what effect does strut-tower brace have on '88 80 Quattro? (and other stuff)

[Huw Powell]

> A friend of mine who is a mechanical engineer claims that adding a
> strut-tower brace to my car would not help tie the two sides together. His
> opinion is that the firewall already provides this stiffening, and since the
> strut towers are so close to the firewall, adding a strut-tower brace would
> not be increasing the stiffness beyond what the firewall actually does.

I installed the Audi bar in my 90Q, ther was no noticeable change,
unlike doing it to type 85 (4kq, coupe GT) cars.

I think your friend may be quite right there, the 80/90 firewall is much
better set up to keep the towers tight.  Of course you are really
pushing the car, too, all I ever do is drive like grandma to go get
groceries...

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Huw Powell

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