Strut braces?

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Brand new Porsche mounts.

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Which strut brace?

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Kla, most of the others I have seen are like that too.
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Tom wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:23 am I know @Crazy Eddie has a fancy brace and is constantly trying to prevent contact to preserve his jewelry-like engine bay (and if memory serves, he doesn't use the plastic cover on the fuel rail). Part of the problem is that engines move when you hit the gas, and the amount varies based on a bunch of factors including motor mount health. For that reason, I've never felt all that comfortable with the braces I've seen out there.
Actually, I was able to install the plastic cover, but I think I modified slightly.. the issue really was the metal bracket that holds the fuel rail really needs to be modified in order for the strut brace not to rub against it( I didn’t have the heart to heart into that fuel rail brace) destroyed, braces, made by Dynatech
Who I believe is no longer in business.

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Strut brace
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Here is a picture of the strut bar. You can see there is clearance under normal circumstances.
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This is stronger than the hollow alloy bar, and has pretty much the same clearance. But I'm going to notch and weld it, so it has 10mm clearance over the fuel rail.

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Matches the rear brace too.

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Black944 turbo wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:09 pm Brey Kraus, most of the others I have seen are like that too.
Looks like a KLA.

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Sorry, you are correct. It is a KLA bar.

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