made a rear strut bar.

[piston]

i thought i post some pics of a strut bar i made out of an old one i found in my garage for a 95 200sx se-r. might as well put it to use. i didnt want to pay 80-100.00 for one. so i cut up this one and weld it onto shock tower plates and made it work. sorry, pics are kinda big.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 23, 2010 by piston

[ben280zx]

Its look nice. Good job.

[JMortensen]

The shorter and straighter the brackets, the stiffer they'll be. Yours are long and curved. The brackets could be cut off and improved. The bar itself is also curved to clear an engine. This is a compromise that is made in the engine bay that doesn't necessarily have to be made here. A straight bar would be better if it would clear that backstays. Also the strut towers could be made significantly stiffer by attaching the backstays in the cage to them. Your's attach to the floor as shown in the NHRA rulebook as I recall, but that's really a design that's better suited to a ladder framed car and isn't the best for a unibody.

[piston]

yeah, the bar originally is for the engine bay struts. i couldn't connect the rear towers straight across because of the two hoop support bars runs right next to them. it was either this or nothing. i figure this was better than nothing. i can always change the strut bar and put a smaller diameter 1" .120 wall dome tubing and weld nuts to the end and make it work. im sure this will help a bit if any.