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-   -   Strut tower brace (https://www.nopistons.com/2nd-generation-specific-17/strut-tower-brace-1266/)

Rob x-7 03-08-2002 05:27 PM
Yesterday I FINALLY installed the engine brace for my Mazdatrix strut tower brace, but it didn't seem to work well because I felt alot of shaking, and there was some rattling. I KNOW that everything was tightened well.
< Isnt the shaking and rattling from the fact you put a engine brace on ? Now it will transfer all the vibration from the engine to the firewall. It warns you of that, maybe you should have kept it a 2 point brace without the engine brace.

13BAce 03-08-2002 05:34 PM
Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Mar. 08 2002,18:27
Yesterday I FINALLY installed the engine brace for my Mazdatrix strut tower brace, but it didn't seem to work well because I felt alot of shaking, and there was some rattling. I KNOW that everything was tightened well.
< Isnt the shaking and rattling from the fact you put a engine brace on ? Now it will transfer all the vibration from the engine to the firewall. It warns you of that, maybe you should have kept it a 2 point brace without the engine brace.
That's probably the cause of the shaking. Maybe I'm not as hardcore as I thought. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png I took it off just to be safe because the bracket was VERY close to one of the alternator belts. I"ll have to grind it a little to feel better.

Rob x-7 03-08-2002 05:58 PM
I"ll have to grind it a little to feel better
< Only you would spend the money on the 3 point MazdaTrix bar and attack it with a grinder! I would leave the engine brace off, kind of like putting solid motor and tranny mounts in a car, youre just asking for vibrations.

13BAce 03-08-2002 06:17 PM
Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Mar. 08 2002,18:58
I"ll have to grind it a little to feel better
< Only you would spend the money on the 3 point MazdaTrix bar and attack it with a grinder! I would leave the engine brace off, kind of like putting solid motor and tranny mounts in a car, youre just asking for vibrations.
Yeah, you're probably right. Maybe I'll find another use for that engine brace, like a paperweight.


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