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this might be a stupid question but i have heard that having a strut bar is bad for your car. i have an 02 mustang gt and i was looking for ways to work on the handling. the guy that told me that the strut bar was bad said it stiffened the front to much and they need some flex around corners... what do you guys think? bs?
 

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BS



Ford put those bars on GT's and Cobras from the factory from 1994-1997

Unsure why they stopped, but a lot of guys have taken the bars off and not noticed a thing. The SN95 is a lot more rigid than a Fox so it doesn't suffer as much as a Fox does. Who knows how stiff the car will be after 100K miles though

It doesn't hurt to have one, but not sure it's really needed. The shocks are supposed to absord shocks, not the body, although cars do flex as they drive.
 
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Thats a crock. Extra bracing on a unibody car is always beneficial when its a performance machine.

Ford stopped putting them on because some accountant said they could save $10 a car by ditching it...so they did it. (more than likely)
 
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