question strut brace what's it for

[lee_capri]

oh i no what it's for but what the f**k doe's it fit found it in back of the shed ,been their 2 yr's cant remember what it come off,as got it befor then right,it's 40 inch's from center to center and yellow in colour,is ajusable and a s a omp sticker on it,any-ideas

[Pye Man]

Alright matey?

 

The strut brace basically stiffens the front or rear up. The shell can flex, without it, by providing a rigid fixing this helps improve the rigidity of the shell.

 

Probably wont notice much differnce on the road. On a track there will be an improvement.

 

Hope that helps mate.

[lee_capri]

did'nt no they did'nt work so well on the road though,any ideas what it fit's

[Pye Man]

Cant tell by looking at it. Three stud fitting on the top, like a ford. Does it fit any of yours?

[lee_capri]

no dont fit any-thing,im sure it came off a osf but cant remember which one

[Stu_B]

First dibs if it's an Anglia one

[lee_capri]

First dibs if it's an Anglia one

 

it's to wide for the escort you would have to mount it on top of your wing's but it would hold your bonnet down

[Mr Sam]

looks almost fiesta

 

hmmmm maybe not

 

[Vista]

did'nt no they did'nt work so well on the road though,any ideas what it fit's

 

It's not that they don't work so well on the road, they work exactly the same. It's more that few people drive their cars to quite the extreme on the road that they do on the track so you don't see the kind of twist that would be prevented by a strut top brace.

 

As to what it's off Didn't the 2.8i and XR4i have a canted one like that to clear the air plenum thingy?

 

Just had a look around, close but no cigar I feel, 2.8i one looks like this: -

 

 

 

On the other hand, here's a V6 XR4x4 one, looks similar?

 

[pauln]

When I was measuring up a capri (mk3) to compare the strut top spacing when doing the rack on my cortina I got a measure of 40" between tops so perhaps your strut brace is a capri one. I have glassfibre wings so hopefully my brace adds a little stiffness.

[lee_capri]

ermmmmmm could be as have owned both well a few of both the thing that's throwing me is it only has two bolt hole fixing's if i knew what it was off of i could get rid of it