How to increase your car's handling for $25!!
09-18-09, 07:36 PM
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How to increase your car's handling for $25!!
Hey guys,
As I was on the hunt for a strut bar, I saw a lot of high priced items, such as the carbing and TRD bars. I wasn't going to spend $200 on a piece of metal that connects the strut towers together.
I checked Ebay, the only SC300/400 strut bar was upwards of $75. BUT I lucked out and found a 93-98 Supra Non turbo strut bar for $25 shipped. These don't come around often, and there are lots of MK3 ones, but not many MKIV ones.
I won't post the ebay link, but you can probably find one by searching for supra non turbo strut bar.
It fit perfectly and cleared my 1JZGTE without issue, and really complements the look of the engine bay.
Not bad for $25. I haven't had a test drive yet, but I'll post up any impressions a bit later.
I'll be adding a brake master cylinder brace as well.
Let me know what you think!
Thanks,
-Freddy
As I was on the hunt for a strut bar, I saw a lot of high priced items, such as the carbing and TRD bars. I wasn't going to spend $200 on a piece of metal that connects the strut towers together.
I checked Ebay, the only SC300/400 strut bar was upwards of $75. BUT I lucked out and found a 93-98 Supra Non turbo strut bar for $25 shipped. These don't come around often, and there are lots of MK3 ones, but not many MKIV ones.
I won't post the ebay link, but you can probably find one by searching for supra non turbo strut bar.
It fit perfectly and cleared my 1JZGTE without issue, and really complements the look of the engine bay.
Not bad for $25. I haven't had a test drive yet, but I'll post up any impressions a bit later.
I'll be adding a brake master cylinder brace as well.
Let me know what you think!
Thanks,
-Freddy
09-19-09, 08:39 PM
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Theoretically, it keeps the distance between the shock towers static under all conditions. Depending on the torsional rigidity of a chassis, the top of the shock towers can flex enough to affect in turn camber, kind of like a capital "V" getting wider at the top when stressed. 
09-21-09, 08:53 AM
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if it doesn't fit ya know. Thanks a lot 
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09-22-09, 05:56 AM
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Tavarish - I haven't had a test drive yet, but I'll post up any impressions a bit later.
09-22-09, 08:09 AM
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if it doesn't fit put it back on ebay as a "SC300/Soarer" strut bar and sell it for 50 bucks.. lol
probably won't notice anything from just adding a front strut bar, i personally feel they are more for looks, if you have a pretty good suspension setup, front, rear strut bars, sway bars, coilovers it might add to it all. Just adding a front strut bar won't make much of a difference on it's own though, $25 is a nice pick up though, i'm definetly not dissing strut bars i had a nice greddy one on my SC..
probably won't notice anything from just adding a front strut bar, i personally feel they are more for looks, if you have a pretty good suspension setup, front, rear strut bars, sway bars, coilovers it might add to it all. Just adding a front strut bar won't make much of a difference on it's own though, $25 is a nice pick up though, i'm definetly not dissing strut bars i had a nice greddy one on my SC..
09-29-09, 03:10 PM
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unless your chassis is held together by elmers glue it wont do as much as you say.
from your pictures the design of it is inferior as well. the way it connects the horizontal bar to the mounting plates is the weak point. it will flex there before your chassis will.
nice way to add weight to your car though
09-29-09, 06:00 PM
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yeah i'm sure the couple pounds the strut bar makes will take a few seconds of your 1/4 time......it would probably hurt your slalom performance too! and on top of everything its gonna look so ugly as a nice clean new modification under the hood............