You'r fenders look really cool by the way!!Pick up a 1 year old used quick jack today. I'm going to like this thing.
Man that looks hot! Makes the puny little stripes I'm attempting look weak. Maybe I nees to find a powder coater around here.Added a brand new Ford Performance torsion bar after finally getting it back from my powder coater. My guy does excellent work but is back-logged like crazy, had to wait 5 weeks for this.
First off, my GT was bone stock so it didn't come with any torsion bar at all. Second, and I'd have to confirm this with someone who did get a model that has one, the stock version does not have the part that connects to the center of the body. My understanding is that the stock ones just connect the two strut towers, like a bridge, whereas the Ford Performance one forms like a triangle that also connects to the body.
Yes, if you can find a skilled craftsman in your area, powder coating is completely worth it. I took my time picking this color and just loved how it all came out.
It actually probably stiffens thing more than the cross brace does assuming it includes the extra support piece that comes with PP cars but is not included in the Ford Performance "kits". By itself, it completes 2 triangles with existing parts of the car. With the cross brace it completes 3 triangles, using the cross brace as one side of the third triangle. The cross brace by itself, makes zero triangles but does make things a little more rigid.
It's actually called a "strut tower brace". A torsion bar is under the car that stiffens up the suspension keeping the car from rolling in corners.
Closer, but that's an anti-roll bar. A torsion bar is a type of spring commonly found on trucks. They perform the same function as coil springs or leaf springs.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion_bar_suspension
Ok, thanks for that info. My new GT has a brace across the two strut towers. In addition there are brace pieces from each strut tower to the firewall.
