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Suspension Tech: Bring It!
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<blockquote data-quote="Voltwings" data-source="post: 14457953" data-attributes="member: 155561"><p>OK ... Here's a thought i've just had regarding strut tower bars. </p><p></p><p>I've recently started doing more road course driving, and have been doing a lot of research regarding vehicle dynamics with sway bars, staggered vs square tires, etc. This brings me to an interesting thought i just had regarding the strut tower brace. I think a lot of people, as well as myself, think this piece is magic. You just put it on and the car corners better because it' stiffer.</p><p></p><p>How does it achieve that stiffness though? Lets assume you are on a right handed sweeper, which puts most of the vehicles load on the front driver's side tire. When adding a strut tower bar, you'd essentially be placing some of that load back on the passenger side front, but how? Its not like that wheel just magically goes back down and makes more contact, it has to be braced against something: The opposing shock tower. This basically means the cost of getting the passenger front tire down is MORE load on the drivers side front tire ... Almost seems like in certain circumstances this could in fact be degrading to a vehicles performance instead of an upgrade? However, i realize this is a VERY grey area...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voltwings, post: 14457953, member: 155561"] OK ... Here's a thought i've just had regarding strut tower bars. I've recently started doing more road course driving, and have been doing a lot of research regarding vehicle dynamics with sway bars, staggered vs square tires, etc. This brings me to an interesting thought i just had regarding the strut tower brace. I think a lot of people, as well as myself, think this piece is magic. You just put it on and the car corners better because it' stiffer. How does it achieve that stiffness though? Lets assume you are on a right handed sweeper, which puts most of the vehicles load on the front driver's side tire. When adding a strut tower bar, you'd essentially be placing some of that load back on the passenger side front, but how? Its not like that wheel just magically goes back down and makes more contact, it has to be braced against something: The opposing shock tower. This basically means the cost of getting the passenger front tire down is MORE load on the drivers side front tire ... Almost seems like in certain circumstances this could in fact be degrading to a vehicles performance instead of an upgrade? However, i realize this is a VERY grey area... [/QUOTE]
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