strut tower brace ?'s

[greenmachine]

ok im not geting my hood anymore but i am thinking about geting a strut tower brace, ive been reading around and the bmr sounds like a good choice, now my question is how much of a difference am i goning to notice? and also what should i get after the brace? i dont know mutch about suspenson parts so if some one could fill me in on the do's and donts' that would be great

[97rs4life]

I have a BMR one and haven't really noticed anything from it, maybe safe the money for something better.

[JoeliusZ28]

if you are on a budget i would advise spending the money on something more useful - difference is minimal. that or you could get a used one like i did.

[greenmachine]

well i am going to be starting on my suspencion so i think im gona get it cauz its only 100 bucks, but i have another question, do the bolts have to be torqued to a ceratin pound or can i just tighten it as tight as i can get it and call it good?

[JoeliusZ28]

well i am going to be starting on my suspencion so i think im gona get it cauz its only 100 bucks, but i have another question, do the bolts have to be torqued to a ceratin pound or can i just tighten it as tight as i can get it and call it good?

there probably is a torque spec, but i just tightened em down. I dont think its a big deal - heres why. Last year when i had it stored for the winter i had my STB off when i was polishing and anondizing it. Well, not having insurance on it, i didnt bother to put the nuts back on, figuring i would have the STB project done by the next time i drove it. Well, we had a really really nice dry day that winter and the car came out briefly to stretch her legs. When i pulled the car back in the garage 15 minutes later i saw the nuts sitting there on the bench. boy did that send a chill down my spine... that couldve been bad had i hit a bump that wouldve taken the weight off the front suspension

[greenmachine]

dude, that would have sucked some serious basketball sized nuts....

and you didnt have insurance on it

[JoeliusZ28]

dude, that would have sucked some serious basketball sized nuts....

and you didnt have insurance on it

yea i know... very bad, very bad, very bad, very bad

[meissen]

holy shit man that really would've sucked. glad nothing happened!!! I've been thinking about one, but then at the same time I'm like "eh, its just a v6." lol that's just me tho, when i get closer to doing the engine swap, then i'll be looking into a STB.

[DETROITMUSCLE]

Well if your thinking about getting one an noticing a difference well that is not going to happen. I installed mine knowing it was the cheap start at building my suspension and stiffening the chasis. If you intend on transferring this over to a V8 then I don't think that'll work, aren't they slightly different? At least thats what I thought it said on BMR's site.

[archemedes]

it should still work, might make some work a bit harder is all I would think. They don't do much unless you do road racing, then you can see the time improve

[greenmachine]

i herd they get rid of some dash rattles, if it does that id be extreamly happy because the rattles are driving me nuts!

and i have some weird squeeky noise in the back seat and sompthing in the hatch that are driving me bonkers too..... anybody else have the squeeky noise in the back seat?

[archemedes]

yours is old enough to need bolts tightened.I've had cars I was looking for noises that the dash had 2 bolts left in it

[1bad83ta]

Chad. I bought a set of subframe connectors from spohn and they worked wonders! My car is friggin as old as me and it rattled really bad. Now I don't hear a thing. Maybe a thing to invest in instead of the stb?

[greenmachine]

actually i was planing on getting them after the stb

i just wish i knew some one with a car lift so i could get under this bad boy, i wana do the suspencion and sand down the whole underbelly of the car and put some rust stuff on it so i dont half to worry about rust, thers only one spot that i know of and thats right under my feet, i looked when i took my car in for the breaks

[JoeliusZ28]

actually i was planing on getting them after the stb

long as you plan on getting them. actually, if you plan on upgrading to a z28 in the future I wouldnt get subframe connectors. They will be about 900 bucks when its all said and done (welding included) and youll have to wave to them with the car when you sell it.