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#1 Post by Mike Groom »

Does anyone have a design for one of these, or a spare one, or a supplier of one?
For a Sprint, naturally.
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Mike Groom wrote:Does anyone have a design for one of these, or a spare one, or a supplier of one?
For a Sprint, naturally.
Good question, I am after one too

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Do these actually do anything on a Dolly? I seem to recall in the distant past a debate as to whether the front end was fine without one. I've never tried one so can't comment. :?:
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#4 Post by mikew »

I wondered that as most of the loads (geometry wise) feed into the subframe - braces certainly work on macpherson strut cars - but then these are coupled directly to the wheel, not isolated like a dolly strut.
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#5 Post by Mike Groom »

I'm after one just to stiffen the front a tad, to minimise any panel movement after a repaint.
OK, it's not for motorsports reasons, but maybe this forum was the best place to start? :D
When I got the car, the old boy at the local garage always said it could do with one!
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#7 Post by Dolly racer 33 »

Not needed. I had one on my race car previously. Just removed it.
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But it looks cool and Escorts have them too. :suntan:

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Extra weight. :rasp:
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#10 Post by SprintMWU773V »

My Mazda has one and it just gets in the way of servicing things.
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...convenient for fixing the nitrous valves to...
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Mad Mart wrote:Extra weight. :rasp:
Compensated by much HP'ssssssssss :D

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