[MENTION=9659]95opal[/MENTION], it looks like you are running the stifflers lower k member brace - does it clear long tubes? I've been looking at the stifflers products at LMR, looks really nice.
95opal, it looks like you are running the stifflers lower k member brace - does it clear long tubes? I've been looking at the stifflers products at LMR, looks really nice.
Here's the very same system used on the pagani huayra
Here's the very same system used on the pagani huayra
Actually the way this system is very different.
First of all, this is located on top of the engine compartment, which means that it works in conjunction with a very stiff chassis, so you have a rigid structure on top and on the bottom. Secondly, most of the stiffening in that structure comes from the middle piece, which is a welded x brace. Third, it works as support, rather than restraint. This of the chassis as having two major pressure points, which is axles. It will naturally want to bow in in the middle, because that's where all the heavy stuff and the wheels are at the opposite ends of the car. On a Pagani, or any car with engine brace for that matter, the brace is used to support the chassis. The mounting points are up against firewall and the chassis itself, causing a lot of support. The structure under that mustang is essentially keeping the chassis from sagging, by keeping it from being pulled apart. In my opinion, that's not the right way of doing this. I have never seen an under car brace until now that has used this method, including movable rod ends. Usually this is done through a solidly mounted cross brace, which will allow no deflection and no possible movement under load.