What did you do to your Supra today?

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OK, stating the obvious, that's FAST. I haven't partaken in that kind of racing in ugh likd 20 years but I remember how blazing fast an 11 second run seemed to be, or anything even into the 10's (9's and 8's were like "Funny car" territory at the time). Congrats!
 

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Like 1,457 people before me, I have installed my diff. brace.

Much like the CDV discussions before, I am now starting the "I think this made my shifter feel more notchy or something" discussion - fuck knows if it did, but if my brain thinks that it did, I suppose that's all that matters.... :crazy:
 
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Link to where to buy diff brace that doesn't have a stupid logo?
After a little bit of back and forth I decided I didn't like the color of my current and started exploring different options with this idea in mind. This one should be a little more along the lines of what I want .
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After a little bit of back and forth I decided I didn't like the color of my current and started exploring different options with this idea in mind. This one should be a little more along the lines of what I want .
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Why lateral bushings? I thought the point of a diff brace was to resist rotation about the drive shaft axis, and those bushings seem to defeat that.
 
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Why lateral bushings? I thought the point of a diff brace was to resist rotation about the drive shaft axis, and those bushings seem to defeat that.
The bushing is hard as f***. So it's not going to have a ton of play. It's there too prevent vibrations, it's still prevents the huge jump that would normally happen during a hard launch.

Kind of the same idea between a solid engine mount and solid hybrid polymount. It's just a little nicer on and everything connected to it.
 

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Why lateral bushings? I thought the point of a diff brace was to resist rotation about the drive shaft axis, and those bushings seem to defeat that.
Unless I'm missing something obvious then this design will resist the differential rotation generated by the torque reaction of the pinion and ring gear as expected. It's just a more sophisticated design than the other one.
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4 points of contact on the diff rather then 2 also. This design is quite a bit more robust as well. I'm happy I went with this overall. The look is much more pleasing. Now to schedule a powder coating

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4 points of contact on the diff rather then 2 also. This design is quite a bit more robust as well. I'm happy I went with this overall. The look is much more pleasing. Now to schedule a powder coating

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Why powder coat it and cover all the lovely machining. Nothing better than clear anodised aluminium unless it's uncoated Titanium that is.
 
 
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