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> Anyone else have one of these in you trunk?, Shock Tower Bar
struckn
post Jan 16 2014, 06:29 PM
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Just wondering if anyone else is using one of these? It's an adjustble bar between the top of the shock towers in the trunk.

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post Jan 16 2014, 08:00 PM
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Why is it adjustable, just for universal fit?
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post Jan 16 2014, 08:05 PM
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back in the day we used call them "monte carlo bars" but in most cars they were up front.
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post Jan 16 2014, 08:05 PM
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and for installation I'd assume.

seems to me the rubber bushings at the top of the shocks would flex much more that the tower necks would?

regardless, interesting part.
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post Jan 16 2014, 08:14 PM
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I always figured the firewall between the engine bay and trunk was the 'tower bar' on a 914...same goes for the front.
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post Jan 16 2014, 08:16 PM
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QUOTE(jimkelly @ Jan 16 2014, 06:05 PM) *


seems to me the rubber bushings at the top of the shocks would flex much more that the tower necks would?




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post Jan 16 2014, 10:15 PM
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It came with the car when Purchased and I've never seen, or heard mention of the Bar before. I've seen similar ones on the front towers to help with body flex.
Good for something I guess. Anyway makes for good conversation and can't hurt, so for now I'll just leave it there.

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post Jan 16 2014, 10:19 PM
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Dead weight.
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post Jan 16 2014, 11:54 PM
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Its for hanging up your suits, so they don't slide around in spirited driving
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post Jan 17 2014, 12:13 AM
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Back in the day those were advertised as the latest and greatest way to improve handling by reducing the weight of the driver's wallet.

they serve absolutely no purpose as installed. a bigger benefit is gained by actually welding the shock towers to the inner fenders by opening up the boxes on either side. I'm sure you can search for what I speak of.

By the way, the upper shock mounts in the rear of a 914 play virtually no role in the alignment of the rear of these cars. The trailing arm mounts and bushings do all the work.
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post Jan 17 2014, 12:52 AM
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Strut tower bar. I have yet to dive into the suspension of a 914 since I just picked one up, but these are common place mods on other "driven" cars these days. Helps with body flex as long as they are designed and installed right. I know for the front of a normal engine car, these help quite a bit with keeping your steering response more predictable and stable while taking a corner.
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post Jan 17 2014, 03:18 AM
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QUOTE(PanelBilly @ Jan 17 2014, 12:54 AM) *

Its for hanging up your suits, so they don't slide around in spirited driving


+1

You beat me to it.
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post Jan 17 2014, 08:33 AM
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About 20 years ago there was a local pca guy was making and selling these for 911's and boxters. He said I could use one on my car. I opened the trunk lids and he said, "oh, you don't need it. Your strut towers are already connected".
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post Jan 17 2014, 09:02 AM
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These braces make sense for a strut suspension like the front of a 911 where there can be some flex in shock towers, which impacts suspension geometry. For the rear of a 914, movement in shock towers does not cause change in suspension geometry, so I don't see the point ...

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post Jan 17 2014, 09:35 AM
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Very easily homemade. Worthless on a 914 as already stated, but the make a big difference on my 240Z.
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post Jan 17 2014, 09:41 AM
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There is flex there, but tying both together would not really stop it.

Weld up the shock towers (Jeroen did a great article on that)
And if you really want, tie the shock towers to the transmission cross member....that does help.

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post Jan 17 2014, 01:07 PM
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QUOTE(brant @ Jan 16 2014, 08:19 PM) *
Dead weight.

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Not needed on a 914 ...
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post Jan 17 2014, 01:30 PM
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So it's not for the Trunk Monkey then? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Jan 17 2014, 02:24 PM
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I have one, it's from the 70s
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post Jan 17 2014, 02:27 PM
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I think they'll span a 911 front shock tower. Sell it to someone like that who can use it.
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