Anyone removed the flimsy undercar brace?

[AdamP]

Did Adam also just insinuate that a three-pound iron vibration damper is in fact a counterweight for a 3400 pound car? That must be why it's tuned to 48hz then, right? For that 52/48 weight distribution problem?

Ounces equal pounds.

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[FuzzyRev]

Ounces equal pounds.

Holy crap I never knew that! ?

 

[AdamP]

Holy crap I never knew that! ?

It's a military thing.

 

[oreobbq]

You will never notice stress cracks in a car until complete failure.

Correct. I removed mine and this happened. ?

I just assumed it's there to prevent a loose exhaust from dislodging and pole vaulting the car into the air.

 

[FuzzyRev]

It's a military thing.

You must be the HMFIC then.

 

[FuzzyRev]

Correct. I removed mine and this happened. ?

Damn, you too huh? Although mine broke the other way..

 

[AdamP]

I just assumed it's there to prevent a loose exhaust from dislodging and pole vaulting the car into the air.

Imagine the video of that though.

 

[jtsang25]

It's an inside joke on this forum, referring to another clown that tried to insult some veteran members here, and those were his exact words. So once again, you're yapping without even knowing the context, and digging a deeper hole each time.

Did Adam also just insinuate that a three-pound iron vibration damper is in fact a counterweight for a 3400 pound car? That must be why it's tuned to 48hz then, right? For that 52/48 weight distribution problem?

Good to to know. Not like words from a no one means much to me. Digging my self deeper? Haha okay.

 

[underdonk]

You seemed worried about the color of something on the bottom of the car that you will likely never see when the car is not in the air.

...or upside down, which does occasionally happen.

 

[Twundy]

Does max orido have any pictures of the parts installed?

Here you go:

 

[AdamP]

Here you go:

Max Orido doesn't have 100000 WHP he doesn't know what he is talking about.


That is actually a really good-looking part, to be honest.

 

[jtsang25]

Here you go:

Thank you.

 

[lucky phil]

You know manufacturers rarely install components that are totally superfluous if for no other reason than it hurts the bottom line. Every dollar they can save on a component that the average customer never sees is pure profit to them and if they can save even $10/car on components and manufacturing at 100,000 units then thats 1 million dollars onto the profit margin. So there's very little motivation to add things that aren't necessary. So if you don't know precisely what a seemingly innocuous component is for it's worth thinking about. I have 2 family members that spent virtually there whole careers at the test facility of a major manufacturer here in Australia and also tested a lot of stuff for the American market. I can tell you that a massive amount of work and testing goes into stuff like rubber suspension and engine mounts and components related to body structural support and flex control.
Of course if you're a "hard edged" type that can tolerate a lot of NVH and noise then there's plenty of stuff you can ditch but there are also other factors. On 2.3 Litre 4 cylinder turbo Ford engines the "hard men" remove the engine balancer assembly and put up with the blurry image in the rear view mirror and elevated NVH for a few extra hp and reduced weight and think that's the only downside. They forget that all the engine ancillary components now have to deal with elevated vibration that they might not be entirely happy with in the long term. Vacuum pump, HP fuel pump alternator, turbo etc.
The devils in the detail more than ever these days. If you don't know precisely what a components purpose is then it's better to leave it fitted, Just sayin.

Phil

 

[Tribeq]

No, I haven’t removed an obviously structural component that helps the chassis flex less.

 

[3TMagnetMan]

Do you think the circled part is necessary? I'm looking at the CPM version mentioned earlier and it doesn't include this part. Wondering if it's necessary or not.

Probably not needed but it was part of the Cusco Brace. I guess each manufacturer has different approaches for their products.

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