Strut Brace

Hello Fellow six groupies,

Recently aquired and fitted a Hartge Alloy Strut brace from an E28 5 series. It's a perfect fit and looks great in the engine bay. I thought i would post it and comment on the change of driving over the standard car after i have completed a couple of hundres miles.

Please look back in about 3 days time when i will have some feedback for you 

Don't want nitrous. I prefere normal aspiration the good old traditional way based around engineering.

Anyway some strut brace feedback.

The car feels about 20% stiffer and the steering feels heavier in car parks, yet lighter on the move. I would say the turn in is 15% sharper and at the moment i keep over turning in corners and the car feels much more liverly when changing direction. The car follows road surfaces a little more, but not in a tram lining way. More like in a feeling what the car is doing way if you know what i mean.  For the small outleigh in price i feel on initial inspection it is a great investment.

James

You can talk Horsey! I've heard about that Koenig bodykit you're planning to fit.

My first 6 Series needed a strut brace to prevent the n/s inner wing from fouling the power steering pump. Rotten? You bet.......

Andyboy wrote: You can talk Horsey! I've heard about that Koenig bodykit you're planning to fit.

It was an Erebuni kit actually, hehehe, similar to this one:

Andyboy wrote: My first 6 Series needed a strut brace to prevent the n/s inner wing from fouling the power steering pump. Rotten? You bet.......

Ah, Andyboy, ever the connoisseur of rotten cars... Mind you, I'm sure you've also tried the Ford Cortina Mk.2 1600E - my old man had one of those until about 1977. It would have rusted to nothing if it hadn't been for people trying to steal it first....

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There's no such thing as a rust free 6 Series! Karmann invented rust and then sold the patents to the Italians.... I had a Cortina 1600GT in 1984, a 1970 on a J, last of the Mark 2's. RUST!!!!!!!!!
It's also the 21st birthday of:

Austin Maestro
Mercedes Benz 190
Mitsubishi Shogun
Renault 11
Vauxhall Nova
Fiat Uno
Peugeot 205
Alfa 33
Nissan Micra
Citroen BX

....and the M635CSi

Some landmark cars there...............but which one is still in production in it's original form?

Andyboy wrote: ...Some landmark cars there...............but which one is still in production in it's original form?

My money's on either the Uno, the Shogun or (gulp!) the Maestro....

There was some sort of deal with the Bulgarians whereby the entire assembly line for the Maestro and Montego would be shipped out to them. What on earth happened to that?

bigfub wrote: Didn't they give up on it as a lost cause and go back to using the Trabant?

Wouldn't surprise me if they're all running about in Nissans nowadays.

"You can with a Nissan. You can't with a Trabant"

Andyboy wrote: Answer is......... PEUGEOT 205!

This is a joke, no?

(...you also missed out on the original Fiat Uno, which is still being made in Brazil)

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Merc 190 is re-incarnated as the TATA (well the front end anyway)Awful russian pickup type thing.

Made in a place called PUNE in India, Free Balti with every one !

 

HT, Why have you added a christmas card to your signature ?