Rear strut brace - options... - Page 8

**glendog74** · 06-02-2011, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by The Gorilla

Hi,

This started with Rear Strut Brace, now ''Nos''
how long before, Welded Diff and then Fluffy Dice ?

''Tokoyooooooo Drift'' here we come.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

But... Just look at what can be achieved with some 'vision'...

toofastforyou · 06-02-2011, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by glendog74

But... Just look at what can be achieved with some 'vision'...

i always wanted an m5 bumper on my csl

toofastforyou · 09-02-2011, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by The Gorilla

Hi,

AlexGTT- The rear strut brace will do nothing to
prevent the rear subframe ripping out the boot
floor, if anything it will accelerate it.

The rear subframe seeks to leave the E46
shell due to the ''torque twist' of the diff under
extreme load.

That is why the rips in the boot floor in most
cases follow the same pattern.

By stiffening up the rear end of the shell the
loads when transmitted from the torque of the
diff into the boot floor via the diff mounts will
be greater as that area has been made more 'rigid'
and the laods which can be partially disspearsed by 'flex'
now have nowere to go.

This will accelerate the point load, which is the sub
frame mounts to the boot floor.

Hence your 'ripping' dynamics increase not reduce.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

dear gorilla (or anyone else with an answer)

if one decides to use a rear strutbrace, how does one avoid the issues you have mentioned above associated with the use of such a device? i'm assuming other modifications will have to be made, what are they?

regards

tffy

**shimmy** · 09-02-2011, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by glendog74

But... Just look at what can be achieved with some 'vision'...

Is that Lawsys Evo?

toofastforyou · 09-02-2011, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by shimmy

Is that Lawsys Evo?

shane@mbtech · 09-02-2011, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by shimmy

Is that Lawsys Evo?

I wont bite

funtime · 10-02-2011, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by toofastforyou

dear gorilla (or anyone else with an answer)

if one decides to use a rear strutbrace, how does one avoid the issues you have mentioned above associated with the use of such a device? i'm assuming other modifications will have to be made, what are they?

regards

tffy

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