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Old Jul 6, 2002 | 10:57 AM
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Ok, I'm about to show what a n00b that I really am.I have never owned a sports car,in fact I drive a 95 ford ranger with a huge dent in the side.Be prepaired for me to ask alot of questions,I feel the only stupid question is the one that went un asked.Now what exactly do the struts and bracers do for the car, I have noticed even on cars that were not modded very much they at least had these items,do they enhance performance that much?


Next ,how do I clear my front head lights

next, somewhere I have read that our clutch is weak, is it advisable to put that on a need to do list ? and what will it do for me.

I have a week or 2 till my car comes and it's killing me.


PS I paied my dues, when will it show Im a member
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Old Jul 6, 2002 | 11:08 AM
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General consesus is that the Strut tower bars are not much help, but you can notice the enhance stiffness of cross-braces of any make (Spoon, Import Development AKA Mingster, DeGrappa)
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Old Jul 6, 2002 | 01:23 PM
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descriptions of the parts and pictures of several (not all) of them are located in the library under the suspension section.

also, we have shocks, no struts on this car. =)

hope this helps!
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Old Jul 6, 2002 | 02:20 PM
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just a hint...this forum has a pretty effective search function.
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Old Jul 6, 2002 | 03:03 PM
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Rgr that sir, it seems to be down, the search function I mean
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Old Jul 6, 2002 | 04:23 PM
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Originally posted by Ironmaul
Now what exactly do the struts and bracers do for the car, I have noticed even on cars that were not modded very much they at least had these items,do they enhance performance that much?

next, somewhere I have read that our clutch is weak, is it advisable to put that on a need to do list ? and what will it do for me.
I have X and tower braces. I believe a little difference could be felt because of the X-brace (I have DiGrappa) during very hard turns and slopes. I don't think tower brace does anything. It looks cool!

Clutch is fine unless you launch often and let it bog. If you don't break the tires loose you will smoke the clutch. I don't do wheel spinning launches. This car does better from a roll.
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