[How to] Manufacturing an upper BAR 306

[Jenkosowls]

straight bar makes perfect sense where possible and if this was possible it would have been done. Major problem factors that contributed to the route are the bonnet prop you would not believe how much of a pain in the arse that is to the whole design where the bar actually meets to the curve on the strut is where the prop is attached to the bonnet. you can see in the pictures the bar has been squashed to get this into place. otherwise the bonnet just sits on it, as it stands there is around 1-2mm gap and even then that was'nt with out modifying the bonnet prop holder on the bonnet.

Manifold and boost pipes made this rather tricky too. my rear engine mount is solid if this brace was on a rubber mounted car you can gurantee it would hit on something. The only logical sense would be to put straight pieces into and tie them to the chassis.

With major companys like omp sometimes they just produce a product to fill a market iv seen some pretty pointless and expensive pieces of metal flung on cars in places that arent even designed structual. The other problem they face is offering a bolt on product. Not allot of people are willing to weld or drill into fire walls like i am prepared to and so companys just make to fit without modification.

Rippthrough likes where possible to offer this too but only if its actually going to work. This is a factor as to why its taking him longer to produce an upper brace there must be around 3/4 prototypes knocking around and all have there problems. He is trying to develop a product that works rather than fills a market. And even then theres allot of varietys in the 306 range. As it stands he has a brace for mine above and his 1.4. but those are only working due to slight modifications and how many people are willing to do them?