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Trust me, this bar is as solid as it can get. The bar was designed to fit the Stock Air Box. It's prototyped when I still have the stock air box on. So, it Will fit. I'm not sure about other intake except for the RR one. As for rear strut bar, John and I've talked about it. If he were to make one, it'll be on that connects the rear strut towers as well as triangulates to the trunk floor above the rear diff, which would give the best structural improvements. Here's one he made for E30 However, the rear is harder to get to than the front in terms of install (also some drilling on the strut tower and cutting of the trunk liner would be required) and also, you may loose some trunk space. We're not sure if there's a market for it. Last time I checked with John, he said there still no takers on the front one yet. Not sure if that's because there isn't a post on the commercial forum... |
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I thought that it would be ordered through Vorshlag - I've contacted them about the strut bar and waiting for them to get stock, but I didn't know you could order directly from Mason Engineering themselves.
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BTW, I would be interested in the rear bar.....without a doubt. Especially if it does a good job of reinforcing the mounting point of the shock.
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05-05-2009, 11:26 AM | #48 |
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^^ Are you getting the 5300 with remote reservoir? Don't forget to post pictures when you get them installed! It'll be a sick setup!! I wish can afford those 5300... even 4200 is kinda out of the question...sigh... damn this economy
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The 5200's are double adjustable with remote reservoirs....they should be very nice. The way I'm looking at it is that it is only $1000 more for the 5200's and I'd rather have something that I can really work with and not be wishing I had done something different. I have a really nice Koni D/A setup on my M3, but I always wished I had just sprung for some Moton CS's. I think if I had, it would have been a little more compliant on the street on a daily basis.
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I'll try and get some picture tonight on how much clearance there is from the engine cover. I still have ~3000miles before I need to go in for Scheduled Maintenance, so until then, I probably won't put my stock airbox back on. But when I do, I'll post pic again.
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05-05-2009, 07:23 PM | #52 |
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thx so much for the reply aka. rear strut bar i'd totally get even with a small loss of trunk space and the cutting. to achieve the handling characteristics i want. the power can come later as long as it ride like its on rails i'll be happy. as for the airbox/CAI there was one that was supposed to go down into the wheel well. don't remember who makes it but i'd look into that b4 i'd fit the bars on it.
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Thanks...so it looks like there's about an 1 1/2 inch clearance between the brace and the engine cover.
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It looks great. However how much clearance exists between the Mason strut brace and the factory brace? I am worried about these two part interfering due to normal tolerance variations in the manufacturing process.
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you won't have much clearance between the factory bars and the Mason bar, but I'm pretty sure you've enough so that it won't rub. IIRC, we took some pic w/ the factory bar and Mason bar on even w/ the tabs.... I need to get those from John. I'll shoot him and email see if he got those pictures. |
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Another thought popped up. Will the strut brace clear the stock air box when the engine in moving about under load? All the pictures show a static engine. I wonder how much movement the engine has under full throttle/no throttle transitions? Will the air box be banging against the strut brace?
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I think he's concerned about the airbox clearing the strut bar. The airbox is a bit taller than the engine cover. There's a picture on the first page of this post where it show we've placed 2 1/4" thick wood strips on top of the airbox to make sure the bar clears those. We believe 1/4" between the bar and the airbox should give enough clearance. We have a Inline 6, which usually don't vibrate/move from side to side as much as a V6 or a V8. So I really don't think you'll have problems with stock airbox.
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