t44 strut tower brace pic

[Kneale Brownson]

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....
>
>Dan D
>'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
>Central NJ USA
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