In a message dated 1/4/01 6:22:14 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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> does strut tower braces really work on our cars?.....
> I installed front tower brace on my sentra......i didnt feel any change in
> handling...
> Do i have to push the car's cornering limit just to feel the strut brace
> really works?
>
I think you were looking for something big to happen, just about the single
most big change you could make would be front and back sway bars, then better
struts and shocks and better springs then strut tower braces then control arm
bushings, tires and rims,every thing works together. You can't just replace
one part and expect some kind of a big monster type of change. If your
thinking about improving your Sentras handling you'll need to think about
what is it you would like to be able to do with your car, ie: make it corner
better, better take off at the drag strip, improve it over stock for some
type of over all handling for day to day driving. Once you have a game plan
for your cars handleing and how you want to improve it, read every thing you
can lay your hands on, talk to other Sentras owners and see what they have
done and ask for rides in there cars so you can get a feeling for what and
how it feels like and ask questions. Check out local shops in your area where
people go to to have there cars worked on, talk to these people, get ideas
and most likely you will find books on setting up a car for handling the way
you want it, the book may not say do this or that to a Sentra but it will
give you general ideas on what to do and not to do. Its a lot cheaper to
invest $30.00 to $100.00 in suspension performace books and read up on these
things before you spend your hard earned money buying parts that may not be
what you had in mind for what you wanted for your Sentra's handeling to be
like when you were finished. Also check out local autocrossing events in your
area and look for other front wheel drive cars and look them over in the pits
and ask questions of these guys.Also check out the Sentra and SE-R web sites
there is LOTS of very useful information you could use from these web site
for setting up your Sentra's suspension, use the advice from the guys and
gals who have gone before you and spent there money and learned what does and
does not work on the Sentra's suspension.
Good Luck
Ron
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