Turbo Boxster in future Excellence article

[Sboxin]

Todd,

There is a "Pedro" brace that replaces the aluminum sheet suspension support.
Also, there is another aluminum sheet under there that does something I'm not sure about.


Ed

[TurboBoxster]

Hello for all that have read about my car,first a thanks to AZ Ed to help me post the car I am the owner and I took a photo too early the car has an exhaust system and a suspension brace.I just took a photo too early.The car to me has a zero lag time on the Turbo,for any info on the Turbo visit Turbowerx.com and for installation visit Turbokraft.com,I have had 5 back surgeries and 2 which were fused so the sports car needs to go just ask my wife......

[tholyoak]

Originally Posted by Sboxin

Todd,

There is a "Pedro" brace that replaces the aluminum sheet suspension support.
Also, there is another aluminum sheet under there that does something I'm not sure about.


Ed

Sorry but in my opinion not the same thing. Pedro's brace is meant to help the sheetmetal piece in preventing geometry changes under load, not replace it.
The sheetmetal brace ties all 4 suspension uprights together. The lower rear bars you refer to, only attach the two rear uprights at a single point on each upright. A 'performance' kit that replaces this essential suspension component is not well engineered in my opinion. I guarantee that that car sufferers some pretty nasty suspension geometry changes during loading which is probably further exacerbated due to the large torque this motor puts out and I certainly wouldn't be driving it anywhere near its limits.

-Todd