Originally posted by TourDeForce:
If you're talking about the framerails, your car should now be plenty rigid without cross bracing.



How do you know this? I, for one disagree. Longitudinal chassis braces merely affect bending and compressive loads. Lateral braces are much, much better at handling torsion loads which are the type of loads your chassis sees during hard cornering.

Think about strut tower braces. Are they longitudinal or lateral braces? Do they work in our cars?

The very best type of braces, bar none, are X braces. So if you can triangulate your chassis braces, you will have a very effective improvement. The problem then becomes clearance - exhaust, fuel lines and ground.

I'm working on similiar braces. Be interested in how yours work out.

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