front strut bar
02-19-2013, 09:42 PM
#21
Yeah I didn't notice a difference when I had the comptech strut. With or without it. I heard/read the cross member itself does alot of the stiffening already.
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02-20-2013, 05:23 AM
#22
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Was it both of you or just Andrie?
Everyone has a different sensitivity to these things, that doesn't dictate whether you're a good or bad driver.. Car setup may also influence what is felt or not felt.
02-20-2013, 11:01 AM
#24
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Gotcha, I know I noticed a huge difference on my scirocco but that was a wet noodle in comparison to the S. I didn't notice any difference in the Camry either but I think that may have been due to the crappy TRD design.
I wonder if people that notice a difference have lower bracing like subframe bracing or something like that that enhances the stiffness of the upper portion.
I've driven in a car that had a fake ASM like tower bar that connected to the steering rack and that was noticeable.
I wonder if people that notice a difference have lower bracing like subframe bracing or something like that that enhances the stiffness of the upper portion.
I've driven in a car that had a fake ASM like tower bar that connected to the steering rack and that was noticeable.
02-20-2013, 12:29 PM
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Mac - I think it makes a big difference on some cars, but not the S.
I do have the CT Engineering lower X Brace. Along with everything else they make for the S. Except for exhaust.
I do have the CT Engineering lower X Brace. Along with everything else they make for the S. Except for exhaust.
02-20-2013, 04:22 PM
#27
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That brace doesn't make a whole lotta sense to me because of how the forces are directed and how that bar connects. On a strut suspended car the upper arm leverage point is the strut mount and in a corner the outside wheel pulls that mount away from the other mount or at least that's how I see it.
On our car the upper shock mount doesn't do any pulling away but it can move up and in from compression.
I do think that the ASM bar would make a difference because of the design.
That brace doesn't make a whole lotta sense to me because of how the forces are directed and how that bar connects. On a strut suspended car the upper arm leverage point is the strut mount and in a corner the outside wheel pulls that mount away from the other mount or at least that's how I see it.
On our car the upper shock mount doesn't do any pulling away but it can move up and in from compression.
I do think that the ASM bar would make a difference because of the design.
