Technical Strut Brace

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Technical Strut Brace

Look closely. It is red, but sprayed black

the red bits arnt where he's missed it being sprayed blck , its where he has bent it lol , and on the top edge near the scuttle panel he has put red bits to show where to weld to ... bodge job FTL
 
I'm gonna expose my ignorance here, but a strut brace isnt a strut brace if it doesnt brace the struts. That looks like a body brace... is there any suggestion the strong GP shell needs one for normal road use?

I fully understand the need for a race car version but as said earlier that one WILL change the crumple zone effectiveness, I am no scientist but from the look of it a front impact / shunt would force the wings apart! (n)
 
goodmorning mates.once i wanted to install a strut brace and went to a mechanic to see the car.his answer was that the car didn't need any strut brace for the horizontal direction movement.it only needed the strut brace for the vertical direction.he said that the horizontal ones wouldn't do anything to the car because the domes are almost one with the barrier that seperates engine and interior.the only direction that need that brace is a vertical one.
 
It is only for a 1.3 mjet,why would it need one anyway,agree with most of above,unless it connects to the struts,it's not a strut brace,the clue is in the name really lol, i don't think that anyone had looked at the layout of a GP engine bay before designing the ' bar ',to connect to the struts,holes would have to be drilled in the ' bulkhead ' at least,and that would not be good .
 
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Mmmm just my own 2p... the purpose of a strut brace ultimately is to reduce chassis flex hence keeping the geometry of the vehicle under suspension load. Race cars would be a bit more serious then just a strut brace provided race reg. allows.... mostly would be an extention from the roll cage to the turrets, some even carry the engine loads too literally a tubular frame... providing a load path of suspension load to the cage other than just the chassis.

Now on road car of course not every one of us will able to do that and can be impractical.. hence thats why a market for all these body braces as a more moderate version for improvement. It would be safe to assume by adding a brace to the suspension turrents will help.. however, the picture that we seen, we can't really comment for definitively unless been put on a chassis rig and apply twisting load to the chassis and measure the deflection under given load. Same applies to the struct brace. The question remains though... by adding a struct brace even the one connect to the turrent... you added local stiffness... but what about the bigger picture, the rest of the chassis? And how do you know that if chassis flex is reduced... it will work with your setup? You don't know for sure!!! As automotive engineers may even taken into account of the chassis flex and design suspension geometry accordingly... not saying its is the case apply here but to find out would take a lot more then just adding a brace or because a brace is not connected to such then its not working...
 
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