OEM Butterfly Brace. I hate this thing
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I have a roll bar and some frame rail braces.
Will I suffer a significant handling penalty if I ditch the OEM 01+ butterfly brace? I hate this stupid thing. It angers me to have to take it off every time I am doing something under my car. It's heavy, bulky, and fucking ugly. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1316454824 |
my base 01 didnt come with one and it's still more rigid than Ron Jeremy on Viagra.
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None of those braces are on my 01 right now. Yesterday when I raised the car with a floor jack at the front driver's side jack point, the jack lifted the entire driver's side of the car off the ground. I was amazed when the rear tire came off the ground, too. The NB's are stiff. First time I put it up on a jack, I used a lift previously so didn't notice.
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Funny, I added the FM butterfly brace and noticed a difference, I'd equate it to adding a hardtop and latching it down tightly.
edit: granted I have a NA8 |
Originally Posted by Joe Mauch
(Post 773100)
Funny, I added the FM butterfly brace and noticed a difference, I'd equate it to adding a hardtop and latching it down tightly.
edit: granted I have a NA8 --Ian |
I must have a really crappy chassis if I can notice the stiffness of the hardtop then. lol, but I only noticed it when using the side latches with the front latches, with just the front latches (which I use right now because of rollbar interference) I don't notice anything.
Adding the hardtop before the rollbar and FM braces removed a lot of vibration over bumps, just like adding the FM braces did, only the FM braces helped a lot more with pot holes and driveway curbs. Regardless, I don't own a NB like you guys, so I can't comment on if it's useful with your car, it just was huge for mine. Just my two cents. |
Go back to the gym. Man up. Quit working on your car and just drive it!
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OK I will take it off and put it on my garage wall. Let's see what happens.
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Why do you keep posting this crap in the track section. GTFO
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Because I thought track crew could tell me if it was worthwhile gear or not.
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Originally Posted by Faeflora
(Post 773421)
Because I thought track crew could tell me if it was worthwhile gear or not.
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Point ^^
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Originally Posted by jacob300zx
(Post 773775)
Point ^^
If you dont like it for whatever reason just remove it who cares how helpful it is on the track. Unless of course you track your car ;) |
doesn't matter really, I have a 99 NB and don't have that thing. my car does fine. I know the rear 6-point bracing that attaches to the subframe helps a bit with the 65mph shimmy.
I will say my NB will lift both tires up from the front/rear pinch welds without the stock butterfly (if thats the way we want to measure it). |
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