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Re: X-Brace
damn it now I'm looking for the cross bar/harness bar thing
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Re: X-Brace
you guys can debate the braces I have all you want..
All I know is the car is stiffer then without them.. As for the design and the heim joints, Ask Gordon Killebrew why they were used
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Re: X-Brace
Alright, alright.......now we just have to borrow one and make a nice copy......LOL
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12-10-2011
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Re: X-Brace
i think I am going to get that Killebrew Brace.
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Re: X-Brace
I like the Killebrew brace, but I know the c4 frame needs a X brace....
Pete should have it at the end of this next week and I'll let him say how the X works. |
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12-12-2011
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Re: X-Brace
Anyone have the roof brace? I've been looking for one for sometime now... I like top off driving but the car gets too loose!
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Re: X-Brace
I bet the Killebrew brace + the Targa Truss + the Harness Bar + RD Camber Brace would equal solid.
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Re: X-Brace
then comes the porting to make up for the extra weight.
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Re: X-Brace
thats what I keep thinking...I add weight to stiffen it up and then go slower? hmmm
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You could get about 50% of the way there, but putting a cage in the car then upgrading the suspension to Z07 specs. You'd have a stiffer and, perhaps, better handing car but the ride would not be as nice and you'd be putting a bunch of weight in the car. Accept that you can't DIY 20 years of technical evolution then enjoy your ZR-1 for what it is....one of the finest examples of late-'80s American performance car technology.
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