Nismo Power Brace Bar Installed!!

[YellwMonky]

Last night I just installed the Nismo Power Brace Bar into my 1992 s13. This thing is worth every penny i spent on it. Although the difference in ride is not night and day, it is definitely noticeable. I feel the car is much more stable when going around turns and at freeway speeds. Before my steering wheel had a little wobble at high speeds, but with this bar it is gone. I haven't had it on for long, but I took my usual freeway offramp at a higher speed with much more confidence. It felt a lot more stable in a highspeed turn. Also, the steering feels more responsive. Your car moves with the slightest movement of the steering wheel. I don't know about you guys, but I always felt there was too much of a dead zone early on when turning the wheel. The install was very straight forward and easy. Just taking off some screws was a BITCH. Just in case you guys don't know the bar i'm talking about...

http://home.attbi.com/~keithhalvorson/Picture_309.jpg
It's the big shiny new silver piece the TC Rods connect too.

Also, I think this bar would work better than the Cusco Tension Rod Bar. Mainly because the piece bolts onto the chassis as well, making the whole structure that much more stable. I cannot talk from experience however because I have not driven with the Cusco Tension Rod Bar...It just looks that way to me.

http://home.attbi.com/~keithhalvorson/Picture_312.jpg
Here's another look at it through the engine bay.

I would definetely recommend this bar. For $140, and ease of installation, it was worth it.

BTW: Sorry for the big pictures :eek:

[nrcooled]

Just a little FYI you tension rod bushing on the near side of the first pic is shot and needs to be replaced. Your leaking fluid everywhere. That will make a difference in handling as well;)

Edit: it will run you $40 from your local Nissan parts dealer or Courtesey

[Bbandit]

nice!!!
does it feel/handle a lot firmer that before?
i just got my cusco tension rod bar
i'll post some pic and review about it after i install it (not anytime soon, i want to get a set of tc rods and suspensions.. and im going to install all all of them at once)

[s14vaxlr8]

Originally posted by nrcooled
Just a little FYI you tension rod bushing on the near side of the first pic is shot and needs to be replaced. Your leaking fluid everywhere. That will make a difference in handling as well;)

Edit: it will run you $40 from your local Nissan parts dealer or Courtesey



i do see a bottle of wd-40 could be some of that, if not, then yeah

[Kreator]

Nice. Btw your engine bay looks exactly like mine lol. That's a permacool 14" fan right? Except i got a shroud around mine.... and my thermo sensor is on top and the strap is toxic/rice green :p

[Kid Zelda]

Why do you have shoe laces in the engine bay ?

[YellwMonky]

nah that ain't wd-40. I just noticed that my TC rods are just about done when I got under there. I'm thinking I will pick up those stock TC Rods with Whiteline bushings pressed in from PDM-Racing.

Kreator: Haha Yup that's the 14" Permacool. Did you fabricate your own fan shroud or did you cut up the stock one? I would like to see a picture of that.

Kid Zelda: It's the laces from my camera..didn't even notice that until you pionted it out.

Bbandit: Definitely more firm with the brace bar installed. I felt it right when I left my garage. HOwever, I felt it even more when I was getting off that offramp! :D If you install all those things at the same time your ride will feel much stiffer. However, you won't know what each of them did.

[sykikchimp]

I'll be tracking the car with the Cusco Tension bar on next weekend.. a full report of everything will follow soon...


The Nismo power brace seems like an Awesome peice.. when I was looking at them, I couldn't find it for under $200. thats why I went with the cusco bar.

btw - you can't use both:(

[Silviaspeed]

Check your PM monky.....:cool:

[DSC]

Damn YellwMonky, that looks like a nice piece!
Where'd you get it?

[S14lover]

Where did you find that for 140?

[YellwMonky]

Autobacs in Mitaka Japan. I just brought it back on the plane with me :D I've seen it around for just above 200 shipped. This is what it looks like off the car.
http://store3.yimg.com/I/jspec_1709_726764

[Chicken Magnet]

I noticed you had a mountain bike back there with disc brakes. What kind of bike is it? Those are my two hobbies, mountain biking and car. Bikes are so much cheaper and I tend to put more money on my bikes than on my car!:D

Do you guys know if they make this piece for S14s?

[YellwMonky]

Actually that's my dad's mountain bike. It's a Jamis Dakar Sport.
http://home.attbi.com/~keithhalvorson/Picture_316.jpg