I am Wanting to put a strut tower brace on my 87 carbed sport coupe, But theo only one I can find is an edelbrock but it looks like it is for TBI, is there one that is a three point that will fit on a carbed car?

 

i ran the edelbrock tbi strut brace for a while.. it fits just fine.. theres a picture in my garage thingy..

 

In an e-mail over the summer, Steve Spohn said that he was developing STB's for carb for the fall. So far....

JamesC

 

If the edelbrock one will work ill go with it otherwise I will wait, can someone else confirm this?

 

I got a 3 pt STB from a carb'd car, made for a TBI car, and put it on my wife's TBI. If fit fine on both cars.

 

It depends on which belt arrangement and AC compressor (lines) you have.

 

Well its a v belt setup with the ac on the drivers side, so im guessing it wont work? Is there one out there htat will work with my setup?

 

No, which is why I've been patiently waiting on Spohn.

JamesC

 

Right: that's why the TBI one won't work.

 

That sucks, looks like I will be waiting too. I just ordered a wonderbar, hopefully it does something for me. Thanks guys

 

i put an edelbrock stb ony my 83 t/a with no problems, but my a/c has been deleted and it came in contact with part of my wiper motor. a little clearancing and it fit well. and had no hood clearance problems either.

 

I'm looking for the same stb (ac on drivers) any luck from spohn yet or anyone else?

 

Unfortunately, not yet. Ive been meaning to email some places about making one, It really is needed for us carb guys with the A/C there. Maybe if A couple of us email them something will get made?

 

If someone were to go to the trouble of giving me exact measurements on this STB with carb and AC I could probably get a few made ( probably not many as its not my area of expertise). I work for a manufacturing company that has an extensive metals department. Also would need to know what size tubing would work best and of what metal type. Also don't make it too elaborate, keep it simple if possible.

 

Why don't you guys email Mark at Racecraft, they seem to want to work with us and may just manufacture the piece if their is enough demand

 

Ive emailed several places with no reply, looks like we wont be getting one of these for some time

 

I tired of waiting, so as part of the upgrade process, I swapped in a GM serpentine conversion kit, which, of course, allows for the Edelbrock brace.

JamesC

 

all my aftermarket suspension parts are spohn, guess i'll wait too...