View Full Version : Guess this part and what it does!
Tokio
06-24-2005, 03:09 PM
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/tokio_sparrow/Jspeedbrace01110.jpg
dont state the obvious...lets see some research.
'nother pic:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/tokio_sparrow/510x379-2005061800004.jpg
Tris_STi
06-24-2005, 03:21 PM
Let's see the pic first.
Tris_STi
06-24-2005, 03:22 PM
Okay, looking at it, I wanna say it's a Lateral acceleration brace..?
sheepdog
06-24-2005, 03:55 PM
A front subframe connector or front frame brace. its just to reinforce the chassis of the front of the car under rough suspension conditions or extreme engine torque twisting
I could be completely wrong, that pic isnt the greatest indicator as to where that is on the car but thats my guess
Tris_STi
06-24-2005, 04:03 PM
Like sheepdog, my first guess was something similar:
Lower H brace, as found on Ebay. (it's JCSpeed, it probably is Egay :roll: )
But I went with lateral acceleration brace, just cause I want one.
Tokio
06-24-2005, 04:58 PM
not JCSpeed... J-Speed...
not ebay... the pic is off a japanese auction... i have another here somewhere. *posted*
Tris_STi
06-24-2005, 07:11 PM
so it's a structural brace of some kind.. what is it already?
Tokio
06-24-2005, 09:20 PM
if i knew what it was for certain, i wouldnt have made this thread... :-D
since you can see the door and the front wheel in the second pic and using some common sense it's a three point brace that connects the cabin structure (coming down from the a-pillar) to the fender structure from the doors forward.
they help maintain a decent contact patch during cornering loads. think of it as a strut brace that controls flex along the side of the car instead of across the width of the car
Tokio
06-25-2005, 02:41 PM
since you can see the door and the front wheel in the second pic and using some common sense it's a three point brace that connects the cabin structure (coming down from the a-pillar) to the fender structure from the doors forward.
yeah, again i asked for comments other than the incredibly obvious. where did you find any info on this?
Well you did say that you didn't know what it was...I was looking up parts of the Evo-VIII once and there are a few manufaturers that make similar braces. I hadn't heard much about them before but now that I have I've been seeing them for more applications, plus any modern factory race car uses them (JGTC, V8 Supercars, etc.) I think Vivid Racing sells them
Reason
06-26-2005, 01:30 AM
Like sheepdog, my first guess was something similar:
Lower H brace, as found on Ebay. (it's JCSpeed, it probably is Egay :roll: )
But I went with lateral acceleration brace, just cause I want one.
Hello captin obvious, it says J-Speed right on it.
Tris_STi
06-27-2005, 12:30 PM
Like sheepdog, my first guess was something similar:
Lower H brace, as found on Ebay. (it's JCSpeed, it probably is Egay :roll: )
But I went with lateral acceleration brace, just cause I want one.
Hello captin obvious, it says J-Speed right on it.
Eat my ass with a spoon, please.
My parts car at home has a piece in a similar location, what I believe would be the stock part for what the item in question replaces. I can grab the part number and run it later, and see what FHI calls it. Would that help?
Jonathan
08-07-2005, 04:19 PM
My parts car at home has a piece in a similar location, what I believe would be the stock part for what the item in question replaces. I can grab the part number and run it later, and see what FHI calls it. Would that help?
Yes. That would help us all. Thanks.
fibuz
08-07-2005, 07:04 PM
It's called a cowl brace.
These braces replace the flimsy stamped steel original braces that connect the front strut towers to the sturdier A-pillar. If you have a front strut bar, these are the key to finally strabilizing the upper mounts.
Disturbed_beast
08-08-2005, 02:56 AM
Do you mean to say Side Tower Bar for Evo's I believe that's what there called
Disturbed_beast
08-08-2005, 02:58 AM
Better yet here i found one on Vivid Racing and NYX Racing (WRX)
http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/prod ... ts_id/5188 (http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/41_184_187_239/products_id/5188)
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/08/jspeedreinforce-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2005/08/jspeedreinforce2-1.jpg
http://www.nyxracing.com/jspeed-side-to ... -5189.html (http://www.nyxracing.com/jspeed-side-tower-wrxsti-p-5189.html)
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