More..Upper stress bar questions

[brianm@earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

There is one case that this bar will help...
I hate to say it. but remember i am the destroyer of roccos..
2 dead 16v's in about a year. In a hard impact at the rear / side it will
help to maintain the passenger compartment.
brian


On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 Cmr446@cs.com wrote:

>    I'll probably never know if the rear bar helps my car's handling, might
> help stiffen the chassis (not as well as a front bar I'd imagine) and I'll
> probably never feel it, but there's no way all the bars installed could
> improve the looks of my car right now!   :)
>
> Carl
> 77rocco
> 89fox
>
>
> rocco16v@netzero.com writes:
>
> << Yes, I considered the additional benefits, and the 4-point WOULD reduce
>  vertical movement.  The question then beomes:  does reducing z-axis movement
>  improve handling?  Maybe a little.  Maybe enough to warrant using the
>  4-point, even.
>  I will say this: neither the 4-point, a 3-point, nor a 2-point will HURT
>  anything! And they look real racey, which may be reason enough to buy and
>  install one! :)
>
>  Larry
>   >>
>
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