j3ned said:
Ive been out with Vicky in her car and she doesnt drive it hard are do track days - a strut brace will be a waste of time.
It will look good under her bonnet and thats it. Under very hard driving conditons a quality rigid brace will help. OMP braces flex - ive fitted them on several cars and tried them - they do not make any difference whatsoever - Yozza has also commented on the OMP braces that were fitted to my car and made the same statement ( ask him ) he was the one that told me to scrap em !!!! . Me and my mate have custom built 20mm tubular strut braces made from rigid steel and welded them to the turrets - these work a treat.
Interesting...so you now admit that they actually do something.
I agree that if Vicky doesnt track the car or drive it hard then it would be for show only.
If the front OMP strut brace is properly bolted to the turrets (not screwed in) then i doubt it would flex much, i will ask Yozza next tim i speak to him.
Im sure that welding a bar from turret to turret will be the ultimate but im sure there are not many wanting to have their car welded.
Interesting that the Clio race car dont have a welded one...and i feel the difference between a correctly fitted OMP one and a weld in one will be marginal. There is a bigger step improvement going from nothing the the omp and in term of off the shelf item then the OMP for improvement seem to be the best value for money.
Its nice to see that you are talking technical again and not boasting about you engineering skills, your car or guessing peoples technical capacity.
Welcome back.........................