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Heya guys
I was at one of my buddy's Dad's shop tonight, and with all the tools and racing fabrication knowledge they have, they have been creating subframe braces from anything to Honda CRX's to old school Mercedes.
I was checking out my friend's CRX that they did there. Even though it's a CRX, the install is done quite nicely. I'm confident if I gave them my car they could make it look really nice and it would do it's purpose... well, maybe, that's why I am asking here...
The plan is to have two peices of tubing with brackets on the ends. The top bracket will go to the rear seatbelt bolt (inside the trunk, behind the seat), then the two will meet at the trunk floor with a bracket that has two bolts to hold it to the frame (a peice of the wood will be cut out to bolt the brace to the frame). It will be about 1 foot away from the back of the rear seat, since that's where my subwoofer and battery sit.
Price is not really a factor. I'm paying about $30 for materials, the installation and fabrication will be free.
Here's my questions...
-The CRX brace is made of 1/8" walled sqare steel tubing. I know it will be heavy, but will the advantage be lost with the gained weight.
-Extra weight vs. suspension advantage?
-If steel is going to be too heavy as where the disadvantage won't outweigh the advantage.. will aluminum work? Or will that be too soft?
-That last question leads to this next one... will it actually help at all? Will there be a slightly noticeable tighter feel in the suspension? Or am I just adding extra weight?
I would love to hear what you guys think. I'm gung-ho about having it done, but I want to make sure this isn't just alot of time wasted.
Thanks guys!
Taylor
90 SPG
RIP Kyle & Tim
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