Strut tower brace

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  1. Zooomzoomguy

    Zooomzoomguy Member

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    I am thinking about making a brace for my mav, planning to do a triangle shaped, but have the brace that goes between two towers go between distributor and the carb. will post pics as the whole thing progresses, right now i have just some cardboard cut outs
     
    Zooomzoomguy, Jul 26, 2009
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    heres what i did, if it helps you at all. it's adjustable to.
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    holy shoot thats one hell of a brace. ha!
     
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    looks good
     
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    here is the way i did mine




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    That looks really good!! Did you make them yourself or modify some from another car to fit??
    Scott
     
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    yeah thats pretty neat man
     
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    yes and it does it's job great! i was having a lot of trouble with my headers resting on the shock towers and tires wearing on the inside after the 351w install so i came up with this. there really is quite a bit of pressure on this bar but it could be half the thickness.
     
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    thank you. i made them myself
     
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    Sam M. Just a nobody

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    Holy tractor parts, Batman! That looks like the top link from a 3 point hitch!
     
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    yep it is!
     
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    fastback86 Loose cars and fast women

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    :hmmm: Ha! I was thinking the same thing! Got'em in stock where I work. You can spread the front end a foot wider if you wanted to :rofl2:
     
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