Thread: Triangulated FSTB

Yea I was planning on running the booster line under the pinch seam in on the firewall. As for the PS line, I have a tubing bender and was going to see about mounting all of that junk onto the shock tower...we'll see.

Check this one out, although it looks like possibly a CF tubed brace, the concept was close to what I was thinking for non-GC plates, lowport like your VE, possibly attach that firewall piece a little better - simple, the tubes could be threaded rod instead like the SCC brace, too. The rings would be the challenge, you'd have to fab or adapt something.

Not bad, people who keep the TMIC on Scoobies have the similar problem -

Good ideas. I wondered why they used hard line so much, I am guessing for its lack of flex. But then over by the res tank, the PS fluid near the cooler uses the crappiest OEM rubber tubing, I think it would leak if you look at it.

I think when I look at OEM vs. SCC, DC just "gently" (?) bent the line out of the way and sort of let the other clips pick up the slack.

Looking at the chew marks on mine, looks like it was just rotated and let go where it ended up! Click on the pic for a higher res photo:

how about something like this?
the good news is they fit (in a '91 nx anyway)

the bad news is they are gonna cost about $250 ea to make


here's some pics on jon's '91 nx2000

passerger side has to snake through some stuff but fits (with minor tugging and tweaking)




i didn't want to drill on his car without his ok .... but, you get the idea.



-chuck

Nice work Chuck.

that looks great chuck, but I still don't know that it will clear the lowport intake manifolds. what I was conspiring had the additional braces spaced further apart, which should fit both lowport and highport manifolds.

Ever do anything further here?

agreed. im intersted too

There was a brace on yahoo auctions sometime ago off a vzr n1. It was a 3 point tirangular engine bay brace. It can be done for b13/b14 with the ve mani.

On that note - that same seller had a B pillar cabin brace.