Nice Strut Tower Bar Demo

[RayH]

Strut Tower Bar Demo

 

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Nice, i have a pair of those.

 

[atc250r]

Great video. Makes me want to put my front one back in again.

John

 

That's a cool site; interesting testing. I'll forward it to a friend who seems to think that just because cars are made of metal they don't flex (and think his minivan is just as stiff as any sports car /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/uhh.gif ). I was amazed at the difference the front bar made on the Galant; the rear, not so much.

Edit: Can anyone either read Japanese or translate this web page ? The second page links to it when you click on the application menu. I'd like to see what else they make that would fit our chassis's.

 

[atc250r]

It makes sense that the rear does less since the car is a sedan and the rear deck is pretty much its own strut bar. A hatchback benefits more from the rear bar that our cars do.

John

 

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That's a cool site; interesting testing. I'll forward it to a friend who seems to think that just because cars are made of metal they don't flex (and think his minivan is just as stiff as any sports car /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/uhh.gif ). I was amazed at the difference the front bar made on the Galant; the rear, not so much.

Edit: Can anyone either read Japanese or translate this web page ? The second page links to it when you click on the application menu. I'd like to see what else they make that would fit our chassis's.



Upper right hand corner says engrish.

 

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Something here? Hood vents?

 

[RayH]

non ducted hood

 

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Upper right hand corner says engrish.



D'oh! Thanks for pointing out the obvious.

Screw tower bars, I want one of these: tarmac differential

 

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non ducted hood



I wonder what it's made of?

 

Fiber reinforced plastic.

 

[Ralli380Gvr4]

^^^how do you go about obtaining one of those?^^^

 

[cOmpressor]

Cash money.

 

[381gvr4]

Nice. In the plans most definetly. $350 for both were not in the cards and settled for $35 dsm sway bars.

Great vid!

 

[misterfixit]

Quoting atc250r:
It makes sense that the rear does less since the car is a sedan and the rear deck is pretty much its own strut bar. A hatchback benefits more from the rear bar that our cars do.

John



The rear geometry is all defined by the rear subframe, as that's where the upper and lower links terminate, the rear towers only react the bump forces coming off the top of the shock, they don't have to "hold" the position to protect the geometry. the front towers provide the upper fulcrum for the steering. and they do have to react all the forces trying to movet the front wheel about thats why the tower bar up front makes a dramatic difference.

Rich

 

[gtluke]

so there is like 1mm of deflection with an entire wheel off the ground? these bars are even more pointless than I thought. Strut towers on fwd cars are so close to the firewall that these bars are pointless. our cars are built like tanks in that whole area anyway.

do this same test on an 80's convertible anything and you'll see why these bars have a use, on some cars.