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Originally Posted by nalc
I understand, I'm just wondering if there's any proof or evidence of improvement, because practically every mod has a "zomg the mod made the car a bazillion times better" review on a forum. I work in aviation, and "Let's throw weight at it without doing any testing or analysis, based on what looks like it's weak" is some amateur crap. I'm not saying that I expect a little shop to be able to do a finite element analysis, or put strain gauges all over the car, but I would expect them to develop a brace based on looking at parts of the chassis that look weak and previous experience with other cars, then do at least some sort of before-and-after road or track test to confirm that the car actually benefits from the brace. There's probably a number of weak points in the chassis that are designed to be weak because they don't see a lot of load or stress on them, and that wouldn't benefit from bracing. I'm sure there's a number of weak points in the chassis that were either a design oversight, a cost-cutting measure, or a ride comfort compromise that will see big performance gains from braces. How you tell the two apart is the key. Otherwise you're just paying $$$ for a pretty piece of metal that may not be doing anything worthwhile.
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I see where you are coming from with doing complete R&D. However all of those R&D hours will be reflected in the final price so there has to be a balance of data and whats realistic.
Look at how F1 cars are developed, massive budget and mega software. Then once its physically built they still coat it with paint and take it for a spin to see if it actually does what the computer says it will.