While I agree 100% with your additional information, you'll have to admit that within this context (motorsports, or at least enhancing the performance of a vehicle), NVH is not of concern.
No one adds a strut bar in an effort to quiet down their car. People don't have roll cages in Buick Regals to make the things even smoother.
This is the suspension forum, where people are looking for performance improvements. I'm keeping the focus there. You probably noticed I always referred to racecars as having roll cages for stiffening... where we all know the cage's principal purpose is driver safety.
You did reinforce my point that the front strut bar should be the last mod, performance-wise.
And I'll concede that it does look good. The main reason most people have it.
