I have a '94 GT 'vert with the stock strut tower brace. I got a cobra intake for v-day from my parents but I dont think my stock STB will fit with the cobra intake. Did 94-95 cobra 'verts come with stb's or do I have to buy an aftermarket(maximum motorsports) one?
Strut tower brace questions
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just delete it, it doesn't help anyways.
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i havee a gt vert and it came with mine. so iim guessing the cobras did to
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for extra bracing since they dont have a roof
The strut tower brace was installed there mostly for to reduce the cowl shake. If you ever drive a Fox, you'll see exactly what I mean. I recently installed Edelbrock Performer intake manifold, and stock strut tower brace would never clear it, so I went and purchased a Maximum Motorsport one. Here is a picture of what it looks like after install
Honestly speaking, while I had it off, I did not notice much of a difference if any at all.
Honestly speaking, while I had it off, I did not notice much of a difference if any at all.
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TheNatster513 said:
94, 95 and 98 Cobras did not come with a STB.
ReplicaR said:The strut tower brace was installed there mostly for to reduce the cowl shake. If you ever drive a Fox, you'll see exactly what I mean. I recently installed Edelbrock Performer intake manifold, and stock strut tower brace would never clear it, so I went and purchased a Maximum Motorsport one. Here is a picture of what it looks like after install
Honestly speaking, while I had it off, I did not notice much of a difference if any at all.
Did you ever track it without the STB?
Well I didnt know if it would cause I big difference, I will be autoxing this car. Where every little bit will help, and since I dont have money for big suspension mods yet I wanted to make sure before I bought one.ReplicaR said:
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i read somewhere on MM's website that they do not suggest driving a mustang without a STB... obviously they are trying to sell you something, and im too lazy to look up the information (mainly because i hate the set-up of their sight) so, i would look into it a little deeper before you twist something in a hard corner+break+curb hop at the track... 
I've read that for that Ford engineers installed the strut tower brace on there to mainly deal with the cowl shake. Another thing to consider is that the brace also holds the strut towers from flexing towards the firewall under hard braking. This may not be as evident on stock pad and rotor GT, but a Cobra with a really aggressive tire and brake combo might benefit from it.
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If it did in fact actually make a difference i can't see why Ford would put them on the GTs but not on the Cobras.
OnyxCobra
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I think cheap is more like it... why did they stop using it on the '98 Cobra then, but leave the dimple in the intake tube? lol
