shannonsautofab Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) I design and manufacture these strut bars. You can definitely feel a difference. check out my gallery. Shannon's Automotive Fabrication [email protected] Edited April 25, 2018 by shannonsautofab (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someotherguy Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 cool story bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXGM Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 I don't see anything.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown 346 Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 First post and already trying to advertise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevybowtie72 Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 It's in his gallery profile. Does it really stiffen up the front. Also headers fitment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperStock Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) Looks good! Edited April 27, 2018 by Fast04Chevy (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*LB*Intimidator06 Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Looks nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown 346 Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 It's in his gallery profile. Does it really stiffen up the front. Also headers fitment? It will a little, but a larger sway bar would be better with poly bushings. This is only acting like a K member but on top of the motor. Its already tying things in that are already tied in. Plus not knowing what type of steel it is it might not do anything but be for looks. From the pics, It looks like headers would be a issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someotherguy Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 Most strut bars are just for looks anyway unless you have a unibody car made with the thinnest possible steel, so that it folds and crinkles like a cheap beer can whenever you hook it hard into a turn. His attaches to the shock stud above the upper shock bushing, and to the sheetmetal of the cowl. So I'll go ahead and say this one is completely and totally "for looks" Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonsautofab Posted April 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 It will a little, but a larger sway bar would be better with poly bushings. This is only acting like a K member but on top of the motor. Its already tying things in that are already tied in. Plus not knowing what type of steel it is it might not do anything but be for looks. From the pics, It looks like headers would be a issueI design and manufacture these strut bars. You can definitely feel a difference. check out my gallery. Shannon's Automotive Fabrication [email protected] scheduel 40 1” pipe. Its installed on top of the shock mounts. Threadable rivets in the firewall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonsautofab Posted April 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 It's in his gallery profile. Does it really stiffen up the front. Also headers fitment? it clear the headers. The tricky part of the design was on the driverside. The steering shaft and brake lines. I used these threadable rivits on the firewall. The metal is scheduel 40 same materiel used to make roll cages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonsautofab Posted April 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 the strut bar is made oh scheduel 40 steel. 1” inside diameter. You can build roll cages from this materiel. It does stiffen the the front up a little. As does every strut bar. But the look. Its a saught after look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudy91040 Posted May 15, 2018 Report Share Posted May 15, 2018 (edited) if your interior dimensions are nominally 1 and you keep referring to it as schedule 40, then what you have is pipe. Pipe is NOT acceptable for making roll cages. Typically roll cages are made from DOM. Pipe is typically not designed for bending and taking loads. It is not structuraly uniform. Pipe will fracture long before DOM. If not a critical member, ERW can be used in place of DOM. A lot of people that use ERW do so because of cost. But if you plan properly and order all your material at the same time versus one stick at a time, the price of DOM can be very competitive compared to ERW. Edited May 15, 2018 by rudy91040 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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