Which promotes better handling front or rear strut bar?

[M3NTAL]

I have a strut tower brace laying around here and I was about to connect it to the front strut tower.

But then I seen a thread about someone making a rear shock tower brace, so Im wondering which promotes better handling in terms of reducing understeer.

I have a piece of 5/8 all thread that I plan on using for the rear. If I had to guess I'd say the front needs all the re-inforcement it can get being that it's a unibody ? Does that mean sense? Lol

How can I add a poll to this ？

[eurotiva]

Understeer is the problem with festivas. I have owned festis with both and I think the rear bar helped more than the front.

Just my opinion tho

[M3NTAL]

Thanks for the reply Greg.

[gauge_half_inch]

The rear strut towers are not torsional areas, when it comes to corners, all the force from the reae axle is transfered through the pivot points. So a rear strut tower bar, really only adds overall body rigidity more than direct tower bracing.

[Nerd Racing]

if you get an adjustable miata bar it will work with minimal modification up front.

[ENEMY_]

I'm pretty sure I heard Probe strut bar is a direct fit other than drilling a hole

[rollertoaster]

A rear bar will make the rear end more responsive. Which will reduce understeer and make it easier to oversteer by easing off the gas in a turn. I just put one in this week and I'm pleased with the outcome.


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[M3NTAL]

Ok I just put a rear one on.

[GenevaDirt]

Ok I just put a rear one on.

are you kidding me???? You cut that really nice plastic??? :nono:

[M3NTAL]

Come on willie theres tons of FL plastics around , i can really tell it reduces the understeer.

[GenevaDirt]

Come on willie theres tons of FL plastics around , i can really tell it reduces the understeer.

I have not seen plastic in that good of shape except for a couple of times....and you just go and cut holes in it....sheeeesh! You must be mental or something!

[FestYboy]

M3ntal, i would recomend stiffer rear springs if not already installed.... much more stability during the turn than with the stock springs.

[M3NTAL]

I'm running FMS Springs and Kybs on all 4s I can really tell the difference with that bar, can't wait to install the all thread under the rear beam!

[rollertoaster]

Here's a couple pictures of the bar we built for my car. The horizontal cross bar will be a triangle when finished and have mounting point on the floor as well.






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[FestYboy]

I'm running FMS Springs and Kybs on all 4s I can really tell the difference with that bar, can't wait to install the all thread under the rear beam!

i mean stiffer than that... i have FMS springs in Scrappy and when i added my helper springs, the rear became MUCH more responsive and the car was more willing to rotate (lateraly, not from sway).