sierra cosworth strut brace help!
18-05-2017, 03:49 PM
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sierra cosworth strut brace help!
Hello. I need some help and advice. I ordered a pair of omp strut braces for my car. mk3 fiesta cosworth. the car is running complete sierra floor pan inner wings turrets etc etc. I built the car myself no know its sierra! anyway I fitted the rear brace straight on not a single problem at all. the front however!! I have confirmed with the supplier of the brace that the measurments of the brace are correct. but it is too wide for the front turrets! it doesn't matter if I angle the ends at all it still doesn't change. has anybody else every had this problem ? if so or is nobody has any suggestions does anybody else know where I can get the strut brace from in the other picture please ? also would anybody beable to measure on there sierra the distance between the two front turrets please. thanks.
18-05-2017, 09:02 PM
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Surely the fiesta has a thinner body shell and so the measurement across the strut tops is thinner? Did the floor pan go in 100% complete?
I would have thought you would have used the tunnel and inner wings but kept a lot of the fiesta bulkhead and grafted to that so surely that's where you lost a bit of width to fit under the fiesta dimensions?
I know the track on my 205 pug 4x4 Cos is thinner than a Sierra by about 40mm.
And you are obviously talented enough to cut n shut that lot in there why don't you mod the strut brace? Probably just needs a middle bit cutting out and the re powder coat?
I would have thought you would have used the tunnel and inner wings but kept a lot of the fiesta bulkhead and grafted to that so surely that's where you lost a bit of width to fit under the fiesta dimensions?
I know the track on my 205 pug 4x4 Cos is thinner than a Sierra by about 40mm.
And you are obviously talented enough to cut n shut that lot in there why don't you mod the strut brace? Probably just needs a middle bit cutting out and the re powder coat?
Last edited by Caddyshack; 18-05-2017 at 09:07 PM.
18-05-2017, 10:00 PM
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I used the complete sierra floorpan and bulkhead. The fiesta is narrower. And I narrowed the floor pan but from the sills not the middle. Everything lines up everything fits as it should just not this strut brace. I agree I can cut it and shorten it. But surely I shouldn't have too!
19-05-2017, 07:39 AM
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Sounds like you need to offer it up to a Sierra. I take it all Sierra variants , 3 door, saphs 2 & 4 wd plus XR Range were all exact same width at that point?
Can anyone on here measure strut to strut for you?
Can anyone on here measure strut to strut for you?