Rear upper Stress Bar.

[amalventano1 at tds.net (Allyn)]

The impact of that bar is almost nothing.  It would be much more significant if
the rocco had rear struts vs. shocks.  Since our setup transfers all cornering
forces to the rear beam, reinforcing the upper shock mount points on the
horizontal plane does absolutely nothing (save take up some hatch space and look
cool).
HTH
Al

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cory Langford [mailto:Cory_Langford@bcit.ca] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 11:14 AM
> To: 'Scirocco list'
> Subject: Rear upper Stress Bar.
> 
> So I have a rear stress bar sitting around, and I was 
> thinking of installing it into the mk1.
> 
> I have heard conflicting reports on their usefulness.  Does 
> the back end of a mk1 scirocco actually flex that much?  Is a 
> rear bar just a show piece or does it actually add some value?
> 
> Also, I notices there seems to be two different ways to mount 
> the upper rear stress bar.
> 
> Some bars are mounded with a U style bolt that goes around 
> the rear shock mounting cup (the one that is welded to the 
> actual frame), and the other method I have seen is where the 
> rear bar is attached by bolting it to the top of the actual 
> rear shock itself.  Is one actually better than other?
> 
> 
> Cory Langford
> '86 Roc turbo,
> '78 Roc turbo - RIP,
> '81S Roc,
> '65 Ghia Coupe,
> 95 Eurovan, etc, etc... :)
> 
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