t44 strut tower brace pic

[Ken Keith]

But, is it enough orders of magnitude to do so?!?!  =)

Do V8's exhibit the same tear/crack in the webbing?

Ken

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:49:16 -0500, Kneale Brownson
<knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> I think it adds to the bracing the firewall provides.  Or, rather, fails to
> provide.  Because the towers crack on the 200q20v, which relies solely on
> the firewall.  If you look at the pix of the mounting, it is formed off the
> sheetmetal of the tower, both front and back.
> 
> At 05:10 AM 1/27/2005 -0800, Dan DiBiase wrote:
> >--- Ken Keith <auditude at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:31:36 -0500, Kneale Brownson
> >> <knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > At 02:30 PM 1/26/2005 -0700, Ken Keith wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >I didn't think V8's had braces, but that's mentioned too.
> >> >
> >> > V8s indeed DID come with braces between the strut towers.  It's a bar
> >> with
> >> > two bolts at each end.
> >>
> >> Totally.
> >>
> >>http://www.audiconnection.com/cars/sold/1990_audi_quattro_v8_cyan-red_w-bla
> >ck/MVC-194S.JPG
> >>
> >
> >Is that really intended for bracing? It seems like it's too far back
> >(right in front of the firewall) to really provide any significant
> >additional rigity....