Jamest5r (Monday 23rd March 2015)
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Dangerous Dave (Tuesday 24th March 2015)
nice job
MA'R'K (Tuesday 24th March 2015)
Wobbly Dave (Tuesday 24th March 2015)
Looks very nice. How much does all that extra pig iron weigh?
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That is some serious bracing
Looking good bud!
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MA'R'K (Tuesday 24th March 2015)
Hi Dave, hope you're well mate, sorry to hear your sad news recently!
It doesn't weigh a great deal as the brackets / plates are already there on std setup.... they are obviously beefed up somewhat though.... and added to the actual braces, I would imagine 10kg more than std? I really should have weighed it
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Wobbly Dave (Tuesday 24th March 2015)
Was this fitted to all ragtop C70s? There's a few breaking on ebay.....
1996 Olive Green 850 AWD - Follow the Project - Forged rods, 19T, big blue injectors, 960 TB, 3.25" MAF, Ostrich, 608 binary, arduino data display, active exhaust control with Focus RS tips, 320mm front brake conversion.
1996 Nautic Blue 850 AWD - Failed its MOT, now it's a donor for the green thing.
2004 Sapphire Black S60 D5 - The new daily hack.
WHY DOESN'T MY SIGNATURE WORK??? ...IT DOES NOW! :-)
Wobbly Dave (Tuesday 24th March 2015)
Another possible mod going on my list - only issue is clearance on my 3 inch cat back - my tunnel brace went in the bin many years ago.
I put the plastic inserts in my sub-frame - but I wonder with over 400bhp I should also need solid ones.
Question springs to mind - can you overstiffen the chassis?
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That was my concern too when tackling this.... I was originally going to go down the tubular frame route like fandango has, however, I've always strived to set my car up as a road/GT setup so I didn't wan't to go too mad on the stiffening. This is why I've stuck with OEM engine mounts rather than solid..... and also keeping the 20mm ARB with polys rather than a stiff as heck 22mm uprated ARB as they can make the ride very hard.....especially when dealing with potholes etc!
From driving the car for a few days now, this appears to be a good 'fast road' setup, retains the comfort and really helps the line you take into a corner.... and getting power down earlier when coming out of corners
I can see your problem with the 3 inch cat back, though I'm sure this would be a good basis to start from, some modifying of the rear fixing plate maybe required, but surely easier (and a heck of a lot more cost effective!!!) than other routes?
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i may have to forego the rear-most brace for that reason.
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