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Old 05-21-2007, 06:27 PM
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what do you guys think of this

does it actually work? is it worth installing in a car

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Old 05-21-2007, 08:08 PM
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The cross floor bar kit will reduce the body flexes that occurs during cornering. It creates a reinforcement between each side of the chassis. The bar is mounted on the floor between the front and rear seats. The cross floor bar kit will maintain a stiffer center of gravity and a locking motion in your chassis. The overall suspension and handling will increase by 15%. This product is used by all professional drift racers.

* Made from high quality stainless steel.
* Universal Installation – fits any car.
* Improves handling by 15%.
* Must have for professional ricers.
Having no idea if this is just a universal bar or someone actually made it and tested it on the svx it is hard to make a call. Judging by the the mimo website I'd say it is just another attempt to make some cash. I'd have a hard time believing this small tube will do anything other than lighten your wallet.
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Old 05-21-2007, 10:02 PM
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The svx REALLY doesnt need any chassis reinforcment....theres a reason its 3700#
Even if so...Such a bar would be most usable either running between areas where suspension components are mounted to the car , or if on the floor...running diagonally in an X. I dont think one little bar that ISNT custom made to fit running directly across the already heavilly reinforced (as far as parallel tension and torsion go) steel floor is going to make any notable improvments in handling. It might work slightly on a fully lightened toyota corolla...but sure as hel wont do **** on the svx
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It is absolutely bovine manure and I hate the stuff. See below.

How could a piece of junk with bends in the middle, have torsional strength in excess of the car body structure. Because it will most certainly bend in torsion, it could possibly be used elsewhere as a sway bar, as has been suggested.
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Old 05-22-2007, 02:53 PM
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so are there things i can do to my car to make it handle better? like a front strut reinforcement bar or something like that?
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Old 05-22-2007, 03:10 PM
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If you remove the dash you'll find a 3" steel tube that runs across from the base of the "A columns" I really don't think that any of the wimpy "strut tower bars" are going to do anything to improve on that.

Have you done anything with the struts? Many SVX owners have done mods here with significant improvement to the handling.
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he added that in. there if you look at the actual web page it doesnt say that
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he added that in. there if you look at the actual web page it doesnt say that
I know. It's still funny.
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If you remove the dash you'll find a 3" steel tube that runs across from the base of the "A columns" I really don't think that any of the wimpy "strut tower bars" are going to do anything to improve on that.

Have you done anything with the struts? Many SVX owners have done mods here with significant improvement to the handling.
all Ive done with the struts is replace them. i wasn't aware that there was anything else besides doing the koni upgrade that you could do
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yes putting a bar any where but where the suspension actually flexes will do nothing... which brings me to the next question... has any one made a strut tower bar?
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... has any one made a strut tower bar?
hehe, I think they call it a firewall
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