flexing.
Old 02-19-2013 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by thomsbrain
Because our cars don't have struts, the bar serves only as a chassis brace and has little direct impact on the functioning of the suspension.
I'm confused what you mean here, because doesn't chassis stiffening (or the opposite, flex) have an impact on the functioning of suspension, (whether with struts, or not)?

I'm just trying to wrap my head around this.

http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_artic...e-chassis.aspx
Old 02-19-2013 | 08:25 PM
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Agreed. Front strut bar doesn't do much on our cars. We tested with and without it. No difference. I had the J's Racing bar before btw.
Old 02-19-2013 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by tunerplayground
Agreed. Front strut bar doesn't do much on our cars. We tested with and without it. No difference. I had the J's Racing bar before btw.
Did you do your testing at T-Hill or Buttonwillow?
Old 02-19-2013 | 09:11 PM
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I certainly noticed a difference, though I obviously have no way of quantifying it, and a difficult time explaining it.
I notice the difference most over uneven road surfaces, which is where I do most of my driving.

It's interesting how some people report absolutely no difference, and some notice a difference right away.
I wonder why? (Placebo? Different suspension setups?)
Old 02-19-2013 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by macr88
Originally Posted by tunerplayground' timestamp='1361334340' post='22349605
Agreed. Front strut bar doesn't do much on our cars. We tested with and without it. No difference. I had the J's Racing bar before btw.
Did you do your testing at T-Hill or Buttonwillow?
Both.
Old 02-19-2013 | 09:46 PM
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Was Andrie doing the driving?
Old 02-19-2013 | 09:57 PM
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Yup. I'm too shitty of a driver to be a good reference for anything. Haha.



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