Do any of you guys know of some sort of strut bracing design that could work around a turbo?

Heres a shot of my engine bay ATM.



Obviously I can't just run a STB across the top. What otherways could I brace them?

This was one way I thought I could add some stregth to them. Worth it? Waste of time? Should I crawl back into my box?

 

Honestly the only thing I can see to help you out would be just SFC's and a wonderbar.Maybe that might be all you need.If you ever planned on a cage that would be an added bonus as I would see no need for a stb.

 

I have SFC welded in, with boxed PHB and LCAs and a 6pt cage that should be finished in the next week or so.

I guess it might be over kill but I just hate driving up some of the steap gutters around here and hearing everything creek as one wheel gets up.

 

When planning my turbo project this is also something I considered. Along with the turbos taking up space, I'll also be running a different intake manifold thats taller than the TPI. So I tried to think of other ways to strengthen those towers without having the support go across the top of the engine. The best option I can think of doing it this way is having supports welded from the firewall to the strut tower, then on the other side of the strut tower to the radiator support, and do it on both sides. Would require you remove A/C, but anyone doing a turbo project will find out there's a good chance they'll have to remove A/C anyway (unless they can afford that Vintage Air stuff or whatever). This is something the guys into Dirt Track racing would do, kind of adapted the idea to a street car.

As for it being worth it, well it really depends on the application and what you want. I don't plan on doing any real roadcourse roadracing with my turbo project, so for me it dosn't seem like it would be worth it. Same goes for a rollcage (since this is a street car). Gonna start off with just SFC's and a Wonderbar as mentioned earlier and see how it goes from there.

 

Very tricky indeed. A stb was hands down the most noticeable suspension mod I did (and this was after sfc's and rear end stuff).

I was going to ask how in hell you relocated your brake master cyl but then i realized you are in austrailia.