JCW JCW Upper Strut Brace

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Aug 23, 2008 | 10:22 AM

#26

tboner4me

3rd Gear

Joined: Nov 2002

Posts: 172

Likes: 0

From: Ferndale California USA

Quote:

Originally Posted by digi0123

Do FWD cars really need a strut tower brace to help with bracing? can't imagine 1.6l causing that much body flex...now my father in law's blow 401 AMX is braced across the front nose and fenders...but again...that's 500WHP and over 500 torque...not exactly a mini...under the engine a bar would help with body roll...just a thought...

On the R53, the strut brace definitely makes a difference. I took my bar off and gave it to my brother a couple days before I sold it, and almost had a heart attack around the first turn I took at speed - I thought I was going to hit the wall cuz the car took so long to turn. That said, I think it has much less of an effect on the R56.