Re: Brace across rear turrets +2S

I have thought about a front cross brace for the Elan towers but in the end decided the benefit would not be worth the effort to fit it in given the restrictions in my racing class of tyres and wheel width limits the actual amount of extra loads that can be fed into the front suspension. When I looked at it my idea was to run a thin tension rod from the lower suspension arm inner pivot to the upper arm inner pivot on the opposite side as the cornering loads try to move the top of the suspension tower out and these tension braces would help stop that if it was happening, however space to do this is very limited with the radiator and steering rack and engine nose all in the way.
Looking at the body I see little actual flexing taking place around where it bolts to the towers and I would have expected some cracking to develop there if the tower was moving much. So my conclusion is the tower moves very little even under competition loads with sticky tyres.
Cheers
Rohan
Looking at the body I see little actual flexing taking place around where it bolts to the towers and I would have expected some cracking to develop there if the tower was moving much. So my conclusion is the tower moves very little even under competition loads with sticky tyres.
Cheers
Rohan