Been reading the strut tower braces are most beneficial to us verts... any of you using them and have you noticed a substantial handling difference?

Well, I ordered mine from Blue Oval Industries and I am waiting its arrival. BUT, I bought it because of its looks, I do not think it does anything for us.....

I have the Edelbrock Strut Tower Brace and noticed the difference right away.
Less shaking of front end over bumpy roads.
http://www.autoanything.com/suspension-systems/60A3295A0A0A1949138.aspx

Thanks guys... .TPony can you please post here when you install yours and let us know if you feel any performance gains?

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Thanks guys... .TPony can you please post here when you install yours and let us know if you feel any performance gains?


Well, guess what...just got an email that it's backordered and they (Blue Oval Industries) are clueless as to when they are going to get a new shipment, so I cancelled the order....:(

When I had a Civic I had installed one and it made the car feel a little stiffer in the front end. I plan on installing one on my vert soon.

Mine came with my new 08 Steeda. Not sure how much of a difference it makes!

I have it... I could not notice a difference...but that maybe b/c I also added sub-frames @ the same time..... and a Vortech......hehe :)

Thanks guys... it sure sounds like this really isn't a huge benefit for us verts. I'll spend my money elsewhere!!

I have one on my 92 GT Vert and it made a difference in the handling.

I have a BMR brace on my 06 V6.

The installation is easy and painless, so I did an after-before-after test over a particularly vicious piece of city street near here.

My evaluation: bar in place reduced the dreaded cowl-shake by roughly 60%. Where it went crazy and was intolerable without the brace, with the brace it was tolerable, but just barely. Now that it's there, I'd resist very strongly any removal.

I just wonder if Steeda's double bar would be any better ...

Pardon my ignorance... what is "cowl shake"?

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Pardon my ignorance... what is "cowl shake"?
That's when you can see the front fenders and the dashboard rotating in opposite directions around fore-and-aft axes, simultaneously. Usually a respose to multiple successive moderately-sized road irregularities presented to left- and right-side tires at irregular intervals.

S197 is not as prone to it as are other convertibles, but it seems to me a strut brace removes a good portion of it.

Great explanation.
Anyone have experiences with and/orrecommendationsfor calming a Fox body's shakes?

For convertable's get a Roll bar, subframe connectors and strut tower brace and you will for sure feel a difference

the sn95's came with one, i took mine off one time for some other repairs i was doing and drove it and noticed quite a difference without it.

theres a difference without a doubt but i haven't noticed any since i just got use to driving w/o it since it doesnt clear my new engine :[ so its currently off my car

My 3 point brace:
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w80/RI99CMH/P1000228-1.jpg

I'm going to get the Steeda one since someone said that it'll clear the plastic engine cover. If the bar helps in any way, then that's a bonus. If it doesn't, it still looks good. :)

The 05 and up verts have just as much torsonial stability as the coupes. That was a main design goal of the team. I don't see any torsional issues on my '05, and I DON'T have the brace. Before '05, the verts were much less stable.

I got mine off a 94 GT. Still haven't installed it though:eek: