Anyone else ever do the rear tower brace?...
06-06-2002, 01:49 AM
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Car: 1984 Chevy Camaro
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Anyone else ever do the rear tower brace?...
LIke the one in the Tech articles. Cause I"m thinking about making one for the hell of it. ($15 bucks aint much) I was considereing it for a while...but has anyone else done it? did it atcually help any? O_o
06-06-2002, 10:08 AM
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this will do you no good unless you have an IRS rear end. They are braced only to box the suspention area so there is no camber flex. Solid rear alxes don't flex this way. the best thing you could do is to have the rear axle housing beefed up if wanting to try to improve that aspect of a third gen. camaro. Wont be a noticable difference though. They are beefed up mainly to prevent any minor flex from causing internal part damage.
06-06-2002, 11:49 AM
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are you saying it wont help for drag racing? or it wont help for anything? I would think that it would flex somewhat up there considering it has a big glass window...but I dono...I'll make one today and post up if it seemed to help any.
06-06-2002, 12:19 PM
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Well, Treview1 (the guy who wrote the tech article) noticed a difference, but I'll bet you it was a difference in cornering, and not at the dragstrip. Plus, he's bracing the rear frame, not the rear shock towers. A solid piece of metal (aka, the floor) connects the rear shock towers. That's different than the front struts, which have a big gap between 'em (engine bay), which flexes. But tying the upper frame together sounds like it would help for corners.
I think youd' see better results at the track by putting an air bag in the right rear spring.
I think youd' see better results at the track by putting an air bag in the right rear spring.
06-06-2002, 01:17 PM
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oh I typed the wrong location. I'm putting it where he put his brace. And I only do corners. Well drift them anyways. I'm not really into drag racing anymore.
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all of ther side loads on a 3g rear come through the panard/track rod/bar .... if you don't reinforce that ... your not improving the handling .. AT ALL ...
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Bracing anything behind the frontmounts of the LCA's (where they bolt to the frame) will not make any improvements in handling. Upper rear shock mounts have no value when it comes to camber settings or camber stiffness. Aslong as the frame is braced at the suspension points and no flex is present there, then adding upper body braces only contributes to excess weight. It doen't matter if the upper body flexes as long as it has no bering on the supension area. NOW for those of you who are about to disagree, think this through, what I said has nothing to do with weight transfer of the upper body in relation to the suspension. This is where the panhard bar comes into play.
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06-07-2002, 07:40 AM
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well to late I made one for my car. I dont know if it made a difference or not. I think I have tot ake it out try a few turns. ANd then put it back in and try the turns again. (car has been sitting all of today and I have been driving other cars...so my car feels different to me at the moment) and even if it doesnt help it looks nice. haha...since the back of my interior is stripped it matches well.
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