Has there been an official statement of what we're getting that I missed?
"toyota global newsroom" is a great source, if you ever want to use it for future cars, etc.
seems like I was the only one that noticed during the initial press release that the aftermarket hasn't done dick
It might be using the brace that comes on the M cars. A lot of the M340i guys upgrade to it. I always wondered if it fit the Supra.Did you guys see that they replaced this engine brace with a thicker machined piece for more rigidity?
-RJM
It's weird an aftermarket company hasn't made this piece, seems like low hanging fruit.
Amazing how nobody cared until Toyota added it as part of a minor upgrade. Looks like Toyota were trying to find something relatively unique instead of just putting a colour coded Blitz bar to try and justify another price increase. ?
i would say it depends. if all holes are planar you can probably whip something up for a send-cut-send billet piece reasonably cheap. if the holes aren't planar, billet gets way more expensive since you need to start from a much bigger workpiece, and you need to drill at an tilted axis (time on the 5-axis is more expensive). Or, you need to bend something from sheet steel, but in that case the stiffness change would be questionable (unless you happen to have access to a stamping press).
