swoope

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oil???????


beers

Charles R. Hill

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They're on the list.

extra Phil

ok so if the MS bar is mostly for aesthetics, are any of the other numerous tower bars any better. i mean, if the MS bar is mostly for show, wouldnt that mean that all the others are too since they are all pretty much of similar design

Charles R. Hill

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It's not that the different designs don't have different effectiveness, it's that we really don't need any of them in order to have a stiffer chassis. We have one of the best in the world, regardless of price. That's according to people whose careers are in evaluating such things. Same for our braking system(except for the pads).

extra Phil

so are you saying that thers no need for any brake upgrades because the system is great as it is? is that true?

nycgps

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The brakes are good up to certain hp. which almost none of the 8 *got up to* that lv yet.

Charles R. Hill

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For street and track use, using better pads is about all that is required to deliver the performance needed in both contexts.

tiltmode43

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Might as well ask here ~

Anyone know the reason Mazda went to a 4 point strut bar in the 09 rx8? After sways I was thinking about throwing some money away on the front + rear autoexe bars because ~if~ any bars change/add anything it seems like those would be the ones to do so...

Also, anyone know if the autoexe bars will kick you out of STU? haha

Charles R. Hill

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TeamRX8 may have that class-rule answer for you.

nycgps

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the autoexec 4 point strut bar is part of my *gift*

it should be here by the end of the month (hopefully)

Mazdaspeed has their own version of 4 point Strut bar as well. it has a different 4 point than Autoexe.

Mazdaspeed wants to stiffin' the turning ability. Autoexe's version is to stiff it more plus make up for the lost of B pillar

and for the rear autoexe strut, they got the 4 point idea from their Le Mans experience.

I was thinking of Mazdaspeed for my *free gift*, but I was like nah. I went with Autoexe.

TeamRX8

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if it comes as a standard part or standard option from the factory it's allowed "for those models that it comes on" i.e. no backdating to earlier models. If it's part of an option package you can add it on to same model year versions of the same car but you have to convert to the entire option package in it's entirety i.e. no mixing and matching.

aftermarket strut tower bars cannot be triangulated, can only go from one suspension point across to the other

Red Devil

I'm still amazed every time I jack up the car at that. For a sub 50K car, Mazda did one hell of a job with the chassis. That alone coupled with its relatively light weight makes it the best buy, imo, but I could be slightly biased...no, I'm completely biased.

nycgps

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The Rustang and Civic guys said their Chassis are good too

Red Devil

Good for the drag strip!


Good for groceries!

Wind Dance

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nycgps

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I heard the exact opposite

the rustang guys saids they're good at corners

and the Civic guys saids they're good at drag strip !

nelsonrx8

good for bling only bling

r0tor

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if you get adjustable shocks then you could use the excuse you can't get to the adjuster with the stock bar... which brings me to my next point, its a shock tower brace cause we aint got no stinky struts

Red Devil

Well, in all fairness I've seen some very fast Mustangs at the race track - especially the previous gen twin screw Cobras - that were fantastic in the corners...but they all had setups like these and were on hoosiers and such:

http://www.griggsracing.com/

Completely reworked subframes and axles, etc...

The factory Mustangs I've driven around, very fast in a straight line, not so impressive braking, even less impressive cornering.

extra Phil

does anyone know if its at all possible to get the rear Autoexe brace without getting the front. Ive only seen them come as a package and i was wondering if theres any way to just but one and not the other.

r0tor

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does it really? I thought it sat a bit higher and was a bit thicker then the OEM bar

smy266

You have to trim the cover to fit it over the MS strut bar.

SideSwipe RE

Do u guys happen to know if its suppose to b touching the brake cylinder and tighten up or does it have to b loose. Silly question lol

niteshade247

Look at the last post date 2008 it's dead.

bulletproof21

tighten it up!