Guess this part and what it does!

[Tokio]

dont state the obvious...lets see some research.

'nother pic:

[Tris_STi]

Let's see the pic first.

[Tris_STi]

Okay, looking at it, I wanna say it's a Lateral acceleration brace..?

[sheepdog]

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]

Like sheepdog, my first guess was something similar:
Lower H brace, as found on Ebay. (it's JCSpeed, it probably is Egay )

But I went with lateral acceleration brace, just cause I want one.

[Tokio]

not JCSpeed... J-Speed...

not ebay... the pic is off a japanese auction... i have another here somewhere. *posted*

[Tris_STi]

so it's a structural brace of some kind.. what is it already?

[Tokio]

if i knew what it was for certain, i wouldnt have made this thread... :-D

[slip]

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]

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?

[slip]

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]

Like sheepdog, my first guess was something similar:
Lower H brace, as found on Ebay. (it's JCSpeed, it probably is Egay )

But I went with lateral acceleration brace, just cause I want one.

Hello captin obvious, it says J-Speed right on it.

[Tris_STi]

Like sheepdog, my first guess was something similar:
Lower H brace, as found on Ebay. (it's JCSpeed, it probably is Egay )

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]

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]

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]

Do you mean to say Side Tower Bar for Evo's I believe that's what there called

[Disturbed_beast]

Better yet here i found one on Vivid Racing and NYX Racing (WRX)
http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/prod ... ts_id/5188



http://www.nyxracing.com/jspeed-side-to ... -5189.html