Front strut brace ...
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Front strut brace ...
Hi guys, I see that many high performance sports cars have a front strut brace to improve the suspension handling. Is the brace actually a cosmetic gimmick or does it actually benefit the handling of the car. I'm wondering why the F Type doesn't have a strut brace. Your message thoughts please. Thanks.
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In some respects it helps performance, but it certainly depends on how rigid the chassis is. Based on what I know about chassis design, my assumption is there wasn't significant enough clearance to fit one between the strut towers and the hood; and likely the chassis is stiff enough that the engineers didn't want to mess everything up just to add one.
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Do you really think that the F-Type chassis is not stiff enough?
The convertible is already 10% stiffer laterally than the XKR-S Coupe, and the suspension mounting rigidity in particular is noted to be 30% stiffer than the XKR-S.
And then the F-Type Coupe is noted to be 80% stiffer than the Convertible...
Numerous road tests and reviews of the Convertible when it was first released saw comments like "it shows no scuttle shake or flexing at all"
I don't think anyone ever complained about the chassis not being stiff enough... especially a Coupe...
The convertible is already 10% stiffer laterally than the XKR-S Coupe, and the suspension mounting rigidity in particular is noted to be 30% stiffer than the XKR-S.
And then the F-Type Coupe is noted to be 80% stiffer than the Convertible...
Numerous road tests and reviews of the Convertible when it was first released saw comments like "it shows no scuttle shake or flexing at all"
I don't think anyone ever complained about the chassis not being stiff enough... especially a Coupe...
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DPelletier (01-16-2017)
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Do you really think that the F-Type chassis is not stiff enough?
The convertible is already 10% stiffer laterally than the XKR-S Coupe, and the suspension mounting rigidity in particular is noted to be 30% stiffer than the XKR-S.
And then the F-Type Coupe is noted to be 80% stiffer than the Convertible...
Numerous road tests and reviews of the Convertible when it was first released saw comments like "it shows no scuttle shake or flexing at all"
I don't think anyone ever complained about the chassis not being stiff enough... especially a Coupe...
The convertible is already 10% stiffer laterally than the XKR-S Coupe, and the suspension mounting rigidity in particular is noted to be 30% stiffer than the XKR-S.
And then the F-Type Coupe is noted to be 80% stiffer than the Convertible...
Numerous road tests and reviews of the Convertible when it was first released saw comments like "it shows no scuttle shake or flexing at all"
I don't think anyone ever complained about the chassis not being stiff enough... especially a Coupe...