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11-06-2009, 03:54 PM
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fordman460
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Re: Curved Monte carlo Bar
FE is right about this one. That bar is for road racing improvement anyway. It is not part of a rollcage or for protection. It is part of a system for improved handling. If you bend one, you got problems that only a rollcage would help!
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11-06-2009, 04:17 PM
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kgordonl
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Re: Curved Monte carlo Bar
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Originally Posted by BLstangin
I run a curved one because i have no other choice with my tall msd distributor, anything else will hit. I can tell you for a fact that it DOES help it out. I can tell the difference just driving it around, once i put it on it got a much more solid feel in the front end, as good as a straight one? Prob not, but lots better than nothing.
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+1 I run the curved bar with a one-piece export brace.
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11-06-2009, 07:17 PM
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iwantmore
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Re: Curved Monte carlo Bar
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Originally Posted by dodgestang
I ran my car under a tractor trailer sideways at 70mph and got drug for a few thousand feet while he stopped since I was stuck between his back tire and the decapitation bar....my curve MC bar held up just fine.
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Hope you had your SFI approved unda pants on for that one. Ouch.
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11-06-2009, 08:05 PM
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retyler
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Curved Monte carlo Bar
99.99% of the cars never had one in the first 40 or so years of life on the road. I don't believe I ever saw a car that collapsed in on its self even after rusting completed apart.
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11-06-2009, 08:09 PM
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mikemustang289
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: Curved Monte carlo Bar
I will go with a curved bar then, only because I can't fit a straight one. Even though I may not notice a difference in handling, I will at least keep my shock towers from moving in any further.
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11-06-2009, 08:23 PM
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FEandGoingBroke
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Re: Curved Monte carlo Bar
That's the best thing you can do! Smart move!
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11-06-2009, 09:32 PM
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retyler
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: Curved Monte carlo Bar
I put a bar on my Falcon and it fit perfect. Either the guy who made it screwed up or my fenders haven't moved. I removed the shock tower braces and installed the MPG bars.
I really didn't notice any difference in handling that could be measured. Maybe because I have the better of the Ford cars.
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11-06-2009, 10:13 PM
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trashline
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Re: Curved Monte carlo Bar
i have plans to make one. My own style, that will hopefully replace the export and monte bar. Problem is I dont have a motor in the car to see if it will work and the room I have.
Like said the difference will be so minimal between the two you will never reep the benefits and max out the strength of the curved bar even though the straight bar is stronger.
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11-07-2009, 06:08 AM
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scotts68coupe
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Re: Curved Monte carlo Bar
Hey wise guy !!! Whats this about the better of the ford cars ???
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11-07-2009, 09:31 AM
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Spali32
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Re: Curved Monte carlo Bar
Curtis,
Like the bar in the profile pic........looks nice., I got to get one too. I'm learning towards the chrome curved one. I know my X brace made a huge improvement once I installed it. Prior the car would shake the front end going down the hwy. I don't plan on lifting the front tires 3 feet in the air and slamming the brakes.........that would most likely make me have to go change my underpants.......
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