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Originally Posted by tahdizzle
Just another .02.
I personally think that you are all just going through a placebo affect. I really don't believe there is any quantifiable benefit from a strut tower brace.
If you guys are happy with a strut tower brace, more power to you. But I have seen a before/after affect of a strut tower brace at autoX on the twins. And there is really no difference that can be quantified, due to many different variables.
If lap times were reduced an average of lets say .3 tenths over lets say 10 runs, then I would see some credence in your claims that "it makes a difference", but I have not seen any testing to prove that it does.
But hey, whatever tickles your prostate.
P.S. Even a 3 tenths improvement over 10 runs could be attributed to the driver. So even then it could be argued either way.
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I think the difference is much more subjective, falling into the "feel" category. Does the front end "feel" stiffer and more connected with a tower brace? Yes. Have people done blind tests on this chassis confirming it? Yes. (buried somewhere in the GS development thread) Did it improve my lap-times? No.
But I'm not going to remove it because it makes the car feel different in what I perceive to be a positive way.