TRD Motion Control Beam
 

Anyone have info/science on these?? What is the purpose and how do they work and where are they installed??



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http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/toyo...l#.WCoVKqPn9Fo

http://www.trdparts.jp/english/asset.../86_engine.jpg
http://www.trdparts.jp/english/86/performance.html

Looks like it replaces the stock solid beams in the engine bay with a damper-type mechanism. Seems like it will dampen frame flexing, as opposed to making the area stiffer.

Oh neat... I wonder how much of a benefit that is??

I do quite like the TRD parts catalog translation, giving us gems like,
"Improves riding comfort and rigidity feeling. Also it has a sense of existence in the engine room."

That sounds like a direct translation from the Japanese catalog.

I'm sure this does something, but whether it does enough to be worth the increase in price over the OEM bars or nifty colorful FT-86SF bars is another question. The strut tower would have to be moving independently of the firewall for this to even have something to dampen.

I call bullshit.

If I am reading this right the "sense of existence" ends in entropy and that is not where you want to go with your car!


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ZS...3Bq320EJS4QW8Q

They kinda make me think little baseball bats

I think I just realized, maybe these are sentient AI, and recognize their own existence once installed!

^ :laughabove: even better!!

If they are made by Cyberdyne DO NOT USE them!




OH SHIT THERE THEY ARE!!!!!!


http://area.autodesk.com/th.gen/?8/c...s:780x3000.jpg


http://www.trdparts.jp/english/asset.../86_engine.jpg