POLL Does Strut brace improve handling?

Does engine strut brace improve driving experience

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I hope it helps, cos I'm kind of committed now......
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AllyZ32.8i said:
What brand induction kit you got
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To be honest I'm not entirely sure as it was fitted when I bought the car. It's a good piece of kit though as it's force fed cold air directly from a vent in the front bumper.
The strut brace was also already fitted so I never drove it without one. It handles great now but don't know if it already did or if the BACS makes a difference. It's a very strong three-point brace though so must do something.
 
The Z4 has the two bars which go from the towers back to the centre of the bulkhead as standard. Not posh shiny ones though I'll admit.

Tony.
 
I think the triangular set up would be the better set up with the strut bar taking up lateral movements and the angular the front to back. JIM​
 
Stormy_be said:
This is one of those were Strut bars shouldn't help.
Believe me, your strut bar is covering up something else.
Better check your lower triangles, your bushes and steering rods.
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Yes you could be right:whistle: as my car has now done 40K the suspension is probably shot to pieces:woot: must get it looked at by the dynamic duo
and I must be imagining the motorway grooves?=))
 
Funnily enough one just appeared on gumtree at 85 pounds but when this thread popped up it sold :banghead:
 
Bazza said:
Yes you could be right:whistle: as my car has now done 40K the suspension is probably shot to pieces:woot: must get it looked at by the dynamic duo
and I must be imagining the motorway grooves?=))
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Oh tramlines are there. We know all about them here in Belgium.
But which aspect of your strut bar reduces the feeling of tramlining...
A strutbar does 2 things:
Reinforcing the top of your suspension turrets
Avoiding the turrets to move inwards/outwards during hard cornering

The forces tramlines can put on your suspension are huge.
These forces are taken up by the bottom triangle and the mcphearson.
If your bottom triagle has no play, you shouldn't have any tramlining
By reinforcing the top of the turret, there will be less movement left to right in the mcpearson.
Therefore you will have less play in the wheelhub.
This will mask the movement in the lower triangles. But the lever of the hub to the top of the turret is big, so the forces on your turret will still remain big to compensate for the play inthe triangle.
I will try to find or make a video to explain it better.
 
Thanks for explaining this clearly @Stormy_be it goes to what I posted about the triangular strut mount taking care of all directions (bottom end being in spec is a must no matter which type is used) look forward to a vid! JIM
 
I'll tell you when I get one!:thumbsup:

Tony.
 
Most Expensive piece of bling on my car, won't be taking it off though just in case I'm wrong or decide to do some track miles. Didn't really notice any differance in handling and probably should have used the money on bushes.
Does look good though. If it wasn't easy bolt on I probably wouldn't have even looked at it. Bit like the performance air filters all show and very little go.=))
 
AllyZ32.8i said:
Results of the poll: 14 Yes and 4 Said no. So majority wins
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Also BMW have started to fit a form of brace to the top mounts on the front suspension? on later models in the BMW range?:whistle:I've seen them on Z4's:whistle: and as Roy said they do look good=))
 
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Only from the strut tops back to the centre of the bulkhead, not accross between the struts.

Tony.
 
t-tony said:
Only from the strut tops back to the centre of the bulkhead, not accross between the struts.

Tony.
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Tony I agree:) but still a brace for some reason:nailbiting: I wonder why:whistle:could it be to reduce flexing of the suspension because the engine is mounted way below the top suspension mounts?
 
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