ChrisLeary
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| posted on 23/9/11 at 07:00 PM |
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Zetec Engine Brace
Evening all,
I hope you're all well?
I've been wondering since I bought the 7 a couple of months ago, do I really need this engine brace fitted?
Thanks in advance,
Chris
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Greenie
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| posted on 23/9/11 at 07:17 PM |
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Hmmmmmmmmmmm.... not seen one of those before, I am on my second Seven with a Zetec fitted and never thought that an engine brace needed to fitted,
not saying it should be there, but I would be asking WHY?
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ChrisLeary
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| posted on 23/9/11 at 07:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Greenie
Hmmmmmmmmmmm.... not seen one of those before, I am on my second Seven with a Zetec fitted and never thought that an engine brace needed to fitted,
not saying it should be there, but I would be asking WHY?
Thats why I've taken a picture and put it on here, i've been wondering about it since I first saw it.
I unbolted the top of the brace earlier and tried moving the engine, it doesn't seem like there's too much movement, don't get me
wrong, there is some, but I wouldn't say it was excessive.
It just looks horrendously ugly, if I don't need it I really would like to get rid of it.
Thanks again,
Chris
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 23/9/11 at 07:34 PM |
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ERM.. i would say take it off.A few of us around here have zetecs
and non of us have a brace.
You can always put it back on if you find that you need it.
Andy
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austin man
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| posted on 23/9/11 at 08:04 PM |
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It may have been used to compensate for week engine mounts
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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RichardK
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| posted on 23/9/11 at 08:14 PM |
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I put one on, just seemed the right thing to do
Also gave me something to run the cooling pipework and wiring down...
Cheers
Rich
[Edited on 23/9/11 by RichardK]
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 23/9/11 at 08:22 PM |
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I expect we will see Coozer along soon. He has a brace on the Zetec in his MNR.
Reagards
Jon
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loggyboy
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| posted on 23/9/11 at 09:15 PM |
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For the sake of probably less than 1kg, is it really worth removing?
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DIY Si
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| posted on 24/9/11 at 07:51 AM |
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I don't really see what benefit would be gained from having that mount. The only thing I can think of is that it might pivot the engine in a
certain way under load to avoid it bashing something. But as said, decent engine mounts will stop that anyway.
RichardK's mount however, will add a little to the chassis stiffness and makes things more convenient. It's also probably lighter.
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 24/9/11 at 08:10 AM |
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Chris,
Limiting the engine motion will take strain of the exhaust that would be due to engine flexing. From what I remember, your exhaust has an OEM flexy
bit in it, so a bit of engine flexing shouldn't matter.
How is the acceleration enrichment?
Matt
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 24/9/11 at 08:11 AM |
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Not a very well designed or made steady IMHO . Look at the chassis end , the angle and the way the end piece is connected to the tube is likely to be
weak and the engine end isn't much better. As already suggested if nit has decent engine mounts take it off or at least design and make a better
steady
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coozer
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| posted on 24/9/11 at 10:59 AM |
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Well, I thought it was a good idea as on a track day the engine moved over enough to let the alternator catch the chassis..
So, I made this...
Since then I've removed it as it was giving me white fingers!!! Anyway its there for whenever I take to the track.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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