Strut Tower

[cnsmike]

What exactly does a strut tower do for the car? My lexus has one from the factory and it handles like a dream.

[weems84]

Youmay want to take advantage of the flashin SEARCH button at the top of the page, it is very helpful since there are some threads in this forum discussing advantages of a strut bar already. . But any ways heres a link that explains it all....again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strut_bar

[skylndrftr]

cns...

strut towers are the assemblies in your engine bay/trunk that have the bolt pattern in the top for the strut mount. They are stamped sheet metal and are of a given stiffness across a relatively big empty hole without much support (yes the engines there but think from a suspension load standpoint).

What your referring to is a strut tower bar. The reality is that maybe if your using high performance tires, a race alignment, and a suspension that is an order of magnitude stiffer than stokck the strut bar will stiffen the big empty engine compartment hole. However its mostly for looks in most cars, that an pyschological value.

[KimberKenobi]

there's a thread on here for the strut bar that explains both... (In the V area) zerothread?id=245883

I'm interested in the answers to any other questions arising after you read this...