[DeTomaso] Rear camber brace

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Thu Apr 5 13:51:40 EDT 2012


Photos would -really- help here. Just those of Corey's "best" opinions.

Asa Jay

Quoting Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com>:

> I discuss Pantera chassis braces in general in this blog post:
>
> http://pantera1998.blogspot.com/2012/01/chassis-braces.html
>
> It isn't the final say and I'm open for other opinions.  The rear   
> wheelhouse camber bar and lower aftermarket brace with attempted   
> triangulation is, in my opinion, the best part of the common 4-piece  
>  chassis brace kits.  I have Larry Stock's two-piece kit, but wish   
> that the aftermarket wheelhouse "truss" camber brace was available   
> separately from the other vendors.  Bob's point about sheet metal   
> flex at the brace connections is valid though, and echoed by some   
> vendors.  Other than Larry, I've kept the vendor names out of my   
> discussion as best as possible to be polite and as respectful as   
> possible.
>
> Corey
>
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2012, at 9:14 AM, RCBSONS1 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I have the Byers/Hall set of braces on my car
>> The upper rear truss really gets some action as
>> it was actually trying to pull the bolts thru the sheetmetal
>> I had to weld the tabs in with some bracing behind
>> This happened after trying to autocross the car.
>> A lot of moving around back there with Cheater Slicks
>>
>> Now it slightly cracks the Bondo used when the engine
>> bay was smoothed and painted... I try not to Autocross
>> the car too much now so the cracking will stay at a
>> minimum.  I often ask myself do I want it to look pretty
>> or go fast???
>>
>> Bob Benson
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